Author: OurCrowd

[Airobotics in PR Newswire] Airobotics and ShotSpotter Partner to Offer Integrated Gunshot Detection and Real-time Aerial Video to Help Save Lives and Deter Crime in Israel

Airobotics (Tel Aviv: AIRO), an Israeli manufacturer of autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and aerial data systems, announced today that it has signed an exclusive agreement with the American company ShotSpotter (NASDAQ: SSTI) to sell and deploy its gunshot detection technology in Israel. Airobotics will offer an integrated solution for detecting, locating, and alerting police to gunfire incidents while providing live video footage and stills of the crime scene from UAVs in Israeli urban areas. Outdoor gunfire will be located by ShotSpotter’s network of acoustic sensors with precise coordinates communicated in real-time to Airobotics UAVs that will immediately fly to the scene providing critical visual information to first responders that are in route. Read...

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[Edgybees in Inside Unmanned Systems] Edgybees takes the mystery out of disaster imagery

The U.S. has experienced record-breaking disasters over the past year, which has put rescue workers on overtime and increased the number of airborne drones helping out. Sometimes, though, drone imagery doesn’t tell responders all they need to know. Edgybees, a visual intelligence technology company based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has been working with Hood Tech Aero of Hood River, Oregon, which provides air-borne imagery. Together, they are taking much of the mystery out of disaster imagery. Read...

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