by David Brooks | Aug 2, 2016 | Blog
Eversource says the FAA has given it permission to use a drone to inspect a substation and systems in downtown Nashua, around Bridge Street. This seems incredibly sensible – quiet and no less safe than doing it with a helicopter, certainly. I suspect that...
by David Brooks | Apr 12, 2016 | Blog
This morning I was a guest on the NH Public Radio talk show “The Exchange,” talking about state and federal response to drones, when I had a brilliant idea. We were discussing how to react if a drone does something illegal, like hover in front of your...
by David Brooks | Mar 23, 2016 | Blog
From SmartGrid News: The Edison Electric Institute, the trade association for investor-owned electric utilities, is forming a partnership with Sharper Shape, to develop Unmanned Aircraft Systems beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights in the U.S. – the...
by David Brooks | Mar 19, 2016 | Blog
The Monitor has a good story today about the concern that prisons have with drones dropping contraband into the prison yard: “On nine separate occasions over the last six months, corrections workers spotted a drone flying over the (state prison in Concord),...
by David Brooks | Feb 1, 2016 | Blog
Any news about drones is interesting. Any news about raptors is interesting. Any news about a government body approaching a difficult problem in thinking-out-of-the-box ways in interesting. So this story hits the trifecta: Dutch Police Training Eagles To Take Down...
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