What is artificial intelligence (AI)?
Artificial intelligence is a branch of computer science concerned with the development and study of machines that are capable of learning, making decisions, planning, problem-solving, and demonstrating other features of natural (e.g. human) intelligence.

AI is used in almost every industry in the world to facilitate repetitive tasks, generate new insights, and organize and understand vast amounts of information. Today, AI tools are readily available to businesses of all sizes, from entrepreneurs to enterprises, and companies that fail to make full use of AI are destined to fall behind the competition. 
Here’s a look at what AI does and how businesses can use it in everything from sales and marketing to customer service and operations.
What does AI do?
At its core, AI leverages data to make autonomous decisions about a given set of tasks or processes. The complex computational techniques and algorithms at its disposal allow it to operate more efficiently than traditional computer programs, and often more efficiently than humans.
Whereas traditional AI relied mostly on robust computing power to grind its way through millions of “if-this-then-that” scenarios, modern techniques like machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) which make use of, for example, artificial neural networks and are better able to approximate natural intelligence. As a result, AI can be used in a much wider range of scenarios than ever before. These include:

• Revealing patterns in chaotic or extremely large datasets, like all the web searches running through Google right now or all the purchases being made on Amazon. 
• Monitoring the real world and making situational decisions, e.g. to drive a car or reroute ground or air traffic. 
• Understanding human speech and responding to written or spoken commands, like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa.

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How do you determine whether one multifamily deal is better than another? Let me start by saying that a deal is only as good as the assumptions you’re making as an investor, and assumptions are not guaranteed to materialize. As a real estate investor, operator and syndicator through my company Blue Lake Capital, a significant part of our analysis when considering properties to invest in is looking at how the property performed in the past. That includes analyzing various factors that include vacancy rates, bad debt, concessions, income and expenses.
We not only look at how the property has performed over the past six or 12 months, but we also look for trends. This indicates the potential for how the property might perform in the future. The million-dollar question when analyzing potential properties is: “Are your assumptions based on a feeling and your knowledge of the market, or are they based on hard data?” 
As a former lawyer, I live by the adage “Once a lawyer, always a lawyer,” so I’m always looking for the closest thing to “fact” as possible. Coupled with the influences of having attended MIT in graduate school, I learned long ago that hard data must support my assumptions. When considering investment opportunities, emotion must be put to the side and clear-cut logic should always prevail. That is why we use machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) when underwriting a deal and evaluating properties; the technologies help us ensure that we make better investment decisions based on hard data. 
Putting Technology To Work 
Machine learning is a form of artificial intelligence that has the ability to learn from prior experience without doing any additional programming. AI is a form of computer science that uses computers to emulate intelligent human behavior at a far more rapid speed than what we as humans are capable of. You can use these technologies to analyze data in ways you simply wouldn’t be able to do on your own. 
For example, we use AI and ML to help us choose which markets to focus on by analyzing how properties will perform in the future. The assumptions are based on analysis of both a market’s and a property’s past performance. The technology also looks at predictions of how a market and submarket will grow on a quarterly and annual basis. 
When we consider underwriting a property, we use AI software. In addition to standard metrics, you also can use AI to compare additional market data, including retention rates, lease terms and average vacant days, among other factors. AI also provides us with sales comps, lease transaction data and operational forecasts, which help us understand what the competition will look like in the future. 
In addition, AI software is able to analyze trends and then make predictions based on the data that’s being analyzed. The predictions can be extensive. They even include neighborhood forecasting, tenant patterns and predictive maintenance, which is an area that AI excels at in other fields. All of this data can help you determine the quality of the potential investment’s future performance. 
Continue reading: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbizcouncil/2021/10/04/how-real-estate-investors-can-use-artificial-intelligence/?sh=3c52b9ec454d

