Choosing the right Infrared Drone for you can be a difficult process… Do I want dual gimbal support? Am I looking for a middle wave infrared or long wave infrared camera? These are just a few of the questions you should be asking while you begin your search for the perfect infrared drone and camera package. This article is meant …
A Comprehensive List of Commercial Drone Use Cases (128+ And Growing)
By Josh Pozner June 18th, 2020 128+ Commercial Use Cases for Drones You just got home and forgot one thing at the market. A few clicks on your phone, and within the hour there is a box on your front porch, no traffic, no hassle. Weather in the city or country there are hundreds of cases where drones provide a …
Drone Tech Shines a Bright Light on Solar Inspection
The world’s population is undeniably becoming increasingly environmentally conscious. Customers and citizens are expressing their heightened awareness by voting with both their ballots and pocketbooks for greater waste reduction and cleaner energy sources. Scientists argue that fossil-fuel supplies are diminishing, more and more private and public sector organizations are turning to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. Impressively, …
Making Sense of Drone-based Sensors
When drones pop up in casual conversation, the focus is usually on the “sexy” factor. How high and fast can your drone fly? How maneuverable? How much payload can it handle? How POWERFUL is it (insert Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor pig grunts here)? But the real secret sauce in the drone tech stew – the unsexy side – is …
What are SWIR, MWIR, and LWIR – And what do they mean?
Overview Infrared Thermography operates through the infrared region beyond the visible light spectrum. Everything within the infrared wavelength radiates energy that can be visually captured through a thermal imaging device. Each wavelength in the infrared spectrum emits a certain amount of radiation that can be transmitted and captured through a thermal imager operating in that wave band. In infrared thermography, …
Getting Started with Thermal Imaging
Thermal imaging is hot. Demand for thermographic imagery has been rapidly increasing as infrared photographs provide a wide variety of valuable applications representing a fast-growing segment of the energy, security, home inspection industries. If you haven’t yet made use of the technology, we’d like to help you get started with this and succeeding posts on the subject. So what is …