Considering the Ethics of the Project

Considering the Ethics of the Project

Oct 26, 2016 | augmentedcomms

Unmanned systems are always a hot-button issue. Drones are often surrounded by controversy and criticism, however, the projects in this course are less so than the drone usage scenarios on the news. Augmented Comms “lucked out” in the sense that the project at hand is...
Test Flight for Red Eagle!

Test Flight for Red Eagle!

Oct 25, 2016 | Fire Rescue

The Red Eagle took flight today inside the Old Dominion practice basketball gym. The Red Eagle did some basic flying maneuvers to show the flight controller was functioning properly. This is the beginning stages before we start to add cameras and other sensors on...
Tidal Bill of Materials

Tidal Bill of Materials

Oct 24, 2016 | Tidal

This week the tidal flooding group created a bill of materials for the project. We will need a GoPro HERO5 Black camera in order to take photos of flooding around Hampton Roads, with a GPS stamp. We will also need a gimbal to stabilize the camera.  The GIS software...
Drones Fix Drones’ Problems

Drones Fix Drones’ Problems

Oct 24, 2016 | Wind

Around the globe, bees are dying. Could this be due to certain diseases and fungi feeding off the bee-created microclimates? Do Bees even create microclimates? The JMU Bee Team is on the case, and should we find evidence of these microclimates, the data we collect can...

Red Eagle UAV for Fire Rescue

Oct 19, 2016 | Fire Rescue

On the eighteenth day of October in Norfolk 2016, Virginia at Old Dominion University students of the Red Eagle project took flight. The goal of the project is to give first responders at Carova Beach the ability to reduce response time. First responders will gain the...