The potential of using drones to deliver medical supplies to GP surgeries, hospitals and care homes is being investigated in the Highlands. NHS Highland is working with Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the University of the Highlands and Islands on the project. The health board said drones could potentially pick up and deliver items across its regions. NHS Highlands area includes the Caithness, Skye and Argyll. ‘Picking up’The health board said the project, which is based in Inverness, was still in the early stages. A spokesman said: “They could be used to transport goods and supplies across the region, delivering and picking up items from sites including, but not limited to, GP surgeries, hospitals and care homes.” He said a so-called prior information notice had been issued so that the partnership could have a look at what was currently available, both in terms of the market and the available technology. In Malawi in Africa drones have been tested for use in supplying medicines along a Humanitarian Drone Testing Corridor. Powered by WPeMatico The post Drone plan to carry medicines in Highlands considered – BBC News appeared first on PCStoreNearMe. via Technology Latest News – PCStoreNearMe http://bit.ly/2Gb8XmW
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In the battle between commercial truck drivers and kamikaze civilians on U.S. highways, the civilians have a handy weapon. In many fleets, there’s a 1-800 number on the rear flank of commercial trucks, along with a unique ID. For many a soccer mom or dojo dad, that “How’s my driving?” hotline is the ultimate equalizer. Pretty soon, drones may have something similar. That’s thanks to a collaboration between Santa Monica-based aerospace company AirMap, Google Wing, and Kittyhawk.io, who are demonstrating a remote ID application for commercial drones, one that could be available to civilians via an AR app. “Before such wide-scale drone operations as autonomous deliveries can take place, we need to ensure that regulators – and the public – can easily assess whether or not a particular drone belongs to a good actor or requires intervention,” explains Ben Marcus, Co-Founder and Chairman of AirMap. “Network-based remote identification applications like AirMap’s Drone Aware, augmented by local broadcast solutions when available, help airspace managers enforce aviation regulations while cultivating public trust in drone and also protecting the privacy of drone operators.” AirMap’s identification solution integrates with the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC), an ongoing collaboration between FAA and Industry that’s supposed to act as a sort of air traffic control for commercial drones. The remote ID application is also integrated with the InterUSS Platform, an open API used for separate USSs to communicate with each other during drone operations. Delivery drones are taking off in Europe and around the world. While adoption has been far slower in the U.S. due to strict beyond visual line of sight restrictions placed by the FAA, the age of the commercial drone is nigh. A large part of the challenge moving ahead with commercial drone operations over populated areas concerns transparency and accountability. It can be disconcerting to see an unmanned vehicle whiz overhead. Enforcement from the ground will also require the ability to identify drones in the sky, much like a police officer or well-placed CCTV camera can log a car’s license plate. In a recent demonstration, bystanders were able to identify the drones flying overhead quickly and easily, demonstrating the efficacy of the network-based ID solution. They simply pointed a smartphone towards the drone to capture its exact location, identity, and telemetry, all in real-time. Powered by WPeMatico The post How’s my flying? AR “license plates” for drones let bystanders ID pesky pilots – ZDNet appeared first on PCStoreNearMe. via Technology Latest News – PCStoreNearMe http://bit.ly/2G1L9mf If you get a little freaked out when a drone flies overhead or — especially — close by, you are not alone: So do American black bears (Ursus americanus), according to a study published by researchers in 2015. They determined that, even though drones can be advantageous for research, conservation, aerial photography, animal population estimates and even to deter poaching of certain species, understanding how animals respond to drones is equally important. Now those same researchers have followed up their 2015 research with a study published Jan. 15, 2019, in the journal Conservation Physiology that shows over time, bears do adapt to the presence of drones, or unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The findings are important, researchers say, because drones are increasingly used in animal behavior research, as well as anti-poaching tools. Drones are also another consequence of Anthropocene, the proposed period spotlighting when Homo sapiens started having a significant