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Drones may change search for gas field hazards

2015-01-27 19:55:14| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

A helicopter equipped with magnetic sensors flew over three plots of Pennsylvania state lands hunting for signs of forgotten oil and gas wells last summer at a cost of about $2,000 an hour. Meanwhile, a promising tool that had potential to be part of the research mission was parked in Pittsburgh: an unmanned six-foot-long helicopter that can fly for an hour and a half on $3 worth of gas.

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Drones to Cut Inspection Costs in Half, Improve Distribution Reliability

2015-01-23 17:25:00| Transmission & Distribution World

Sharper Shape, a supplier of drone (UAV) based automated asset inspection and maintenance planning services demonstrated drones with advanced sensors in public test flights. The flights are part of a completed research project conducted with the Electricity Research Pool at Finnish Energy Industries. read more

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Data Processing Software supports agricultural drones.

2015-01-22 14:31:53| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

Available to anyone using drone for agricultural data collection, cloud-based Bring Your Own Drone™ solution processes drone-collected data and returns actionable recommendations. Resulting reports can include everything from overhead view of fields used to spot problem areas, to zone map for precise fertilizer application. Reports can be imported into virtually any farm data management system.

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Underwater Drones Map Algae Beneath Antarctic Ice

2015-01-19 21:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Live Science: Although the surface of Antarctica is almost completely white, a field of green and brown algae clings to the underside of the sea ice around the frozen continent. Previously, this underwater forest of algae was accessible only to marine creatures or specially trained divers. But now, researchers are using pioneering drones to scout out and map the miles of algae mats. The Antarctic algae begin growing in early spring and rely on the small amount of sunlight that penetrates the ice to survive....

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