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GOVDIRECT IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE RANKING ON INC 5000 FOR 4TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR

GovDirect is proud to announce that it has earned the position of 3065 on the 2018 Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America.

CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, September 28, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ — GovDirect is proud to announce that it has earned the position of 3065 on the 2018 Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America. This is the fourth consecutive year GovDirect ranked on the Inc 5000, a mere one in six companies have made the list for the 4th time. Founded in 2010, GovDirect has continued to grow and excel in the industry holding a spot as one of the top computer hardware companies in the United States and number one in Tampa Bay.

“We ar..

NMSU researcher uses multispectral camera during drone flight to detect plant stress

A bird’s eye view can sometimes give a better picture of a situation.
Integrated pest management researchers at New Mexico State University are adapting the concept by using specialized cameras on drones to locate plants suffering from stress.
“With the use of a multispectral camera, we are collecting red and near-infrared spectral bands,” said Ashley Bennett, urban IPM specialist with the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. “From these bands we can calculate a plant stress metric called normalized difference vegetation index.”

Ashley Bennett, New Mexico State University urban farm integrated pest management specialist, lands a drone during a multispectral photography study of plants to determine if the plants are under stress from insects, disease or drought.

NDVI ranges from negative one to one. The greener the plant is, the healthier it is and the closer the NDVI value is to one. The more a plant is stressed the closer the value is to negative one. Image..

Israeli Drone Company to Create 80 Jobs in Scottsdale, Arizona

… facility and see drone demos.
Airobotics uses its drones to collect aerial … cheaper drone alternatives that are more accurate and readily available.
Airobotics drones … to develop Unmanned Aerial Systems technology in our state.”
Reach the …

Increasing Solar Inspection Efficiency with Drones

Comparing drone inspection time to relevant manual inspections across the 4 sites, we saw an increase in inspection efficiency of 97%. On a per MWdc basis, cost savings due to efficiency gains ranged from $1074 to $1717 per MW, for an average of $1254/MW cost savings.

U.S. powerless to fight drone attacks, top official says

Israel’s Airobotics opens U.S. HQ in Arizona as autonomous drone maker’s ambitions soar

As revolutions go, Ran Krauss wasn’t satisfied that drones were going far enough, fast enough. While the tiny flying machines offered potentially transformative services, Krauss figured drones would never reach their full potential as long as human operators were needed.

That philosophy led to the founding of Airobotics in 2014. The company has developed a pilotless drone that self-deploys, using robotics to handle chores like changing the battery and various components. No human intervention is needed.

The result is a robotic drone whose popularity is soaring so quickly that the company’s biggest challenge is making them fast enough to fulfill demand. As its next step toward expanding its research, development, and manufacturing, Airobotics announced today the opening of its U.S. headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona.

“The idea for us when we started Airobotics was to pull the pilot out of the loop,” Krauss said. “It’s the most expensive part of the operations. That’s clear when you’..

Salcra goes high tech

September 22, 2018, Saturday

Uggah receiving souvenir from Vasco.

LUNDU: The management of Sarawak Land Consolidation & Rehabilitation Authority (Salcra) has been given new Key Performance Index (KPI) to double up its oil palm plantation production, increase efficiency and migrate to Internet of Things (IoT) to reduce production cost.

Its chairman, Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas announced the tall order after officiating the 6th Ahli Jawatankuasa Pembangunan Ladang Salcra (AJPLS) conference closing ceremony at Salcra Bajo Training Centre near Lundu Friday night.

“We want to increase our production from 12 tonnes per hectare to 20 tonnes per hectare by 2025,” Uggah stressed.

Uggah, who is also Deputy Chief Minister, revealed that average production for the industry corporate plantation now stands at 22 tonnes per hectares.

To achieve this, Uggah said Salcra will be carrying out pilot project to introduce IoT in their oil palm plantations with sensors to monitor workers, monitor..

Central New York’s drone technology industry expands

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Defence and human rights: Europe’s deadly silence on armed drones

Defence and human rights:
Europe’s deadly silence on armed drones

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21 September 2018 –
VoxEurop

As EU member states rush to weaponize unmanned planes, those who monitor ‘collateral damage’ to civilian populations and abuses of international law brought about by extensive use of armed drones ask EU countries, as MEPs recently did, to set up a legal framework and to uphold human rights.

Wim Zwijnenburg for VoxEurop

The recent unveiling of a new CIA drone base in Niger has put the US targeted killing program in the international spotlight again. President Trump’s reversal of the slightly improved policies made by his predecessor Barack Obama on transparency and accountability gives more cause for concern in the years to come.

With looming conflict-theatres on the horizon, it is of paramount importance that EU Member States and the European Union speak out on these lethal policies and push back against further attempts to undermine international legal pr..