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Insurance cos bet big on drones

Insurance cos bet big on dronesSwati Rathor | tnn | Mar 12, 2019, 04:41 ISTHyderabad: The general insurance industry that has been deploying several tech tools to improve service delivery, is now betting big usage of drone technologies to speed up the process of risk assessment, monitoring, damage assessment and record keeping, among others to bring in efficiencies.

Sanjay Datta, chief (underwriting and claims), ICICI Lombard General Insurance, pointed out that as insurance regulator IRDAI moots changes in norms for surveyors to ensure speedy settlement, the usage of emerging technologies such as drones can reduce claim settlement time.

Datta explained that drone technologies can be used in instances where insurance companies’ personnel either find a location very difficult or risky to access. Besides, if there is a higher cost involved in sending staff to a location, especially in cases where choppers need to be pressed into services (like in the case of natural disasters), drones c..

Israeli drone can pick your fruit for you

An Israeli company has developed an autonomous drone that can pick fruit or be used for thinning and pruning tasks in apple and orange orchards.

According to an article published by CTech, Tevel Aerobotics Technologies, founded in 2016, last year finished the working prototype of the drone. It is working on a patented fleet of drones, which it hopes will hit the market by 2020.

Tevel’s drones detect fruit type, blemishes and quality.

Though they only work during the day, the company told Ctech that they are working on giving the drone night-vision capabilities. They are also working on making the drone effective for use with additional fruits.

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Flying cars coming in five years, says Intel drone chief – CNET

Intel drone leader Anil Nanduri
Drones are useful today for real estate photos and gas pipeline inspections. They could be useful tomorrow for home security and package delivery. But in a half decade, they could well shuttle you to work over the heads of drivers stuck in traffic.
That's what Anil Nanduri, general manager of Intel's drone group, expects. Drone innovation combined with people paying their way out of gridlock will mean flying cars will transform from exotic to accepted in the next few years.
Some companies agree, perhaps most notably Ehang and Uber, which wants to launch air taxis by 2023. But there are plenty of safety, engineering and social challenges. Not to mention the fact that Elon Musk — the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and the Boring Company, who has a knack for figuring out what's just within our technological reach — thinks we're better off putting cars in underground tunnels.
Nanduri's job is closer to today's tech. He's trying to ..

Ipro Announces the Return of The Sedona Conference® to its Ipro Tech Show

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Ipro Announces the Return of The Sedona Conference® to its Ipro Tech Show

TEMPE, AZ, US, March 8, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ — Ipro, a global leader in eDiscovery and Trial software technology announced today that The Sedona Conference will again produce CLE sessions at its annual user conference. The Sedona Conference will offer three accredited programs on Tuesday April 30, 2019:
Legal Holds for Collections and Preservation: A Look at the New Sedona Guidelines;
GDPR, CCPA and More: Round-up of State, Federal, and International Privacy Rules; and
Social Media and Mobile Devices – Updated Guidance on Preservation, Processing, and Producing Obligations.
These programs, which draw from The Sedona Conference’s recently published Guidelines and other papers, offer an in depth look at t..

New drone technology allows farmers to mimic the barks of sheep-dogs

With the latest installment in drone technology, farmers will now have the ability to employ quadcopters in place of sheep-dogs with new technology allowing the drone to bark just like a dog would.

The DJI Mavic Enterprise drone can record sounds and play them back over a speaker infused within the drone's design – allowing more than a dogs bark to be recorded. However, at the moment agricultural purposes seem to be at the top of the list for the drone's uses.

“The past two years have seen farmers embrace drone technology to help with those jobs that are dirty, dangerous or just plain dull,” drone specialist from New Zealand-based DJI Ferntech, Adam Kerr told RadioNZ.

According to Kerr, the company has seen a recent uptick in drone purchases deemed for agricultural uses, which gives reason to believe the evolving trend is not going anywhere anytime soon.

“Winter time it's ideal for flying it sitting at home on a cold day I don't want to go outside, so I fly my ..

Google’s drone delivery trial could be under threat from group of angry Australian residents

Google's drone delivery trial could be under threat from group of angry Australian residents

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March 09, 2019 10:02:31

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A drone flies overhead as part of a drone fast food delivery trial in Canberra. (ABC News: Jake Evans)

Noise from drone delivery service divides Canberra residents

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When a corporation sets its mind to introducing a disruptive technology, it can seem like the unstoppable march of progress — whether society wants it or not.

Key points:The drone delivery service says they have made their drones quieterA resident group in Canberra claims most people do not want the serviceA report shows environmental experts have concerns for wildlife due to the drones
In the small bush suburb of Bonython on the outskirts of C..

Can a group of angry residents in Australia take down Google’s drone delivery project?

Google's drone delivery trial could be under threat from group of angry Australian residents

Updated

March 09, 2019 10:02:31

Photo:
A drone flies overhead as part of a drone fast food delivery trial in Canberra. (ABC News: Jake Evans)

Noise from drone delivery service divides Canberra residents

Fancy having something delivered by a drone? Here's how it works

Drones to deliver vaccines to remote Vanuatu in world-first commercial contracts

Map:
Canberra 2600

When a corporation sets its mind to introducing a disruptive technology, it can seem like the unstoppable march of progress — whether society wants it or not.

CDA may use drone tech for densification of forests on Margallas

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Viewing Drones from an Insurance Claim Perspective

Do you own or know somebody who owns a drone?

Think about this past year — have you had experiences where you encountered a drone? Perhaps you are attending an outside public event, going for a walk or dining on an outdoor patio when you hear a continuous low humming sound. Somebody points to the sky and marvels or grumbles about these machines creeping up around us.

At first thought, drones may seem fun or intrusive depending on who you ask. But they should be regarded as a unique piece of technology that carries with it a high consequence of risk. The definition of a drone is a remote-controlled pilotless aircraft or missile. Alarm bells should be ringing for these flying hazards. With the rise of drone operation and resulting claims, agents and brokers should ensure clients obtain proper coverage.

Drone sales have seen growth in the last few years. The forecast from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) projects small model hobbyist usage to 2.4 million units by 2020 (“FAA Re..