Sadly, there is still the common misconception careers in technology simply refer to ‘coding’ and this industry is built for men. Even when I joined ANZ’s technology graduate program I thought you must need a technology degree - which is simply not the case.
"Jobs in tech are in demand but kids are not growing up wanting and ready to fill them." Oscar Pedroso Co-founder & CEO, Thimble.
While the collective efforts of several organizations have led to the increase of women in technology, and indeed leadership roles, the truth is we have a long way to go. In Australia we see a significant separation in the courses in which females dominate.
Women make up three quarters of bachelor students enrolling in health and education related fields. On the opposite end of the scale, only 20 per cent of females enroll in information technology (IT), engineering and related technologies. These figures are consistent across the past 20 years.
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Crypto fans come from strikingly varied ideological backgrounds - from libertarians to techno-anarchists to bog-standard centrist investors. There is even a more left-wing view of the technology, which says crypto and the underlying blockchain technology could help radically reorganize society.
While perhaps less often aired, the view is far from fringe. Twitter's Jack Dorsey has said that bitcoin's ultimate aim is to create world peace. MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor, whose firm owns more than $5 billion in bitcoin, has said that the cryptocurrency represents "the apex property of the human race."
Dorsey and Saylor are hitting many of the same notes as the "crypto commoners," a left-oriented movement of technologists and activists who think blockchain could hold the key to transforming a competitive society into a cooperative one.
"There's also this other track of people who have been working on making the world a better place, protecting the environment, helping with workers' rights and fair trade," George Mason University professor Sarah Manski, author of a recent "post-capitalist guide" to crypto commoners, told Insider.
Continue reading: https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/blockchain-crypto-jack-dorsey-commoners-michael-saylor-bitcoin-dogecoin-palmer-2021-10

#'Edge' is a buzzword.
You’ll probably see it flashing like a neon sign in every corner of the Internet.
But this time, its irritating omnipresence is justified, because we are discussing the value of edge computing.
This new kid on the block has already gained the perception of being the cause of faster, cheaper, and more reliable data processing.
#So, Who’s on the Edge?
It seems like only yesterday cloud computing entered the mainstream.
Even before we consumed YouTube videos, podcasts, and articles on that topic, a new player had stepped onto the court.
Edge computing may appear avant-garde or revolutionary, but in fact, you must have seen it at least once in your life. Its principle is seen across modern devices and point-to-point computing technologies, including smartphones, tablets, sensors, robotics, and automated lines.
Continue reading: https://hackernoon.com/live-on-the-edge-of-computing

It’s been a year and a half since we first learned about COVID-19, but the pressure on businesses to accelerate their digital transformation (DX) efforts has not abated. Of particular note is the rise of the hybrid work model.
There are two things the pandemic has proven about the ‘new’ workplace: 1) DX in businesses is essential, and 2) Technology was intrinsic to a transformational overhaul of this scale.
That technology is edge computing: The ability to optimize and extend the capability of cloud computing by bringing computation and data storage closer to the devices where it’s being gathered. It’s a fairly amorphous concept that has been around since the 1990s, but thanks to the pandemic, it has given rise to edge computing’s dark horse: the remote worker.
Continue reading: https://www.ameinfo.com/digital/edge-computing-helps-democratize-the-workplace/

