September 2019 – Page 4

Extinction Rebellion co-founder to join second day of Heathrow drone protest

An Extinction Rebellion co-founder will take part in the second day of an environmental drone protest at Heathrow Airport after Friday’s action failed to take off.
Roger Hallam will take part in the Heathrow Pause action on Saturday, the group said, as it continues to fly the devices in the 5km exclusion zone around the transport hub in an attempt to disrupt flights.
As yet, the activists have failed to cause any delays, and flights continued to land as normal on Friday and Saturday.
Mr Hallam was detained on Thursday as part of a pre-emptive wave of arrests ahead of the activism, but was released on Friday night.
The Metropolitan Police said 18 people have been arrested since Thursday in relation to the protest, and a dispersal order around the airport will remain in place until 4.30am on Sunday “to prevent criminal activity which poses a significant safety and security risk to the airport”.
Some of the toy drones appeared to be prevented from working on Friday by what the climate cha..

Drones to be used to study Amazon rainforest health

Researchers from Harvard University are utilizing drones to all the more likely comprehend the Amazon rainforest. With drone-based sensors, the specialists want to decide the interesting “fingerprint” of various rainforest biological systems. That could enable them to screen the soundness of the forest and see how it’s reacting to environmental change, deforestation, and fire.

Each plant transmits an alternate volatile organic compound (VOC) signature, or fingerprint, which can change dependent on elements like dry spell or flood. By checking this sign, researchers can contemplate how woods biological systems adjust to stressors. In spite of that important information, Amazon rainforest VOCs were recently checked by only a bunch of towers worked in one kind of biological system. The information was restricted and one-sided, and biosphere emanations models expected close by environments had the equivalent VOC outflows.

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Drones go to work in Washington forests: Column

By Don C. Brunell

While drones are coming of age in firefighting, they are also establishing a foothold in restoring fire-scorched forests.
Firefighting drones grabbed the spotlight last April 15 as viewers around the world watched Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris go up in flames. It has stood for over 850 years, through wars, natural disasters, and everything in between, including the fire.
At first, it appeared the iconic building would be completely destroyed; however, French firefighters used thermal vision drones to direct their hoses and get an upper hand on the situation. Notre Dame is massive, and having a view from above provided critical information that was not available on the ground.
In the days after the flames, drones were used extensively to collect key structural information and allow workers to safely enter the building and begin restoration.
Then last June, fire bosses near Flagstaff, Arizona, found themselves battling ..

Army develops new drone-killing technology

They can form swarms of hundreds of mini, precision-guided explosives, overwhelm radar or simply blanket an area with targeting sensors. They can paint or light up air, ground or sea targets for enemy fighters, missiles or armored vehicles, massively …

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Plan underway to monitor Sundarbans with drones

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Drone delivery company Wing cleared for take off in Queensland

AdvertisementDrone delivery service Wing has promised to be a good neighbour when it moves in to the Logan suburbs later this month – it’ll even bring you a cup of sugar if you ask.
Indeed, that is it’s business model, with the company – owned by a subsidiary of internet giant Google – aiming to deliver small items on demand to residents without them having to leave their homes.
The company has already announced it will begin its Queensland rollout in the Logan suburbs of Crestmead and Marsden, however they’ve now confirmed it will happen by the end of the month.
One of Wing's new quiet drones which are set to take to the skies above Logan later this month.
They’ve also announced the first three local businesses to take part in the first stage of their rollout – Extraction Artisan Coffee, Friendly Grocer Crestmead and Browns Plains Hardware.
AdvertisementWing chief executive James Ryan Burgess said those three businesses represented the types of things Wing wants to provide custom..