Browse Sites By Day: 18.02.2021 RSS2021-02-18T20:13:27+0000Weather researchers are discovering the value of using drones for science. In a project designed to help understand current climate issues used the BOREAL fixed-wing UAV equipped with specialized sensors to gather data from areas around Barbados. The project brought more than 100 scientists from Europe and the United States to work on understanding climate issues. Our interest is in the equipment used, but for the record - the project is called EUREC4A - also known as Elucidating the role of clouds-circulation coupling in climate.

]]>2021-02-18T20:13:27+0000All good things must come to an end. And even, apparently, some not-so-good things. The failed Trump Plaza in Atlantic City is no more. The building has sat empty for some six and a half years, and was originally scheduled to be demolished in 2018. Yesterday, the building that once housed 614 rooms, seven restaurants, and a 60,000 square foot casino.

]]>2021-02-18T17:12:56+0000Drone footage of clouds of smoke from a prescribed burn in state forest near the forestry town of Manjimup, WA. Source: ABC News | Duration: 19sec.

]]>2021-02-18T11:11:41+0000Drones usually utilise waypoint GPS to orient themselves which helps keep them stable while in flight, allowing pilots to hover and to make sure they don’t fly above the 400-foot ceiling required by regulators in countries like the US. Also unmanned droneds rely on GPS network for navigation. But GPS network may experience some down …

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