Drone технологии на Аляске Доставка данных в реальном времени

Oil company British Petroleum is using a copter drone to buzz around the oil and gas pipelines in giant oil field Prudhoe Bay to look for possible leaks or corrosion. The low-definition video is fed real-time to computers over an encrypted wireless network; HD video is saved onboard. Curt Smith, a chief technology officer for BP, says the drones can hover around and even underneath the pipeline – something manned aircraft can’t do. And says the drones use cameras or LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) remo