Robot enthusiast Adam Conway decided to build a “Wi-Fi hotspot” QuadRotor. Conway, a product manager at Aerohive, which provides corporate IT networks, used a quadrotor frame, some plywood, and an old router from work to built a UAS that can provide a Wi-Fi connection over the local LTE phone network. It can even link up to a corporate virtual private network for extra security. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Australian Animal Rights Group HexaCopter Controls Free Range Farms
Animal Liberation activists in Australia have dramatically stepped up their campaign against intensive livestock production, with their first official investigation using a hexacopter to capture aerial footage. Continue reading
Air National Guard Predator Helps Fight California Wildfire
As crews advanced against a giant wildfire around Yosemite National Park, fire commanders said they would maintain use of a Predator UAS to give them early views of any new flare-ups across in the remote and rugged landscape. Continue reading
Quadcopters in the Construction Industry
The talk of construction lately has been devices, which includes tablets, smartphones, and more. Now, there is another device flying—yes, flying—onto many construction jobsites, giving construction companies the opportunity to provide the owner with progress shots of the job – enter the ‘quadcopter.’ Continue reading
Colorado Firms Develop UAS Weed Control Service for Agriculture
Two Boulder businesses are hoping to bring pioneering UAS technology to the age-old business of farming – if only federal regulators will let them out of the barn. Continue reading
Quad Copter Summer Camp at UT Dallas University
More than two dozen high school students learned how to fly right as technology entrepreneurs during a four-week summer camp at The University of Texas at Dallas. Continue reading
UAS Surveillance of Oil Pipelines Could Monitor Leaks and Activists
North American energy companies are planning to use UAS to monitor their pipelines — in part to check for potential gas or oil leaks, but also to limit “third-party intrusions,” a broad range of activity that includes anything from unwanted vehicles entering restricted areas around pipelines to environmental activists. Continue reading
Canadian Geographic Mapping Consultant Adds UAS Aerial Data Solution
Integrated Informatics Inc. now offers a complete aerial data solution, from data capture to analysis and data management, using senseFly‘s eBee unmanned aircraft system (UAS). This solution offers a significant cost-reduction related to mobilisation and demobilisation of fixed-wing and helicopter surveys. Continue reading