It seems that every week some enterprising individual invents a new use for drone technology. As The Rural Blog noted last week,drones have been used for wildlife research and preservation, for catching other rogue drones, and even for end-of-life care.
One example: A biology professor recently used drones to discover two species of endangered fish in Alabama’s waterways. The discovery was made possible because drones can access difficult-to-reach lakes and rivers, but the can fly much lower and are more agile than a helicopter.
Another example: a private oceanic research facility in Massachusetts has used drones to collect photographs and breath samples from humpback whales.
And finally, drones are being used to guide blind runners as they make their way around a track. The flying devices follow the runners with cameras and set off a sound warning if the athletes stray off course.