Police intelligence officer Adriano Barbosa tracked the drug gang leader known as “Little P” for almost a month as part of Brazil’s push to curb violence in Rio de Janeiro’s slums before the World Cup.
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Vancouver Reviews Film Industry UAS Use After Crash
A crash in downtown Vancouver last month has triggered a review by the city on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in the film industry. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was being used to shoot a commercial near the intersection of Hastings and Hornby streets when it hit a building and crashed to the ground. No one was injured and Transport Canada says no one will be charged. Continue reading
San Francisco Startup Wants to Deliver Medecine by UAS
A San Francisco start-up is developing a UAS delivery service that promises to drug store items hovering outside of addresses in the Mission District in under 15 minutes. QuiQui hopes to start deliveries in July, taking advantage of a recent court decision that struck down Federal Aviation Administration guidelines barring UAS for commercial use.
senseFly Announces eBee RTK Integrated Survey-Grade System
senseFly announces the eBee RTK, a fully integrated, fully compatible survey-grade mapping system. The eBee RTK, available in Q3, 2014, will offer surveying and engineering professionals a highly accurate and flexible mapping solution that works alongside their existing base stations and does not require any third-party software.
BP and AeroVironment Launch First FAA-Approved Commercial Unmanned Aircraft Operations
AeroVironment announced that BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., selected the company to provide mapping, Geographic Information System (GIS) and other commercial information services at its Prudhoe Bay oil field, the largest oil field in North America, for a five-year period. Continue reading
Georgia Consortium Develops UAS for Agriculture
A Georgia statewide working group that includes state and federal government, industry and academia, has been working since 2009 to develop a type of UAS that can save a farmer’s time and resources during the growing season. Continue reading
UAS at the Golf Course
Laird Small is the longtime director of the Pebble Beach Golf Academy and has supervised the swings of tour players and celebrities and presided over the range at Pebble’s U.S. Opens and National Pro-Ams. He also helped design and outfit the Academy’s sleek new campus—which looks like a place you should get a lesson before spending $495 on a round of golf. Continue reading
Chocolate Quadcopter
Mike C from Zurich and his girlfriend have successfully created a fully functional chocolate quadcopter.The quadcopter has a frame made out of chocolate and the battery, motors and controllers were mounted on top of a different material to keep the chocolate from melting as long as possible. Continue reading