by David Brooks | Dec 5, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
The Brunswick, Maine, Police Department may become the first police department in the country to use drones to patrol for trespassers along railroad tracks in town. It would also be make the first in Maine to use drones to look for potential criminal activity, rather...
by David Brooks | Nov 13, 2017 | Blog
I recently wrote a column about researchers using drones to study archaeology in NH, but that’s far from the only way scientists are using drones. They are cropping up in lots of research, from agricultural studies to creating three-dimensional models to...
by David Brooks | Jul 11, 2017 | Newsletter
At the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, aviation planner Rita Castonguay Hunt says she fields many calls about drones. “I’d say about one-third of what I do now involves UAS (unmanned aerial systems),” said Hunt, who also teaches UAV...
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...
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