Author Archives: Martin Walls
A drone just flew a kidney to a transplant patient for the first time ever. It won’t be the last.
Talk about a special delivery. In the wee hours of April 19, a custom-made drone roughly the size of a washing machine lifted off from a neighborhood in southwestern Baltimore and whisked a human kidney to a nearby hospital, where … Continue reading
Drone makes historic delivery of life-saving kidney for Maryland patient
In a world first, a drone has delivered a donor kidney to a U.S. hospital, which resulted in a successful transplant. The groundbreaking flight required a drone that could maintain and monitor the kidney, officials said. The unnamed patient, a … Continue reading
Introducing the Blue Ribbon Task Force on UAS Mitigation at Airports
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) have formed a new task force dedicated to mitigating unmanned aircraft system (UAS) danger at airports. The “Blue Ribbon Task Force on Unmanned Aircraft System Mitigation … Continue reading
Hobbyist Drones Have Hampered Aerial Firefighting
Two camera-equipped DJI drones may have helped Parisian firefighters to position their hoses to quench the Notre Dame Cathedral blaze on April 15, but drones have been a problem for aerial firefighting efforts in the United States. “Aerial firefighting missions … Continue reading
