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Using UAVs for Search & Rescue
UAVs (or drones) are starting to be used for search & rescue operations, such as in the Philippines following Typhoon Yolanda a few months ago. They are also used to find missing people in the US,...
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Using Crowd Computing to Analyze UAV Imagery for Search & Rescue Operations
My brother recently pointed me to this BBC News article on the use of drones for Search & Rescue missions in England’s Lake District, one of my favorite areas of the UK. The picture below is one I...
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Crowdsourcing the Search for Malaysia Flight 370 (Updated)
Early Results available here! Update from Tomnod: The response has literally been overwhelming: our servers struggled to keep up all day. We’ve been hacking hard to make some fixes and I think that...
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Launching a Search and Rescue Challenge for Drone / UAV Pilots
My colleague Timothy Reuter (of AidDroids fame) kindly invited me to co-organize the Drone/UAV Search and Rescue Challenge for the DC Drone User Group. The challenge will take place on May 17th near...
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Debrief: UAV/Drone Search and Rescue Challenge
I had the pleasure of helping co-organize the first UAV/Drone Search and Rescue Challenge in the DC Area last Saturday. This was the first time that members of the DC Area Drone User Group participated...
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