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This is a media curation page for the PIRatE Lab's AARR Program. We are developing practical, low cost programs to monitor resources in our coastal zone (the land near the ocean and the ocean near the land) with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs aka "drones") overhead and subtidal Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) . Enjoy!!
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UAVs are poised to revolutionize ecology and even save scientists’ lives. 
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A start-up plans to help solve the world’s climate problems by using drones to plant forests of seedlings – a billion trees a year.
Jonathan Fausto's insight:
Just another thing UAV technology can help us out with !
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The team behind Skyward, a cloud-based information management platform for commercial drone operators, has announced that it has raised a $4.1 million
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Watch Video | Listen to the Audio The post Obama apologizes for drone-strike deaths of two hostages in Pakistan appeared first on PBS NewsHour. Via Jerome Burgess
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A publicity stunt delivering the first asparagus of the season using UAV has gone horribly wrong.
Timothy Holcombe's insight:
Well someone failed several pre-flight checks.
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Tehran is turning to an unmanned air force to further its expansionist goals. A newly discovered drone HQ hints at just how big its ambitions may be.
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Air traffic suspended for an hour on Friday due to people flying drones in air navigation passages.
Timothy Holcombe's insight:
A slightly old event but it fits what can happen with irresponsible users.
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How is a rare strain of malaria spreading near cities in Southeast Asia? That's the question that's been puzzling a team of scientists. And they're using drones to find the answer.
Andrew Brinkman's insight:
Use of drones to understand larger impacts of urban development tied to macaques, mosquitoes and malaria.
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Want to get an ambulance through urban environments faster? Give it propellers and space for one passenger.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Where's my ride?!?
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Last year, funding for peacetime drone start-ups topped $100 million But it’s an industry still in the Wild West phase, waiting for the Federal Aviation Administration to adopt rules to allow the commercial use of drones.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Pew! Pew!
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NASA is very proud of the Global Hawk UAVs that it uses for environmental monitoring missions like keeping track of hurricanes, among other things. We should know: we visited them last year. But Global Hawks are super ...
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As long as they don’t drop straight down on them
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(Phys.org)—A trio of ecologists, one with Universidad Nacional del Comahue in Argentina and the other two with Swansea University in the U.K., has written and published a Perspective piece in the journal Science, calling for increased efforts to mitigate human caused deaths of flying animals. In their ...
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UAV experts uncover the drone accessories they can't live without. Use this list to quickly find the best parts (and prices) for your rig.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - A drone carrying a small camera, a water bottle and a flare and marked with a radioactive sign was found on the rooftop of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's office on Wednesday. Via ReactNow
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Chimp uses a branch to demolish a drone. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on the chimp who made a monkey out of a drone.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Stick plus chimp = drone hazard.
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The technology makes possible in just minutes what previously took hours.
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Know Before You Fly is an educational campaign that provides prospective users with the information and guidance they need to fly safely and responsibly.
Jonathan Fausto's insight:
Check this page out for basic drone use rules and safety guidelines.
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Waterproof Quadcopters and Hexcopters from QuadH2o. Offering professionals and hobby enthusiasts the ability to safely capture aerial and video photography over water.
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While commercial drone regulations are likely years away from becoming law, a recent survey showed that consumers have already embraced the idea of drone delivery and are willing to pay for it. More than two-thirds of respondents to a poll indicated they expect to receive a drone-delivered package within the next [...]
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Here they come...says everyone.
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Video technology and science converge on an
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Cool video, but I was hoping to see the suck crash into the lava!
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