September 5, 2014
Currently Google disclosed her Project Wing trial Australia. This also remind me the Amazon PrimeAir. Both are cool designs. I embedded their videos here.
Project Wing by Google
Amazon PrimeAir:
By the way, drones, or more technically people call them "unmanned aerial vehicles, have much more applications than just delivering snacks to your home. Researchers are exploring different applications of UAV:
"include but are not limited to power line inspection; pipeline inspection; ship inspection; mine inspection; dam inspection; anomaly detection/prevention; early fire detection and forest protection; hazard monitoring; traffic monitoring; environmental monitoring; search and rescue operations; emergency response; border patrol; harbor patrol; police surveillance; aerial photography; SWAT support; imaging and mapping; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); chemical spraying; crop dusting; night vision; and entertainment industry and filming."
- extracted from UAV Applications: Introduction, Handbook of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, edited by Kimon P. Valavanis, George J. Vachtsevanos
Here are some interesting examples:
Drones For Whale Research
Drone on the Farm
British Army's Black Hornet Nano UAV - BBC News
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