Smart tech and engineering firm CAL International has formed a partnership with Australian green tech company AirSeed Technologies for a major climate change project that will employ aerial platform technology with the goal of planting 100 million trees by 2024. The partners have designed and engineered a seed pod delivery system for AirSeed’s existing delivery platform. Utilizing artificial and data intelligence, the AirSeed drone is a payload and delivery system that determines target areas using GPS coordinates before launching carbon pods at the ground at a rate of two-per-second.
These pods are then identified on the mapping system in accordance with the flight path, taking into account wind conditions and other variables at the date of planting, allowing the drone to return via the same route to record tree growth.
Each pod carries a gram of carbon gathered from rotting and dying vegetation, with the seed kept insulated from outside elements. The pod is activated during the rain, with rainwater absorbed by the carbon and allowing the seed to germinate. With a two-person team, one AirSeed drone is intended to plant 40,000 pods in just one day
“As soon as Andrew mentioned AirSeed to me I knew we were talking about a product and project that was ground-breaking in every sense of the word. CAL International is a unique business that not only has dedicated teams working in partnership with Blue Chip manufacturers but also incredible start-up technologies and disruptors such as NeedleSmart and AirSeed,” said CAL International founder and engineer Cliff Kirby. “As a company we blend a traditional engineering background with a company ethos built on innovation, as such we are often brought in to solve complex problems and issues in the automotive, defense, and nuclear industries. Often those complexities will span both engineering and tech fields, which allows us to create solutions that can then be scaled to volume.”
Continue reading: https://dronelife.com/2022/08/26/planting-trees-with-drones-airseed-delivers-seed-pods-for-drone-reforestation-initiative/
These pods are then identified on the mapping system in accordance with the flight path, taking into account wind conditions and other variables at the date of planting, allowing the drone to return via the same route to record tree growth.
Each pod carries a gram of carbon gathered from rotting and dying vegetation, with the seed kept insulated from outside elements. The pod is activated during the rain, with rainwater absorbed by the carbon and allowing the seed to germinate. With a two-person team, one AirSeed drone is intended to plant 40,000 pods in just one day
“As soon as Andrew mentioned AirSeed to me I knew we were talking about a product and project that was ground-breaking in every sense of the word. CAL International is a unique business that not only has dedicated teams working in partnership with Blue Chip manufacturers but also incredible start-up technologies and disruptors such as NeedleSmart and AirSeed,” said CAL International founder and engineer Cliff Kirby. “As a company we blend a traditional engineering background with a company ethos built on innovation, as such we are often brought in to solve complex problems and issues in the automotive, defense, and nuclear industries. Often those complexities will span both engineering and tech fields, which allows us to create solutions that can then be scaled to volume.”
Continue reading: https://dronelife.com/2022/08/26/planting-trees-with-drones-airseed-delivers-seed-pods-for-drone-reforestation-initiative/
