/channels/taxonomy/term/4030/all en /channels/channels/event/frontiers-international-asset-finance-drones-spaceships-and-cape-town-convention-347819 Mon, 17 Apr 2023 14:47:54 +0000 webfull 189050 at /channels /channels/channels/event/future-aviation-reimagining-atlantic-canada-conversation-industry-leaders-330324 <p><a href="https://mcgill.webex.com/mcgill/onstage/g.php?MTID=ec8d23cef88a98c3640eda3f98c7dabcc" target="_blank"><img src="//www.mcgill.ca/continuingstudies/files/continuingstudies/microsoftteams-image_13.png" style="width:100%; height:100%" /></a></p> Fri, 09 Apr 2021 14:01:50 +0000 webfull 169774 at /channels /channels/channels/event/future-aviation-conversation-industry-leaders-328705 <p><img src="//www.mcgill.ca/continuingstudies/files/continuingstudies/034-02-21-brighterskiesdawningthefutureofaviation-aconversationwithindustryleaders_webinar_fb_3.png" style="height:100%; width:100%" /></p> Fri, 19 Feb 2021 17:56:02 +0000 webfull 168024 at /channels /channels/channels/news/atlas-obscura-why-drones-are-counting-thousands-decoy-ducks-285271 <p>Conducting a bird census by foot can also be disruptive, David Bird, an emeritus professor of wildlife biology at şÚÁϲ»´ňěČ University, told Popular Science. “While you’re doing that, you’re disturbing the hell out of the birds,” Bird said.<br /><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/drones-counting-birds">Atlas Obscura</a></p> Wed, 21 Feb 2018 18:46:39 +0000 webfull 135634 at /channels /channels/channels/news/why-drones-are-counting-thousands-decoy-ducks-285249 <p>Conducting a bird census by foot can also be disruptive, <strong>David Bird</strong>, an emeritus professor of wildlife biology at şÚÁϲ»´ňěČ University, told <em>Popular Science</em>. “While you’re doing that, you’re disturbing the hell out of the birds,” Bird said.</p> <p><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/drones-counting-birds" target="_blank">Atlas Obscura</a></p> <p> </p> Wed, 21 Feb 2018 14:53:22 +0000 webfull 135603 at /channels /channels/channels/news/newsweek-thousands-rubber-ducks-prove-drones-and-computers-can-successfully-count-wild-animals-285082 <p>They found that the drones combined with the computer algorithm wasn't just a decent substitute for ecologists' eyes, it actually got closer to the real number of birds on the ground. It's a compelling argument for using drones in research, said David Bird, an ornithologist at şÚÁϲ»´ňěČ University in Canada who edits a scientific journal dedicated to drone studies. Population tallies are a crucial piece of ecological information. "Biologists love to count wildlife," he said.</p> Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:18:27 +0000 webfull 135409 at /channels /channels/news/dot-drawing-drones-261928 <p><strong><em>şÚÁϲ»´ňěČ Newsroom</em></strong></p> <p><em>Flying robots could someday help artists create outdoor murals</em></p> <p>You may have heard of plans to use drones for delivering packages, monitoring wildlife, or tracking storms. But painting murals?</p> <p><span>That’s the idea behind a project in Paul Kry’s laboratory at şÚÁϲ»´ňěČ University’s School of Computer Science. Prof. Kry and a few of his students have teamed up to program tiny drones to create dot drawings – an artistic technique known as stippling.</span></p> Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:36:58 +0000 webfull 120151 at /channels /channels/news/world-outdoors-researchers-flock-drones-265372 <p>Drone technology has been applied in support of bird science for more than a decade now. With the cost of this technology continuing to drop, the use of it is broadening across North America.</p> <p>In the same way that retail, military, and hobby sectors have embraced drones, bird scientists have realized drones can be deployed to do some bird census work and gather data in remote or otherwise inaccessible locations.</p> Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:32:14 +0000 webfull 124426 at /channels