In January 2018, ENAC (Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile, the French Aviation University) will open the first European diploma dedicated to operation and applications of drones, the “Unmanned Aircraft Systems Services and Management”. Advan…

By:  Guillaume Jouvet, ETH Zürich  Solar-powered flying platforms have yet to prove their real-world applicability outside of targeted demonstrations. Monitoring glaciers in polar regions is in pole position to become a primary application, as the midnigh…

In the frame of emergency situations, natural disasters, remote locations, or wide events, the lack or the total absence of cellular coverage is a recurring challenge and can even become a matter of saving lives. Better coverage takes sometimes weeks to b…