Drones: status, applications, and issues

[2017-11-29 Wed 19:18:41] event: Science in the Cafe speaker: Cung Vu

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Applications

• crop monitoring on farms
• aerial photography
• delivery supplies to remote areas
• fire detection and monitoring
• wildlife monitoring
• power transmission monitoring
• drone swarm performance

Counter drone technologies

• geofencing
• gps spoofing
• jamming
• lasers
• drone-on-drone