Healthcare faces a daily battle with rising demands, strained finances and the fallout from the pandemic. Could “edge computing” be its saviour? 
The terminology lacks the charisma of a new vaccine or wonder drug, or the political drama of a multibillion-pound funding programme. However, it has significant potential to tap the oceans of valuable data washing around healthcare.
Edge computing is a physical infrastructure outside a cloud setup or central data system that enables staff to access and analyse data – patient and clinical information – swiftly, cleanly and locally. The technology’s transformative potency comes from taking the data generated every day by hospitals, clinics and wearables and placing it close to where it’s needed most, rather than in a central repository where bandwidth and latency are barriers to its use.
Edge computing eliminates latency – the time taken to access the right data – and provides opportunities for faster response times and more comprehensive insights. It could empower technology for at-home monitoring, telemedicine and scaled-up virtual services, along with smart systems and real-time diagnostics. This is mission critical for the new care models needed to alleviate the roadblocks that blight traditional reactive care.
Faster decision-making
The edge is proving powerful across industry and retail, where it has a clear profit and loss impact. Analysts Grand View Research predict it will achieve a compound annual growth rate of 38.4% from 2021 to 2028.
Health systems can be slow to adopt technology. However, the edge is beguiling because it offers efficiencies from using data smartly at source. It could also be a gateway to new systems like 5G networks, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR).
 “2021 is the year of the edge,” says Laura Foster, programme manager, technology and innovation for techUK, the trade association for tech innovators, companies and organisations. “We are generating so much data and it doesn’t make sense to send it all to the cloud; it makes sense to process the data as soon as you can so it can be used where it is needed most.”
Continue reading: https://www.raconteur.net/healthcare/edge-computing-healthcare/

Drone delivery company Wing recently celebrated 100,000 deliveries with an unusual burst of media fanfare. Australia is at the forefront of Wing’s plans, with the company’s two biggest trial sites running in Canberra and Logan in Queensland.
Wing tells a simple story of barista coffee and roast chooks dropped on your driveway at a moment’s notice. Short on Vegemite for the kids’ brekky? Hop on the app, order, and a drone will lower a new jar to your doorstep before the toast is cool. All quick, contactless, and COVID-safe.
But the real story is much more complex. Drone delivery at scale will transform the skies, change expectations for speedy delivery, and hide the labour that makes it possible.
Owned by Alphabet, the parent company of Google, Wing has huge resources. New drone regulations are already being written, and Wing is setting itself up to be the backbone of a new aerial infrastructure.
How Wing works
Wing operates much like many app delivery platforms. After signing up, customers use the smartphone app to place their orders. Orders are then packed at local base stations and flown to their destinations by Wing’s drones. On arrival, the packages are lowered to customers by winch, automatically detaching from the drone before it returns to the base station.
Unlike the hobby drones you might see above parks and beaches, Wing’s delivery drones can operate out of the operator’s line of sight. Flight is fully autonomous, with one pilot monitoring several flights at once and able to take over or land if necessary.
Continue reading: https://theconversation.com/privatising-the-sky-drone-delivery-promises-comfort-and-speed-but-at-a-cost-to-workers-and-communities-166960

The Fylde Coast Responsible Business Network, part of the Prince’s Trust’s Blackpool Pride of Place Partnership, is a group made up of a growing number of business leaders passionate about supporting local people into jobs.
Blackpool-based website design and software development agency, Code Galaxy, joined the volunteer-led RBN to give something back to its community, and has taken part in initiatives such as Cyber Girls First – a project to encourage more women into technology jobs.
Mary Speakman, a director at Code Galaxy, said the RBN has helped her business spread the word to a larger audience of prospective employees, and has played a pivotal role in helping to encourage more people to forge careers in the local area.
She said: “When young people start to think about their careers, they typically think about seasonal jobs, but they never really see the more corporate sector and the private businesses which also provide long term career options. Young people are then seeking employment in cities and moving away from the resort, which is an issue for employers looking to recruit talent in Blackpool.
Continue reading: https://www.lythamstannesexpress.co.uk/business/blackpool-tech-team-aims-to-inspire-girls-into-male-dominated-sector-3404398

