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]]>When we talk about location, surveillance, rescue, or security tasks, we talk about areas of action where you must act in the fastest and safest way to guarantee the lives of people who are at risk. Many times, when an emergency occurs, response time is vital, an example of this is what happened in the 2015 Nepal earthquake, where thanks to the rapid action of drones, reconnaissance, search, and coordination flights were possible to rescue several people.
Drones have proven their effectiveness in emergencies. Their use in risky environments is expanding due to their advantages over traditional methods such as helicopter flights. Drones have greater maneuverability, move easily over uneven terrain, reach places that are difficult to access, capture high-definition images and significantly reduce response times.
Drones can also be used for crowd control, somewhere where the accumulation of people is critical, to monitor public buildings, for anti-terrorism controls, and can even be used for Judicial Police investigations.
Wonderful, isn’t it? Today at Simply Drones, we want to invite you to learn a little more about how drones could be applied in different areas and search and rescue tasks.
Drone Search and rescue. Image copyright: © Jason J. Hatfield
1. Search for missing people
In the field of rescue, drones have already been applied with success, and they are increasingly used in the search for missing people, this is because they can fly day and night and thermal cameras can allow trapped people to be found alive. One or more drones can search for missing people in open or hard-to-reach places such as mountainous or snowy areas. The small size of these UAVs makes it possible to have them always available in mountain stations, considerably reducing the search time.
Compared to the cost of a traditional helicopter, the low cost of these drones make them ideal for this task (a traditional helicopter is at least 30 to 60 times more expensive, and involves risk of human lives, high fuel consumption, etc.)
2. Transport emergency supplies
The transport of emergency material with drones (such as first-aid kits, medical kits, food, floats, or tools) constitute one of the primary tasks in rescue missions. The ability of drones to reach difficult places make them the perfect tool for transporting material in emergencies and on any terrain. For example, in a risky situation on a beach, drones could fly towards the victim, drastically reducing the response time of a first intervention. Immediately, the drone could release a life jacket that would automatically inflate when in contact within contact with water, thus saving the person in danger.
Sea rescue operation with a drone. Image copyright: 1001 Crash
3. Reconnaissance missions and risk situations
Having an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can be useful in reconnaissance missions, to plan police tactics, observe installations from the air or carry out escort tasks to a police operation.
The tasks of border surveillance and restricted access areas are particularly interesting, with the possibility of establishing a constant patrol in the area to be protected and carrying out automatic detection of risk situations, triggering a manual supervision alarm. In the same way, drones could also help to act early in situations where there is little knowledge of the terrain.
In espionage or information gathering tasks, drone cameras can be a great ally to know the risk in an unknown situation.
4. In fires or natural disasters
Drones allow emergency teams to explore, observe and control dangerous fires, they also allow assess the fire to determine its path and speed of travel, and any structures or areas with a risk in the path of travel quickly and effectively. This enables firefighting supervisors to send their teams exactly where they are needed.
In a fire situation, dual-purpose drone’s cameras are fully exploited, capturing thermal images to see through dense smoke, allowing the identification of certain hot spots and the source of the fire. The combination of all these technologies provides firefighters with valuable information to help them make the right decisions as quickly as possible.
Drone firefighting. Image copyright: Asia Pacific Fire
Drones not only allow us to be faster and more efficient in aerial thermography tasks, but they are also very useful when intervening in risky situations. Technology advances and every day we see how drones become indisputable allies in many areas of work. The new uses that are being given to drones are also a response to the needs that the world is having, as human beings we must think of technology as an ally to our daily tasks. Getting the best out of drones and helping others is a fundamental part of being responsible and contributing to the responsible use of drones, in Simply Drones, helping others is a fundamental part of our work, for this reason, we invite you to know our services, where we also want to help you in your solar construction, design and maintenance projects.
Silvia Monroy
Author
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]]>Science and technology are the closest thing to magic. With it, we can do things that we would never have thought of, but how far can we go? Through the years, we have witnessed how the human being is expanding the use of the technology that he creates reaching areas never imagined, it is common for something that was invented with a specific purpose to end up adapting to new needs, changing and evolving.
And it is that with the speed of technological advances that we have been experiencing in the last century, it would not be a surprise, in the short term, to run into the “futuristic events” that for years we have witnessed in science fiction movies and series being a reality.
Can you imagine that the government can control the climate of your country through Drones? Would you like to receive your favorite restaurant’s food in minutes thanks to a drone? Or go to work flying in a modern Drone Bus and avoid all the traffic? Well, these are projects that are a reality or will soon be (by the way, you can find out about the Drone Bus on our blog).
Without a doubt, controlling time is something that only the gods could do... until recently.
In the United Arab Emirates, in the desert of the Arabian Peninsula, there is not exactly enough water. What they do have is money and with-it technologies to get water if necessary. So much so that it is getting it to rain, even though the temperatures exceed 140° F. How? The answer lies in the artificial seeding of clouds, a process that allows the clouds to discharge as much water as possible, even if the environmental conditions do not exist. For this, the human being himself oversees making the conditions happen, doing tricks, of course.
How does technology cause it to rain?
Scientists at the University of Reading in England helped develop a series of drones that can fly into existing clouds and alter the electrical charge of water droplets so that they clump together, amazing, isn’t it?
If it works in a small region, this means it could help replenish troubled water supplies around big cities like Dubai, and usher in a new era of human control over the climate. According to local media, the United Arab Emirates has achieved a total of 219 operations to create artificial rain in 2021 alone. Despite the heat waves and the arid climate of the country, they are making it rain on its cities and areas of interest.
Is there controversy about the use of drones to control the weather?
This technique of seeding clouds and then releasing all the water within them is generating controversy since many governments believe that naturally occurring climatic events are being altered and this could have “hidden interests”. In addition, there are experts who believe that this can get out of hand and cause flooding, although it has been shown that in the hands of experts this can be controlled.
This mechanism is not the first to be used to try to generate artificial rain, since there are products that are mostly used by people involved in agricultural workers who use a type of product capable of creating cloud seeding in another way, although it is not 100 % safe for humans.
For now, it is believed that this technique applied by Dubai to create rain to lower the hot summer temperatures is perfect if it is controlled and guarantees the safety of all citizens of the country.
What you opinion on this topic? Would you like this climate control system to be implemented around the world? Let us know in a comment on this post!
Drones are changing the world, and at Simply Drones, we bet on this it is for this reason that we invite you to discover our portfolio of services. Perhaps at Simply Drones for now we will not make it rain eventually, but currently, we do have the best service in Aerial Thermography, Conceptual Panel Design, and Ground Monitoring. What are you waiting to discover our service?
Silvia Monroy
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