Tag: drone

Helsinki Pilots a System to Safeguard Drone Navigation

Stuart Mitchell

Helsinki pilots new sensors to survey possible GNSS signal interference in the low airspace in the city area. The aim is to collect data from lower altitudes than before. The innovation company of the City of Helsinki, Forum Virium Helsinki, has launched a half year long pilot to study interferences in the satellite-based GNSS positioning signals that drones rely on. The focus is on helping the city and the authorities to understand when and where interferences to positioning signals occur. Knowing exactly where drones are at all times is vital…

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As Africa’s biomass shrinks, epic all-drone shot film highlights the poaching threat to animal collectives.

Stuart Mitchell

What is the collective noun for a group of drones? A flock? A watch? A sentinel? A guardian as it turns out. ‘A Guardian’ is a glorious drone-shot film for charity OverAndAboveAfrica, using collective nouns to romance the beauty of animal groups across Africa. But at the same time highlighting their vulnerability to poaching gangs. The genre of animal collective nouns act as the narrative thread in this emotional rollercoaster of a film for Los Angeles–based OverAndAboveAfrica, a charity that raises funds to support people and organizations in Africa who…

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