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Women are growing their presence in technology and here in Las Vegas mentorships are starting young with the help of Las Vegas Techies.
The Las Vegas organization kicked off “Techie Talks” a student speaker series Saturday at Black Fire Innovation. The mentorship event aimed to keep the conversation going by introducing middle and high school students to female professionals in information technology.
A chance at one-on-one conversations to learn what the field offers. The event was promoted to Clark County School District students via the district's Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) program.
“I’m really excited to meet all these women who are in the IT field or in STEM and learn about different career paths that I could follow through with in the future.”
Coronado high school student Marie Picini hopes to someday turn her passion into a career.
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There has been a lot of talk about how blockchain unlocks endless enterprise opportunities. And although all this buzz has not entirely translated to tangible results, the explosion of the decentralized finance and nonfungible token (NFT) markets has laid down markers on what is achievable and how blockchain can truly impact even the most conservative industries.
So unlike two to four years ago, developers, entrepreneurs and businesses are not just blindly joining the bandwagon. It is no longer about what blockchain can do. Now the questions being asked revolve more around how best to utilize the technology for the best results. Therefore, blockchain has slowly evolved from a buzzword to mainstream adoptable technology. If this does not indicate real growth and development, then what does?
However, this doesn't mean that it has been smooth sailing so far. Ever since we began to view blockchain as a viable technology to power mainstream applications, the throughput performances of blockchains, particularly those that have been widely adopted, have come under intense scrutiny. Understandably, scalability remains a yardstick to judge the readiness of blockchain networks to take up enterprise applications.
Continue reading: https://cointelegraph.com/news/want-to-improve-blockchain-infrastructure-work-under-layer-two-solutions

Some people think that permissioned distributed ledger technology can perform better than open blockchain because it is tweaked to address the issues of the latter. Such systems are also called “permissioned blockchain,” as if blockchain is a high-level concept and “permissioned” is one of its variants. But this statement is controversial and down below, you will come to understand why.
Is “permissioned” decentralized?
There are a lot of other options to choose from in DLTs: permissioned, private, enterprise, federated DLT, etc. And frankly, sometimes, it is not easy to distinguish between them. Therefore, for this level of discussion, let us compare just DLTs vs. blockchain.
A permissioned DLT and the mentioned variety thereof are not decentralized. There should not be any fallacy around this, as it might be fatal for a project. While some opponents to this statement might claim that decentralization can have a degree, and of course, permission less blockchain is more decentralized.
Let us put it simply. If there is someone between two counterparties in a transaction, and you can do nothing about this, it is centralized. In a public blockchain, if an ordinary user does not want to rely on a miner for their transaction to be included in a block, they can draft their transaction, and mine a block themselves. If the block is valid, the network will accept it. Of course, mining nowadays requires enormous computational resources, but there are no technical or formal barriers to it — you don’t need to seek permission to mine. In DLT, users of the network have different roles and authority, and ordinary users are not able to create and validate blocks. There is nothing wrong with having a centralized system; it is just a matter of understanding what you are dealing with.
Continue reading: https://cointelegraph.com/news/private-distributed-ledger-technology-or-public-blockchain

