An AI-based drone that speeds up the detection and monitoring of wildfires is presented in Germany
An AI-based drone that speeds up the detection and monitoring of wildfires is presented in Germany
A company that specializes in early wildfire detection has developed a new, AI-based drone that it says will help speed up the detection, location and monitoring of fires.
dual-use?
almost always with drones and monitoring.
The drone will deliver infrared images, among other things, and works in combination with a fire detection system that the company developed earlier and that’s already being used in several countries. The fire detection system, called Silvanet, is designed to detect wildfires at the smoldering stage using solar-powered gas sensors connected via a wireless network.
It's a good idea. But you can be sure that there already drones being used with infra-red tech to detect "tress-passing" humans.
Tresspassing where? Isn't that a very American framing? I mean, it changes from place to place, but I just took a peek at the regulation in one of the places I know. Forested areas with no walls or warning signs are free for on-foot transit. If you walk through one that is explicitly signed or walled off you can get a 100 euro fine, but I seriously doubt they're using fire detection systems for that and I have literally never heard of it happening.
Now, poaching? Yeah, you'll get dinged for that. Oh, and offroad driving works the opposite way. Can't do it unless explicitly authorized. I am perfectly fine with droning the crap out of both of those, though.
Maybe it's different in Germany or Romania?