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Planting A Billion Trees A Year With Drones: Led By ex-NASA Engineer American Company To Remotely Reforest The World Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/2062400/planting-a-billion-trees-a-year-with-drones-led-by-ex-nasa-engineer-american-company-to-remotely-reforest-the-world/#tvZYrkd9PjxmRbtf.99

An American company has earnestly begun planning to replant deforested areas using drones. The company plans to plant a billion trees per year remotely.

In their effort to remedy the ill-effects of massive levels of deforestation, U.S-based organization, BioCarbon Engineering has decided it will begin planting a billion saplings using remotely-operated drones. Led by ex-NASA engineer, Lauren…

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21 TRAITS OF AN AWAKENING SOUL

21 TRAITS OF AN AWAKENING SOUL

You can say it’s because of a global shift in consciousness, a destiny we have arrived at due to spiritual evolution, or the outcome of strange times, but, many people all across the globe are going through intense personal changes and sensing an expansion of consciousness. Personal changes of this magnitude can be difficult to recognize and to understand, but here are 21 traits that might…

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FloNew Lets Drones Automatically Fly To iBeacons

FloNew Lets Drones Automatically Fly To iBeacons

Here is a fun drone hack from our Disrupt NY Hackathon. FloNew brings togetherGimbal beacons, Esri mapping, Nexmo‘s communications platform and Parrot’s RollingSpider MiniDrones. Using FloNew’s mobile app, you can automatically send your drone to any of your nearby beacons.

During our hackathon, Andre Smith and Gabriel Velezbuilt the mobile app to deploy the drone and hacked into the MiniDrone to…

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Hubble Space Telescope Marking 25th Anniversary in Orbit

Hubble Space Telescope Marking 25th Anniversary in Orbit

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — One of NASA’s crowning glories, the Hubble Space Telescope, marks its 25th anniversary this week.

With 1 million-plus observations, including those of some of the farthest and oldest galaxies ever beheld by humanity, no man-made satellite has touched as many minds or hearts as Hubble.

NASA is celebrating Friday’s anniversary with ceremonies this week at the Smithsonian…

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U.S. Will Allow Export of Armed Drones

U.S. Will Allow Export of Armed Drones

Export requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis

The State Department announced new policies Tuesday stipulating that U.S. drones can only be exported through government programs and that the receiving country needs to agree to certain conditions about what the drone will be used for.

Under the new rules, exports of armed military drones must be made through government entities and the…

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UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE IN MB

Driving out in the country these days is a bit like driving into the future, at least here in Manitoba. It seems that every second field has a small plane buzzing just above the treetops like a lot of oversized insects.

By Dorothy Dobbie (photo by MicroPilot)

Driving out in the country these days is a bit like driving into the future, at least here in Manitoba. It seems that every second field has a small plane buzzing just above the treetops like a lot of oversized insects. These busy machines are drones, or what the techies prefer to call UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). Right now, these airborne machines are…

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FAA streamlines rules to speed up permits to fly drones

FAA streamlines rules to speed up permits to fly drones

By Joan Lowy | AP March 24 WASHINGTON — Federal aviation officials, battered by complaints that bureaucratic hurdles are preventing industry from realizing the economic benefits of drones, announced Tuesday they are streamlining rules to expedite permits to fly small, commercial unmanned aircraft.

The Federal Aviation Administration made the announcement an hour before a congressional hearing at…

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Senator Cory Booker To Introduce Commercial Drone Legislation Following FAA's Amazon Ruling

Senator Cory Booker To Introduce Commercial Drone Legislation Following FAA’s Amazon Ruling

DHL has already begun experimenting with drone delivery in Germany. Senator Cory Booker is expected to introduce a bill on Tuesday that will allow for companies to test drones for commercial purposes in the U.S.

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By Ryan Mac and Frank Bi

U.S. Senator Cory Booker is set to introduce legislation to establish temporary rules to govern the commercial use of drones that could…

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FAA plans new steps to speed up commercial drone use: sources

FAA plans new steps to speed up commercial drone use: sources

(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration plans to unveil new steps soon to make it easier for companies to use drone aircraft for specific business operations, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Commercial drone flights are generally banned in the United States, except in a small number of cases where the FAA has granted an exemption. The has agency received more than…

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These Are The Top 20 US Accelerators

These Are The Top 20 US Accelerators

Editor’s Note: Yael Hochberg is an Associate Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business and a managing director of the Seed Accelerator Rankings Project. Susan Cohen is an Assistant Professor of Management at the Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond and is a managing director of the annual Seed Accelerator Rankings Project.…

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Drones take real estate marketing to new heights

Drones take real estate marketing to new heights

Though all real estate is local, there are some national issues that affect the industry. Real estate agents across the country have been waiting for the Federal Aviation Administration to release guidelines permitting the use of drones for commercial purposes, such as marketing real estate. Last month, the FAA released its proposed rules, which would allow real estate professionals to use drones…

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U.S. Will Allow Export of Armed Drones

U.S. Will Allow Export of Armed Drones

Export requests will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis

The State Department announced new policies Tuesday stipulating that U.S. drones can only be exported through government programs and that the receiving country needs to agree to certain conditions about what the drone will be used for.http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1

Under the new rules, exports of armed…

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Drones are now used to save animals from being poached in Africa With this breakthrough technology, drones can now be used to steer animals away from poachers as well as identify the poachers themselves.

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NACA – NASA 1915-2015 "We Fly, We Explore, We Measure, We Reveal, We Discover"

NACA – NASA 1915-2015 “We Fly, We Explore, We Measure, We Reveal, We Discover”

NACA – NASA 1915-2015 “We Fly, We Explore, We Measure, We Reveal, We Discover”

    .5 minute NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center video used for AVBOT 2/27 Outlook Conference

  On March 3, 1915, Congress established the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to “direct and conduct research and experimentation in…

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Outernet Joins The Space Race For Internet Accessibility

Outernet Joins The Space Race For Internet Accessibility

The space race to launch satellites providing internet coverage to the roughly 4 billion people living in unconnected or nominally connected communities around the world is no longer just the purview of billionaire moguls and the world’s biggest Internet companies.

Outernet, a small, independently-funded media company with a unique vision for distributing Internet content like a radio broadcast,…

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FAA to establish VIP TFRs over Los Angeles, CA beginning Thursday, March 12, 2015

FAA to establish VIP TFRs over Los Angeles, CA beginning Thursday, March 12, 2015

  NOTAMs (FDC 5/2352, FDC 5/2358, FDC 5/2361) have been published that will affect flight in the area during President Obama’s planned visit.

  32 NM RADIUS TFR

Location

On the SANTA MONICA VOR/DME (SMO) 100 degree radial at 3.2 nautical miles. From the surface up to but not including 18,000 feet MSL.

Times

3:30 PM local until 4:45 PM local Thursday, March 12, 2015 8:00 PM local…

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ComEd, IIT Team Up To Use Drones To Inspect Power Lines

ComEd, IIT Team Up To Use Drones To Inspect Power Lines

CHICAGO (CBS) – The Federal AviationAdministration has authorized ComEd to use drones to streamline the inspection of its power lines.

ComEd will be the first utility company in the Midwest to use unmanned aerial vehicles to inspect power lines and substations.

“This [drone] technology will allow us to be more proactive in identifying problems before they interrupt power to our customers,” said…