FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 5, 2017
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UAS being used to monitor weekend traffic conditions at 2017 Great New York State Fair
Thanks to a joint effort between the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), and the New York State Police, for the first time, state-owned UAS will be used to monitor weekend traffic conditions at the 2017 Great New York State Fair, which takes place from August 23 through September 4.
The UAS will be used to help the New York State Police and the State Department of Transportation monitor traffic and parking lot capacity during the weekends, which tend to be the highest attended days of the 13-day extravaganza.
All parties are involved are excited about the use of this technology.
From Unmanned Systems magazine: UAS helping wireless industry fly toward 5G
Not so long ago, it was groundbreaking for wireless companies to use drones at all. Among the first news-making developments for unmanned aircraft in the industry were deployments to inspect cell phone towers.
But recent research projects highlight far more fundamental ways that wireless leaders are using UAS — to help plan the standards and configurations for next-generation networks, and maybe even to provide telecommunications infrastructure that can fly in where ground-based networks are unavailable.
A few examples:
Cloud County Community College to adopt Unmanned Safety Institute’s drone curriculum
Cloud County Community College will become the first college in Kansas to adopt the Unmanned Safety Institute’s (USI) drone curriculum, as the school will reportedly use the curriculum as a “precursor to drone operations involving renewable energy assets.”
The UAS courses are also a part of the school’s Precision Ag program, and could be used to support other careers, such as those in mass communications, or that of a substation technician.
Harvey County Sheriff’s Office uses UAS to locate missing elderly man
On Wednesday, July 19, the Harvey County Sheriff’s Office in Kansas used a UAS to locate a missing elderly man who had been reported missing by his family.
The UAS located the 91-year-old man approximately 12 hours after he had been reported missing. The man was found dehydrated with possible injuries, but he was alive and is receiving treatment at a local medical facility.
According to Harvey County Sheriff Chad Gay, the UAS was integral to saving this man’s life.
“It was critical to saving that guy’s life last night. No doubt about it,” Gay says via the Hutchinson News.
Drobotron dubbed world’s first digital “drone billboard”
A UAS with a 40″ x 10” full color Lumenix 360 Display Sign attached to it is believed to be the world’s first digital “drone billboard.”
Developed by Central Floridian Bobby Watts, the UAS, known as the Drobotron DL1200 drone, is used to display video clips, still photos and text.
Via an article from ClickOrlando.com, Watts, who is licensed by the FAA to fly UAS commercially, explains what led to him coming up with this innovative use of drone technology.
“No matter where I go and fly a drone, everyone looks up at it. We've even been to the Cape filming rockets, and people will turn around from the rocket and look at our drones,” Watts says.
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