In 2022, we will see artificial intelligence continue along the path to becoming the most transformative technology humanity has ever developed. According to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, its impact will be even greater than that of fire or electricity on our development as a species. This may seem like a very ambitious claim, but considering it is already being used to help us tackle climate change, explore space, and develop treatments for cancer, the potential is clearly there.
The full scale of the impact that giving machines the ability to make decisions – and therefore enable decision-making to take place far more quickly and accurately than could ever be done by humans – is very difficult to conceive right now. But one thing we can be certain of is that in 2022 breakthroughs and new developments will continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible. Here’s my pick of the key areas and fields where those breakthroughs will occur in 2022:
The augmented workforce
There have always been fears that machines or robots will replace human workers and maybe even make some roles redundant. However, as companies navigate the process of creating data and AI-literate cultures within their teams, we will increasingly find ourselves working with or alongside machines that use smart and cognitive functionality to boost our own abilities and skills. In some functions, such as marketing, we’re already used to using tools that help us determine which leads are worth pursuing and what value we can expect from potential customers. In engineering roles, AI tools help us by providing predictive maintenance – letting us know ahead of time when machines will need servicing or repairing. In knowledge industries, such as law, we will increasingly use tools that help us sort through the ever-growing amount of data that's available to find the nuggets of information that we need for a particular task. In just about every occupation, smart tools and services are emerging that can help us do our jobs more efficiently, and in 2022 more of us will find that they are a part of our everyday working lives.
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China has revealed its first set of ethical guidelines governing artificial intelligence, placing emphasis on protecting user rights and preventing risks in ways that align with Beijing’s goals of reining in Big Tech’s influence and becoming the global AI leader by 2030.
Humans should have full decision-making power, the guidelines state, and have the right to choose whether to accept AI services, exit an interaction with an AI system or discontinue its operation at any time. The document was published by China’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) last Sunday.
The goal is to “make sure that artificial intelligence is always under the control of humans,” the guidelines state.
“This is the first specification we see from the [Chinese] government on AI ethics,” said Rebecca Arcesati, an analyst at the German think tank Mercator Institute for China Studies (Merics). “We had only seen high-level principles before.”
The guidelines, titled “New Generation Artificial Intelligence Ethics Specifications”, were drafted by an AI governance committee, which was established under the MOST in February 2019. In June that year, the committee published a set of guiding principles for AI governance that was much shorter and broader than the newly released specifications.
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The Ireland edition of this year’s Women in IT Awards will be presented in an online ceremony on the 7th December, in the aim to recognize advocates, role models and allies that are looking to break down barriers for women in the tech industry.
The ceremony will be the fourth and final awards presentation in the series for 2021, following the UK and US editions, which commenced in June, and earlier this September respectively, with the Asia event happening in October.
According to a report by The World Bank, women make up less than 40% of the total global workforce, and despite diverse organizations being found to perform better, hire better talent and have more engaged employees, women remain widely underrepresented in IT roles.
Continue reading: https://www.information-age.com/women-in-it-awards-ireland-shortlist-revealed-123497087/

As broadcasters, we often limit our perception of radio to audio programming. But we shouldn’t.
Today, Radio Data Systems (RDS) and HD Radio technology mean that data can be sent over the air through radio’s cost-effective and reliable, one-to-many delivery system. Each week, radio broadcast touches the lives of over 93% of the U.S. population, with no point-to-point connection, conveying simplex data effortlessly to a single unit or millions of devices.
Because it’s scalable, broadcasters can add millions of new data “listeners,” without increasing infrastructure costs or reducing existing service quality, for analog and digital broadcasts.
While FM analog RBDS services offer limited data, text or messaging, HD Radio technology enables digital audio programs and much higher levels of data services to automobiles, homes and portable devices. In other words: digital radio IoT.
Continue reading: https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/guest-commentaries/radio-broadcasting-and-the-internet-of-things

Water damage is one of the most frequent and expensive property loss claims filed each year for commercial properties including office buildings, industrial complexes, retail outlets, mixed-use developments, and hotel properties. Unfortunately, over the past few years, water damage claims have increased in both frequency and severity. Water damage causes billions of dollars in financial losses across the real estate industry, and these claims can get extremely costly for businesses. Direct costs for cleanup, repairs, replacements, and mold remediation, as well as indirect costs, such as legal fees, delayed projects, or business interruptions, can wreak havoc on an organization’s profit and loss statement.   
A major factor in how severe the water damage can get is the number of stories in a building. As the number of stories increase, severity increases.  A water leak from a top floor in a high-rise building can flow down several stories undetected and cause extensive damage. This is happening more frequently and with extensive damage, and what’s more, the older and less-cared-for buildings can be subject to sudden and accidental water leaks due to exposed conditions going unnoticed. 
Continue reading: https://www.facilitiesnet.com/buildingautomation/article/How-to-Use-Internet-of-Things-Technology-to-Prevent-Water-Damage--19391

