27-01-2015, 09:51 AM
Drones may be a disrupting technology in many sectors. I saw drones successfully be used in movie filming, high rise building maintenance. Now in agriculture...
I saw a new toy drone, similar as wireless control toy car, which can be easily controlled by layman. Are flying the real drones as easy as that? Hmm...
Unmanned drones could play key roles in food supply
WASHINGTON — Herding cattle. Counting fish. Taking an animal’s temperature. Applying pesticides.
When it comes to drones, “your imagination can go pretty wild in terms of what would be possible”, says Mr Roger Johnson, president of the National Farmers Union.
This month (Jan), the Federal Aviation Administration issued the first permit for agricultural use of unmanned aerial vehicles. Mr Steven Edgar, president and CEO of ADAVSO, says his Idaho-based business will use a lightweight, fixed-wing drone to survey fields of crops.
Drone technology, already used in other countries, can make farmers more efficient by helping them locate problem spots in vast fields or ranchlands. Increased efficiency could mean lower costs for consumers and less impact on the environment if farmers used fewer chemicals because drones showed them exactly where to spray.
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http://www.todayonline.com/tech/gadgets/...ood-supply
I saw a new toy drone, similar as wireless control toy car, which can be easily controlled by layman. Are flying the real drones as easy as that? Hmm...
Unmanned drones could play key roles in food supply
WASHINGTON — Herding cattle. Counting fish. Taking an animal’s temperature. Applying pesticides.
When it comes to drones, “your imagination can go pretty wild in terms of what would be possible”, says Mr Roger Johnson, president of the National Farmers Union.
This month (Jan), the Federal Aviation Administration issued the first permit for agricultural use of unmanned aerial vehicles. Mr Steven Edgar, president and CEO of ADAVSO, says his Idaho-based business will use a lightweight, fixed-wing drone to survey fields of crops.
Drone technology, already used in other countries, can make farmers more efficient by helping them locate problem spots in vast fields or ranchlands. Increased efficiency could mean lower costs for consumers and less impact on the environment if farmers used fewer chemicals because drones showed them exactly where to spray.
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http://www.todayonline.com/tech/gadgets/...ood-supply
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