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Drone fleets could help find missing hikers

Researchers at MIT say that a sophisticated fleet of drones could help find lost hikers by searching under dense forest canopies.

The autonomous drones would bypass the problem of unreliable or nonexistent GPS signals in forest environments by using onboard computation and wireless communication, according to the experts.

The team’s research is revealed in a paper that will be presented at the International Symposium on Experimental Robotics conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, this week.

Using laser range-finders to estimate their position and plan a route, the drones will create 3D maps of the terrain. Algorithms will be employed to help the drones identify unexplored areas and places that it has already searched.

Eventually, researchers want to give the drones object detection technology to help identify missing hikers. This would tag the hiker’s location on a map that can be used by human rescuers.

“Essentially, we’re replacing humans with a fleet of drones to make the searc..

FWPD Upgrading drone tech

“Drone” by Andrew Turner, CC BY 2.0

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): Fort Wayne police are using some new tech to take on unauthorized drones around the Summit City.

Officer Michael Hickman tells our Partners in News at ABC 21 they’ve made upgrades to their own drones to allow them to track down not just the drones that either shouldn’t be in the sky at all or are flying where they shouldn’t be, but their pilots too.

“The number of people using drones for some kind of malicious act will greatly decrease because we’ll be out there and be able to see who’s flying.”

The FWPD says they’re aware of privacy concerns, and they typically only use their drones in an emergency.

Coolest Pure Water Served Still and Sparkling at Washington Law & Water Gala

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Coolest Pure Water Served Still and Sparkling at Washington Law & Water Gala

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Bluewater brings pure water to America’s Capital at the Potomac Riverkeeper Network’s historic Law & Water Gala

At Bluewater, we believe that clean water is a basic human right.”— Anders JacobsonKANSAS CITY, KANSAS, UNITED STATES, November 4, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ — Bluewater joined over 250 Potomac Riverkeeper Network supporters at the non-profit organization’s fourth annual Law & Water Gala on Thursday, November 1. Bluewater’s leading reverse osmosis technologies will provide guests with purified sparkling and still water, free of contaminants like lead, bacteria, pharmaceutical residue and other toxic pollutants. Bluewater also will provide reusable water conta..

Kiwi drone company raises $1m

Kiwi drone startup Dotterel Technologies has raised $1.06m from Sydney-based Jelix Ventures, which specialises in backing early-stage companies.
Jelix now has an 11.45 per cent stake in Dotterel.
Other investors include managers, Sir Stephen Tindall's K1W1 fund, Crown agency NZVIF, Techstars Australian Defence Accelerator and Auckland University's commercialisation arm Uniservices (which has also had recent wins with Soul Machines and Power-by-Proxi).
Dotterel makes a shroud that dampens noise from a drone's propellers and eliminates the risk of injury from their blades.
Advertisement Advertise with NZME. It also makes technology for recording audio via a drone – something that's ordinarily impossible over the noise generated by the props.
Dotterel has the movie-making and defence industries in its sights.
Co-founder Shaun Edlin says his company's shroud means a drone causes less disturbance on set and is less of a health and safety issue.
The US$70b dro..

China Reportedly Walking ‘Phantom’ Drone Warpath With US

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New technologies creating new jobs and opportunities in agricultural industry

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November 2, 2018
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New technologies creating new jobs and opportunities in agricultural industry

In Canada, 1.5% of our population feeds the remaining 98.5% through farming.

Because Canada has such a diverse climate, available land and innovative thinking, agriculture now drives our economy.

In part 1 of a 3 part series, Lindsay Biscaia looks at some unique jobs now found in the industry.

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Agricultural experts say jobs in the industry today go beyond just driving a tractor as farmers embrace new technologies.
According to Farm and Food Care — a lobby group for farmers across Ontario — the agriculture and food and beverage sector industry provides about $34 billion to the province’s economy.
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And according to Steve Brackenridge, the director of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, one in eight jobs in Canada is in ag..

Kent Moyer, Acclaimed Executive Protection Expert, Adds a Fleet of Drones and Pilots into The World Protection Group

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Kent Moyer, Acclaimed Executive Protection Expert, Adds a Fleet of Drones and Pilots into The World Protection Group

“There are a number of alerts from various intelligence sources about active shooters and terrorism, and these attacks are not going to stop,” says Kent Moyer.

LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, November 2, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ — Kent Moyer, CEO and President of the World Protection Group & 001, is head of the only executive protection firm currently using drones and supporting law enforcement in the use of drones. In this day and age, the usage of drones for public safety has been on a massive increase over the last couple of years. Last year, the drone market’s growth saw an increase of 36% and Goldman Sachs estimates that between 2016 and 2020, the market wil..

World’s top consumer drone maker scores U.S. wins despite security concerns as China trade war takes toll

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The Spreading Wings S800 EVO drone is displayed at the headquarters of SZ DJI Technology Co., the world's largest maker of civilian drones, in Shenzhen, China, in 2016. | BLOOMBERG

SAN FRANCISCO/BEIJING – DJI, the world’s top seller of drones for consumers, has snagged a pair of wins in its effort to court businesses.
SZ DJI Technology Co. said its latest industrial gadget — the Mavic 2 Enterprise — will soon survey power grids for U.S. utility Southern Co., while American Airlines Group Inc. will test the craft for plane inspections. Those are important alliances for the Chinese company, which is grappling with a U.S. government shut-out, a potentially damaging patent lawsuit and rising American tariffs. Privacy is a particularly thorny issue for DJI — one of the few Chinese technology giants ..

Africa:Terra Drone Expands Into African Market

1 November 2018

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Africa: Terra Drone Expands Into African Market

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Tokyo — Terra Drone Corporation (SHIBUYA-KU TOKYO CEO Toru Tokushige following as Terra Drone) established a new branch in South Africa specializing in drone solutions for underground and surface mining. Terra Drone is a leading global commercial drone technology company focused on providing cutting-edge, smart-mining solutions, which improve safety, reduce down-time, reduce costs, and increase the quality of data so better business decisions can be made. Finally, Terra Drone aims at further development of drone technology throughout the South African industry.

South Africa, which was once one of the world's largest gold producers, has recently been sluggish and fell to the world's 8th largest gold producer due to reduced mining output and the notable rise of production in other countries. Furthermore, the necessity to improve safety protocols is evident as frequent colla..