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Drone News for Week of October 1st 2018

Drone News for Week of October 1st 2018

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Disney’s spray-painting drone could end the need for scaffolding

PaintCopter is a drone that can autonomously spray paint both flat and 3D surfaces. Disney Research says the goal is to be able to paint large surfaces without the need for scaffolding and ladders.

Indonesia earthquake tsunami warning: Aerial drone footage shows SHOCKING devastation

A video shows the devastating after-effects of the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that hit Indonesia last Friday

Blundering drone gang film themselves packaging drugs to fly into maximum security jail

Dozy Paul Reilly and Michael Martin had no idea the drone's camera was recording as they got set to fly nearly £3,000 worth of drugs inside Kinder Eggs into Perth Prison

Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Seek to Enhance Drone Swarm Navigation Using Neuroscience

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Applied Physics Laboratory are attempting to enhance the navigational algorithms of autonomous robotic swarms using discoveries related to dynamic replanning — the cognitive mechanism that allows animals to navigate while on the move.

Drone impedes rescue mission on Gold Coast

The recent rescue of a fisherman stranded on rocks in Gold Coast Seaway was delayed by a drone. Helicopter rescuers had to wait for the drone to leave the skies before the injured fisherman could be winched to safety following a boat accident

Kespry Expands Drone Roof Inspection Solution

New capabilities include the automatic creation of roof dimension data that can be directly processed in Xactware’s Xactimate solution to support more rapid repair estimation. In addition, enhancements to the Kespry iPad inspection app now enable the full power of the Kespry cloud to be used on-site within minutes of a drone inspection flight

Cocky Drone Operated Shows Off Skills By Crashing It Directly Into A Woman’s Face

This poor family got together for a reunion and decided to use a drone to capture the large group from the above.Unfortunately the person operating it had it fly back for a wide shot and then back in for a tighter shot. That’s when things went wrong. It ended up slamming into a female in the group. Nailed her right in the face.

Lancaster County, Lincoln invest $90K in drones

Lancaster County and Lincoln agencies will soon have invested more than $90,000 in drones to help law enforcement and firefighting operations.

AT&T and Dedrone partner on counter-drone technology

Telecoms giant AT&T has partnered with San Francisco counter-drone startup Dedrone to develop a detection solution to protect military bases and other sensitive locations from what they describe as malicious drones.

FAA clears DJI and other drone companies to fly near airports

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given nine companies permission to fly in controlled airspace, such as airports, as part of its Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) initiative. One of those nine companies is DJI, along with Aeronyde, Airbus, AiRXOS, Altitude Angel, Converge, KittyHawk, UASidekick and Unifly. It doesn't mean operators can fly those brands' drones over airports anytime they want, though,it only means that professional drone pilots can now get authorization to enter controlled airspace in near-real time instead of waiting for months.

Department of Defense, Army Futures invest in Austin hackathon ideas

A three day hackathon focused on targeting drone dangers wound down Sunday as three teams of finalists walked away with the promise of $15,000 to support the ideas they'd created for the future.

Drones Flying on Valley Children's Property Causes Concern For Air Ambulance Pilots

Drones are becoming a big danger for pilots when they are in the air. On Monday, Valley Children's hospital staff saw a drone flying on hospital property. Hospital staff said it is a problem because emergency helicopters are flying in and out of the facility.

Drones flying into restricted airspace 'going to kill somebody,' says pilot

From the ground it can be hard to see the drama taking shape in Canadian skies or sense the danger that's brewing as traditional aircraft come head to head with drones invading their airspace.

French authorities choose Elistair’s Orion tethered drone as a persistent eye in the sky for security of the Ryder Cup 2018.

A tethered drone built by Elistair was used by the French authorities to ensure continuous aerial surveillance of one of the biggest international sports competitions, The Ryder Cup 2018 held in Paris from September 25 to September 30.

Australia Drone News

Avoca Beach drone trial: Beach chosen due to shark spottings and attacks

AVOCA beach will trial shark spotting drones for the first time this summer prompted by the high number of attacks and sightings at the popular beach in recent years.

Day 5 of UAV Challenge 2018 – no overall winner in Medical Express

The UAV Challenge 2018 is over and we have had a spectacular week in Dalby. Eleven teams flew in the Medical Express Challenge. Their mission was to retrieve a blood sample from Outback Joe at his farm and in doing that they had to land within 10m of a visual target.

Drone photos of Mumbai reveal the places where extreme poverty meets extreme wealth

In his ongoing photo series, Unequal Scenes, photographer Johnny Miller captures the troubling inequality of Mumbai, whose remarkable progress has given way to many unfortunate side effects.

Global Drone Identification Systems Market 2018- Blighter Surveillance Systems, Dedrone, DroneShield, HENSOLDT

The report offers a detailed Outlook and future prospects of Global Drone Identification Systems Market evaluates various aspects that determine the growth as well as the volume of the market. Additionally, it presents a determined business outlook of the market along with the summary of some of the leading market players.

Drone warning around airports

As personal drones continue to soar in popularity, the Jandakot Airport Community Aviation Consulting Group (JACACG) is warning users to inform themselves on local restricted areas and the dangers of flying drones near airports.

Drone Simulator Software Market is expected to register the highest CAGR according to market forecasts to 2026

Drones have emerged one of the most dynamic and promising sectors over the past few years. The overall industry sales is expected to hit 3 Mn units by the end of 2018, creating immense opportunities for adjacent markets such as drone simulator software.

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7 things I learned in my first month as a drone owner

While DJI have done a great job of making the controls simple and getting the drone into the air fairly straightforward, there are aspects to drone ownership that hadn’t immediately occurred to me. Naturally, each drone model has unique features such as size, whether it has longer or shorter battery life or particular flight modes but there are some experiences that I think are more or less universal.

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