How do we secure IoT devices and the ecosystem that supports them? Could quantum-driven cyber-security deliver a scalable and cost-effective solution?
While rapid growth in the deployment of IoT devices continues it is being hampered by the rising number of small- and large-scale cyber-attacks that are taking place.
In the UK while over 95% of Britons have some kind of IoT device in their household, according to research conducted by NordVPN, 20 per cent have not taken any measures to protect those devices.
“As the research shows, the more devices people own, the more vulnerable they usually are. Manufacturers surely have to take more responsibility for the safety of their products,” said Daniel Markusen, a digital privacy expert at NordVPN.
According to Gartner around 80 per cent of IoT projects fail before they are launched, often because of issues around scalability and security.
IoT devices are designed to collect and send information and while this can be done securely by using encryption, there are many examples of poor levels of encryption or of none at all leading to devices being hacked and compromised.
The number of consumer devices being hacked has jumped because it appears that many manufacturers are rushing unsecured products to market with very basic functions, in an attempt to shorten development times and cut costs.
“While this is great for device makers, it’s horrible news for consumers. When things are rushed, they leave huge gaps in terms of security,” warns Markuson.
Continue reading: https://www.newelectronics.co.uk/electronics-technology/securing-the-iot-ecosystem/240885/

To many of us who are not part of it, tech inspires awe… perhaps even distance. Because while we are all beneficiaries of tech advancements, the field itself demands specialized knowledge… and thought. Look at the luminaries of the profession — Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Jezz Bezos — and you know that lateral thinking is synonymous with acceleration in the field of technology. But think tech, and the names that come to mind are mainly those of men. So why have there been such few women leaving a mark in the industry? Interestingly, a 2021 McKinsey survey pointed to the fact that while the pandemic has enabled growth and expansion, only a small number of women are entering the field.
Gender inclusion and diversity are buzzwords across sectors, including tech. And now a 27-year-old Microsoft engineer has been stepping up to raise awareness on these two aspects. Dina Ayman is an Egyptian-American tech professional who has set up Diversity and Inclusion Power (DIP) in New Jersey, a company that advises corporations and universities to have greater inclusion that is customized to their needs; DIP also consults universities to bring diversity and inclusion to the academic spaces in the formative years of students.
Over the years, the industry has faced criticism for not being inclusive. But how these traits obstruct a young woman’s dreams is something that can be gauged from Dina’s own journey. “My love for technology started in high school,” she says. “The idea that I can create something in the US that would be used across the world was something that fascinated me. I was blown away by how technology is pervading into everything and how it makes life easier.”
Continue reading: https://www.khaleejtimes.com/lifestyle/why-its-important-to-have-greater-diversity-and-inclusion-for-women-in-tech

The previously clear lines between Defense and Commercial technology developments and use have been blurred over time.  In some circles, dual-use drone technology has become mandatory: technology developers must demonstrate that their product solutions are applicable to both Defense and Commercial applications, utilizing common components and parts.
Dual-Use Drone Tech Has Changed Over Time
Historically, unmanned vehicles were developed first by the Government/Military complex (DOD), as the first priority, and then found their way into the Commercial world.
An early-stage example is Global Hawk – a high-altitude/high-endurance UAV, which was developed in the mid- 90’s with a consortium consisting of DARPA (lead technology source), Defense Contractors (Northrup Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and others), Academia and a range of COTS (Commercial Off-the-Shelf) providers.
The original intent was to leverage this breakthrough platform for surveillance/reconnaissance use in Combat-Ready environments. New capabilities were added: Foliage Penetrating Radar, Linguistics Systems (language processors), Decision-Support Systems, Advanced Communication Systems and other capabilities, making Global Hawk a fully autonomous vehicle with interoperability in the future.
Continue reading: https://dronelife.com/2021/09/30/dual-use-drone-technology-closing-the-gap-between-military-and-commercial-applications/