impact on the planet. “The popularity of unmanned aircraft systems among recreationalists, researchers and conservationists has increased tremendously in recent years and represents a new potential stress to wildlife,” the study notes. The research, led by wildlife ecologist Mark Ditmer, took place at a 372-square-meter (4,004-square-feet) fenced-in facility maintained by the Wildlife Science Center in east-central Minnesota. Ditmer and company tested the effects of a small drone — less than 2 feet (.6 meters) in length — on five captive American black bears at the center. The drone flights were performed near the bears five times a day, twice a week, over the course of four weeks. Researchers monitored the bears’ heart rates using cardiac biologgers. The study was paused for 118 days, then resumed to measure whether the bears’ tolerance for the drones still existed. According to the findings, while the bears showed strong heart rate elevation in response to the first drone flights overhead, their responses consistently diminished over time. The bears were considered “habituated to UAS” by the third week of the study. When researchers picked up the flights again several months later, the bears in the study were still mostly unmoved by drone presence. However, the researchers offered several cautions: “It’s important to note that the individual bears in this study did show a stress response to the initial drone flights,” Ditmer said in a press statement. “Close-proximity drone flights near wildlife should be avoided without a valid purpose. However, our findings do show that drone use in conservation, for things such as anti-poaching patrols, can provide benefits without long-term high-stress consequences.” Acclimatization to mechanical noises like drones can reduce animals wariness to human threats, the study suggests. And even though the bears’ cardiac effects diminished, frequent disturbances from drones could cause other chronic physiological effects the study didn’t measure. Finally, the study, which included just American black bears, says if and how fast other wild and captive animals adapt to drones could be different. The captive bears at the center were already accustomed to regular exposure to humans and mechanical noises “that may have hastened their habituation to the UAS.” Powered by WPeMatico The post Bears Adjust to Repeated Drone Exposure, Study Finds – HowStuffWorks appeared first on PCStoreNearMe. via Technology Latest News – PCStoreNearMe http://bit.ly/2GbbGwu Have you ever held 19 shopping bags in hand and the only thing stopping you from one single uninterrupted trip from the car to the kitchen was having to put all the bags down to unlock your door? Well fear no more, one manly stare at a smart lock may prevent you from failing the one-gliding move grocery challenge or requiring the assistance of someone to unlock it for you. There are two flavors of this, the non-facial recognition does password, remote control, fingerprint scanning, physical key, and key fob. The facial recognition drops the fingerprint for palm print, and additionally does facial recognition. Both have cameras, so presumably there’s a “who’s been knocking at my door” feature.. You can store up to 100 faces and palms (not seeing if that’s combined or separate,) which puts this in a small business class category. It can’t be fooled by videos or by photos, and the PR contact I’ve got tends to indicate that a wax version of your face won’t work (probably due to the dual 3d cameras). I mean who here hasn’t been knocked out by the CIA and a wax face been created while they slept? Should your WiFi fail, your face not be recognized, the battery die, there’s always the keys that come with it that you lost didn’t you? Did you check under the door mat? There you go. And I gotta run and grab my kiddo so images later… Share this:Powered by WPeMatico The post Kickstarter spotlight: US:E -Smart lock with facial recognition appeared first on PCStoreNearMe. via Technology Latest News – PCStoreNearMe http://bit.ly/2G4c3d8 In this episode of the Data Show, I spoke with Maryam Jahanshahi, research scientist at TapRecruit, a startup that uses machine learning and analytics to help companies recruit more effectively. In an upcoming survey, we found that a “skills gap” or “lack of skilled people” was one of the main bottlenecks holding back adoption of AI technologies. Many companies are exploring a variety of internal and external programs to train staff on new tools and processes. The other route is to hire new talent. But recent reports suggest that demand for data professionals is strong and competition for experienced talent is fierce. Jahanshahi and her team are building natural language and statistical tools that can help companies improve their ability to attract and retain talent across many key areas. Here are some highlights from our conversation: Optimal job titles
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