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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Drones Helping Relief Effort

An excerpt from Wired -

ABOVE DEVASTATED HOUSTON, ARMIES OF DRONES PROVE THEIR WORTH
By Aarian Marshall

“This is the one of the first big disasters where we can show how valuable drones can be,” says Brandon Stark, who directs the Center of Excellence on Unmanned Aircraft System Safety at the University of California, Merced. In the coming weeks and months, they'll help locals assess damage to homes, roads, bridges, power lines, oil and gas facilities, and office buildings—and determine whether it's safe to go back.

https://www.wired.com/story/houston-recovery-drones?mbid=nl_090417_daily&CNDID=%%CUST_ID%%

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