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Paige Fitzgerald, who leads the UAS program at Delware's office of emergency management, shows colleagues the view from her DJI drone.

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Drones for Good: Paige Fitzgerald and the Delaware Emergency Management Agency

byBenjamin Popper
Posted on July 17, 2018

Over the last few years, public safety agencies have moved from experimenting with small drones to integrating them into their everyday toolkit. Across the globe, police and fire departments, search and rescue…

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Drones for Good: Fighting Pollution with The Plastic Tide

byChris
Posted on July 16, 2018July 17, 2018

In this interview, Peter Kohler, Founder and Director at The Plastic Tide, discusses how they are leveraging the use of drones technology and machine learning to identify plastic pollution over beaches. Peter Kohler…

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DJI Stories – Saving Life In The Dark

byChris
Posted on June 13, 2018June 13, 2018

The victim of a car crash was missing – unconscious in a ditch on a cold, dark night. Officers on the UK’s Lincolnshire police force saved his life recently when…

DJI Stories - Using Drones to Save Entangled Whales

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DJI Stories – Using Drones to Save Entangled Whales

byChris
Posted on June 5, 2018June 13, 2018

Every fall, pods of enormous humpback whales make their way towards Hawaii, where they can ride out the winter in warm waters. For centuries humans have watched this noble migration…

DJI - AUVSI XCELLENCE Humanitarian Award Highlights

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DJI – AUVSI XCELLENCE Humanitarian Award Highlights

byChris
Posted on May 31, 2018June 13, 2018

At XPONENTIAL 2018, five organizations that flew drones on critical, life-saving missions were recognized and named winners of the inaugural AUVSI XCELLENCE Humanitarian Award, hosted by the Association for Unmanned…

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DJI Stories – Saved by a Drone

byJames Thomas
Posted on May 3, 2018June 13, 2018

During search and rescue operations, every minute counts. Going to Iceland had always been Lukasz’ biggest dream, but little did he know about the adventure that awaited him and his cousin Gabriela…

Phantom 4 used in the Maldives with the partnership between DJI and UNDP

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DJI and UNDP use latest drone technology to protect vulnerable communities

byChris
Posted on January 21, 2017March 28, 2018

Drones empower communities in the Maldives to better prepare for and respond to disasters The Maldives, one of the most fragile and dispersed nations on earth, faces unique threats from…