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This is your Wednesday Afternoon Tech Update.
Continuing with Webisode Wednesday, I wanted to show you some new technology that will both help stop disaster and save lives.
Developed by the University of Alaska, the "Scan Eagle," an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), gives a bird's eye view of brush fires and the burn trail when other aircraft have to be grounded due to thick smoke. This is the first UAV that has been allowed to fly into civilian air space that was not operated by NASA or the Department of Homeland Security. The "Scan Eagle" features an infrared lens that can tell firefighters the hottest and coolest spots of the flames to make a strategic attack that will quelch the blaze much faster than before.
Down below is the link of the "Scan Eagle" in action during a June brush fire near Circle, Alaska.
• The Scan Eagle in Action
(Photo Thumbnail Credit to Wired.com)
Continuing with Webisode Wednesday, I wanted to show you some new technology that will both help stop disaster and save lives.
Developed by the University of Alaska, the "Scan Eagle," an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), gives a bird's eye view of brush fires and the burn trail when other aircraft have to be grounded due to thick smoke. This is the first UAV that has been allowed to fly into civilian air space that was not operated by NASA or the Department of Homeland Security. The "Scan Eagle" features an infrared lens that can tell firefighters the hottest and coolest spots of the flames to make a strategic attack that will quelch the blaze much faster than before.
Down below is the link of the "Scan Eagle" in action during a June brush fire near Circle, Alaska.
• The Scan Eagle in Action
(Photo Thumbnail Credit to Wired.com)
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