Drone delivery company Wing has temporarily suspended deliveries to the Canberra suburb of Harrison after a nesting raven swooped a drone delivering coffee.
It has ignited an interesting dichotomy: if such deliveries are the carbon-friendly future, can birds and drones coexist, or should action be taken to mitigate any ill-effects of drones on wildlife?
Drones delivering hot coffee? Yes. Wing delivers hot coffee, groceries, medicine and hardware to locked-down homes in Canberra and non-locked-down ones in Logan, Queensland.
It plans to expand post-lockdown, marketing itself as a zero-emission, low energy, environmentally-friendly, fast and safe method of delivery, which will take cars off the road.
“Hot food and coffee are popular because we fly so fast,” Jesse Suskin, head of public policy at Wing, says. He talks up their pro-environmental, low energy credentials.
“If you order pasta via our app, it takes more energy to cook the pasta than deliver it.”
But now Wing, which started three years ago and is doing a delivery every minute in Canberra and one every 30 seconds in Logan, has now hit hot water itself.
Continue reading: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/01/theyre-territorial-can-birds-and-drones-coexist

Tim Barnett is offering his clients a new service that can help them soar above their competition.
Barnett, a drone pilot certified by the Federal Aviation Administration, recently started his own business, Drone ICS (Incident Command Solutions), in Elizabeth City.
Originally from Elizabeth City, Barnett graduated from Hampton Institute (now Hampton University). He worked in architectural firms in the Virgin Islands before accepting a position with the Federal Emergency Management Agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
As an emergency management specialist and infrastructure branch chief, he spent three decades traveling to the scene of natural disasters around the country. He lived in different regions of the United States, including California and Massachusetts, before retiring last year and deciding to return to his hometown where his mother still resides.
Continue reading: https://www.dailyadvance.com/features/local/barnett-offers-range-of-photo-services-with-drone-biz/article_13b065b6-ba95-5032-90d4-a3aafcf97fac.html

The history of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), popularly known as drones, effectively dates all the way back to the time of World War I (with more examples of rudimentary UAVs existing even further back in history). However, it wasn’t until 2006 when drones were first used outside military ventures. Today, they are used almost everywhere to carry out numerous tasks including remote sensing, emergency rescue and agriculture. Draganfly (NASDAQ: DPRO) (CNSX: DPRO) stands as one of the leading pioneers in drone technology.
Draganfly is a Canadian company with more than 22 years specializing in manufacturing drones and providing drone solutions. The company has made a name in drone development and solutions that improve aspects of human life.
Draganfly-ing to the Rescue
Continue reading: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/draganfly-revolutionizing-drone-technology-134854040.html

Researchers for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have dispatched a surface drone inside Hurricane Sam as it barrels toward the Caribbean, giving scientists a new perspective of what it's like inside such a storm.
The video and images shared were the first of their kind gathered by an "uncrewed surface vehicle" from inside a major hurricane as it moved across the Atlantic Ocean.
The onboard camera shows eerily gray skies and turbulent ocean waters. Massive waves swing the camera up and down as it careens across the middle of the open ocean. NOAA says the device is battling 50-foot waves and winds of over 120 mph.
NOAA dispatched the Saildrone Explorer SD 1045, a specially designed surface drone, into the midst of the Category 4 storm this week with the aim of providing scientists with a better understanding of hurricanes.
Continue reading: https://www.npr.org/2021/09/30/1041982357/researchers-share-drone-footage-of-what-its-like-inside-hurricane-sam

New York’s drone testing range will be using a 5G network to help advance innovation in unmanned aircraft systems.
The MITRE Engenuity Open Generation 5G Consortium has identified the Syracuse to Rome corridor as a prime location to launch the nation's first 5G UAS testing range, Gov. Kathy Hochu announced. 
The consortium is leading UAS-over-5G research for emergency response, infrastructure inspection, package delivery and asset management. The corridor is managed by NUAIR, a New York-based nonprofit and member of the consortium. It works with a number of states on advancing 5G UAS operations. 
The 100-square-mile testing range will include an experimentation hub dedicated to 5G beyond-visual-line-of-site testing and long-range flight paths, a capability that will be critical to safe and secure commercial unmanned aircraft, New York officials said in the announcement.
Continue reading: https://gcn.com/articles/2021/09/30/ny-5g-drone-test-range.aspx