Technology companies across the country have been able to test their bold ideas in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic, with drones now spraying disinfectant over South Korea and police using ...

Drones spray disinfectant over South Korea. Police wear thermal imaging goggles to detect fevers in China. And a chatbot fields coronavirus questions in Australia.

The drone maker is DJI, a China-based company that currently has about 70% of the world drone market. The camera is by FLIR Systems, a Wilsonville, Ore.-based thermal and infrared imaging company.

The Verge points out that this will help DJI thrive in specialized drone markets: In a demo clip, we see drones using thermal imaging to help firefighters and dogs sniff out flames and rescue ...

Presumably, the addition of thermal-imaging capabilities to its higher-end drones is meant to lock down that market, not make it easier to hunt and kill humans. Presumably.

Thermal imaging can be viewed under 10 color palettes, and the drone provides regional temperature measurement, picture-in-picture display, and a temperature alarm with isotherm and image enhancement.

The company has been using thermal-imaging drones to detect drops in temperature on land below to spot leaking pipes for years. It also uses them to survey sites like reservoirs and treatment ...

CSFD drone using thermal imaging to fight grassfires. The risk of wildfires, especially grass fires, continues with these warm dry conditions. By: Bill Folsom. Posted .

Thermal-imaging drone helps find dog who 'bolted' because she didn't want a bath Montana didn't want a bath, so she 'bolted': Two sleepless nights later she was found hiding in the woods by Ohio ...