Drones could soon be used more in disaster efforts in Grand Forks

Drones could soon be used more in disaster efforts in Grand Forks

1 / 2WDAY photo2 / 2GRAND FORKS — Twelve pilots have spent the last few weeks volunteering their time as drones could soon be used in disaster efforts in Grand Forks

They sent their drones up in the air to give a bird's eye view of flooding in the area. that could change the way Grand Forks responds to flooding.
“The whole flooding process is new to me,” said Matthew Henry, a UAS operations manager for Northern Plains UAS Test Site.
Henry is one of a dozen pilots helping to visualize the changes in the river level.
“This would enable first responders to get a better bird's-eye view of what's going on,” said Henry.
During the last few weeks, the Northern Plains employees have helped in the flood fight.
They originally only intended to document what the water looked like from the sky. But as time went on they managed to do more.
With water levels high, engineers couldn't inspect the Sorlie Memori..

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Autonomous Drone Delivers Human Kidney Successfully

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Published on April 30th, 2019 |

by Steve Hanley

Autonomous Drone Delivers Human Kidney Successfully

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April 30th, 2019 by Steve Hanley

In a first of its kind event, an unmanned aircraft successfully delivered a human kidney to an operating room where it was transplanted to save a person’s life. An organ transplant requires rapid transportation between the donor and the recipient. The faster the journey, the higher the chance of success.

Credit: University of Maryland Medical Center/University of Maryland School of Medicine

The flight took place on April 19, 2019 and was a collaboration between transplant physicians and researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore; aviation and engineering experts at the University of Maryland; the University of Maryland Medical Center; and collaborators at the..

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Senators Push Regulator to Finalize Drone ID System

Two U.S. senators on Monday urged U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao to finalize a long-delayed rule that would require the remote identification of unmanned aircraft systems, or drones.

The U.S. Congress tasked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 2016 with issuing regulations or guidance by July 2018 that could permit the public, the FAA, law enforcement, and others to remotely track and identify drones and their operators during flight.

Senators Edward Markey, a Democrat, and John Thune, a Republican, said such a rule would help address a rising number of unauthorized drone flights.

“Remote identification will enhance safety, security, and privacy, and serve as a critical tool for law enforcement to respond to and address reports of illegal and unauthorized drone operations,” the senators said in a letter to Chao on Monday.

The FAA said on Monday that “drone ID and remote tracking are priorities for the FAA and we are well underway developing proposed rules.” The ..

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A tour of the BMW Tech Office and R&D Center in Shanghai

To show its commitment to the Chinese market and to harvest local talent, in 2018, BMW has opened its first Shanghai R&D Center. With the establishment of R&D centers in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenyang, the Chinese R&D network is by far the biggest presence of BMW R&D outside Germany.

In an even hosted by BMW Group as part of the Shanghai Auto Show activities, BMWBLOG was invited to participate in a series of workshops at the new R&D Center which focuses on autonomous driving, digital services and design, while collaborating with high-tech companies from China.

Workshop 1: Technology Office Shanghai
The location of the BMW Tech Office is nearly steps away from the famous Shanghai attraction – The Bund – in an area surrounded by million dollar properties and swanky hotels. According to Dr. Martin Sautter, Head of R&D BMW Group China, the location has been on BMW’s list for a while, due to its convenience for employees working in the city and also as a way to attract local talent.

It c..

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Taking down drones is turning into a big business

Just shoot them down?

After troublesome drones infiltrated London’s Gatwick airport late last year, disrupting passenger flights and costing potentially millions of pounds in revenue, that was the instinctive question posed by the watching world.

But for some businesses, shooting them down is a dangerous and unfeasible answer. They’re starting to tout better ideas: firing a net, jamming the drone, using a bigger drone to scoop it up.

These companies are part of an emerging industry offering myriad solutions, all hoping to solve the problems caused when drones fly where they’re not supposed to fly. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration announced in early 2018 it had logged more than one million registered drones, and Goldman Sachs Group predicts that by 2020, there will be 7.8 million shipments of consumer drones — an industry worth $3.3 billion in revenue. But as drones proliferate, major incidents will likely increase, raising questions about how to keep wayward devices in check..

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Gene A.I.dols Project : Dapps Game Using A.I., Establish Gene A.I.dols Co., Ltd. on Apr 26th. Release Open β in May ’19.

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Gene A.I.dols Project : Dapps Game Using A.I., Establish Gene A.I.dols Co., Ltd. on Apr 26th. Release Open β in May '19.

Open β version will be launched in May

Joint venture with high experts

Gene A.I.dols Co., Ltd. is a joint project of ICOVO, DataGrid and Amatz. Takuya Obata as Representative Director and Yuuki Okada as an Executive Vice President.

TOKYO, JAPAN, April 28, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ — Gene A.I.dols Co., Ltd. is a joint project of ICOVO, DataGrid Inc. and Amatz Inc.. We are having ICOVO COO Takuya Obata as a Representative Director and DataGrid Inc. CEO Yuuki Okada as an Executive Vice President.
New joint project combine ICOVO’s overall design and blockchain related development, DataGrid Inc.’s appearance development and Amatz Inc.’s game related adviso..

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Local councils reveal plans to use DRONES to target cowboy builders

Cowboy builders who rip off homeowners are to be targeted by drones in a new bid to protect the public.
The devices will help council staff investigate complaints about rogue workmen and inspect shoddy jobs.
Cameras fitted to the drones will stream live footage of roofs and other hard-to-reach spots to inspectors.
The remote-controlled devices could also be used to gather evidence against builders and provide proof of planning control breaches.
Dodgy contractors cost the UK economy £10billon a year – up from £3.5billion in 2010, according to the Federation of Master Builders.
Trading standards chiefs have invested nearly £2,000 in one of the hi-tech devices, which is to be licensed by the Civil Aviation Authority.

Drones are already having a major impact on the way we live

Matt O’Neill, assistant head of planning and trading standards at North Yorkshire County Council, said: “Like many councils, we use advances in technology to help us to work smarter.
“It’s a useful addition ..

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University Of Maryland Medical School Uses New Drone To Transport Donor Organs

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A pioneering medical breakthrough that will help organ transplant recipients was announced by the University of Maryland Medical School.

Drone technology was developed by the University’s School of Medicine and Engineering to transport donor organs. The LG-1,000 is the first-ever organ delivery drone and weighs 50 lbs.

“People asked us three years ago how are you ever going to make this happen,” Joseph Scalea, director of pancreas transplantation at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, said. “Here it is, we’ve done it. We moved the first-ever organ by drone and we put it into a person, and it’s functioning beautifully.”

The first organ drone transport happened one week ago in Baltimore when a kidney was delivered from the Living Legacy Foundation to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Heliport.

“Literally the drone landed on the helipad at Shock Trauma and then the surgery took place at the medical center the following morning,” Mohan Suntha, Univers..

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