I recently had the chance to ask the University of Utah’s Director of Video and Broadcast services, Eugene Skip Whitman, a few questions about his experience with and views on drones in sports media. Dominic Austin: First, could you give a brief description of your job here at the University of Utah? Skip Whitman: I manage […]
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Jerry Robinson, a Missouri-based crop dusting pilot who has been an early innovator in the use of drones for agriculture. I asked him about the uses of drones in agriculture and his thoughts on recent FAA attempts to regulate commercial use of drones. Daniel Riley: Hello Mr. […]
In an attempt to get an informed opinion on drones in society, today I had the opportunity to interview Mac Luther, a local drone enthusiast and student at the University of Utah who has been flying and working with drones in the Salt Lake area for over a decade. I asked him about the future […]
I recently interviewed drone hobbyist, educator, and speaker Timothy Reuter. I asked him about his work to educate the public about drones, make drones more accessible to a wider, as well as about his thoughts on the future of drones. Lauren Peterson: Can you introduce yourself and some of the work that you’ve done? Timothy Reuter: Sure, my […]
I got the opportunity to speak with The Drone Girl blogger, Sally French. Nicolas Goller: Hello, please introduce yourself! Sally French: I work professionally full-time for a newspaper. Actually before I got that job, I had my own drone blog. I had this interest of being a photojournalist and using drones to take photos. So I […]
Dr. Kam Leang is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah where he is the director of the University’s Design, Automation, Robotics, and Control Lab (DARC Lab.) Here, he answers seven questions about the hobbyist and potential commercial uses of small unmanned aerial systems, or drones, and addresses the technical and […]
Randy Dryer is a lawyer and professor of law at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. I recently had the opportunity to speak with him about the implications of drones for privacy rights. Zeke Peterson: How does your work give you a unique perspective on issues involving drones? Randy Dryer: I […]
Here at the University of Utah Department of Mechanical Engineering, a group of graduate students led by Dr. Kam K. Leang have been working in a research team dubbed the DARC (Design, Automation, Robotics & Control) Laboratory. There, the team works on design for remotely controlled aircraft and development of intelligent autonomous systems intended to improve navigation […]