Ke nānā nei nā Eco-drones i nā ʻano kaiapuni

Hōʻike pinepine ka media mainstream i nā kaʻa mokulele unmanned (UAV), i ʻike ʻia ʻo drones, ʻoiai nā mīkini kiaʻi nui i hoʻouna ʻia i nā wahi kaua. Hōʻalo pinepine kēia uhi i ka haʻi ʻana i ko lākou ulu nui ʻana i ka noiʻi kaiapuni. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei ka Faculty of Environmental Design ma ke Kulanui o Calgary e wehe nā drones i kahi honua hou o nā mea hiki i nā mea noiʻi.

"I nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, ke manaʻo nei mākou i ka piʻi ʻana o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana mokulele unmanned no kahi ākea ākea o ka Honua a me nā pilikia kaiapuni," wahi a ke kaukaʻi kōkua a me ka luna noiʻi Cenovus Chris Hugenholtz o ka Faculty of Environmental Design (EVDS). "Ma ke ʻano he ʻepekema honua, makemake pinepine au i ka maka manu o kaʻu kahua noiʻi e hoʻohui a hoʻonui paha i nā ana i hana ʻia ma ka honua," wahi a Hugenholtz. "Hiki i nā drones ke hoʻololi i nā ʻano he nui o ka honua a me ka noiʻi kaiapuni."

I loko o nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala iho nei, ua ʻae nā eco-drones i nā ʻepekema a me nā mea kaiapuni e kiʻi i nā kiʻi, e nānā i nā pōʻino kūlohelohe a me ka nānā ʻana i nā hana hoʻoiho waiwai ʻole. Hoʻohana ʻia kēia mau ʻikepili no ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā kulekele a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā hoʻolālā i ka hoʻokele pilikia pilikia a me nā hoʻolālā mitigation. Eia kekahi, ʻae lākou i ka ʻepekema e nānā i nā mea kūlohelohe e like me ka ʻino o ka muliwai a me nā ʻano mahiʻai. ʻO kahi pōmaikaʻi nui i hāʻawi ʻia e nā drones pili i ka hoʻokele pilikia; ʻae nā drones i nā ʻepekema e hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻikepili mai nā wahi pōʻino me ka ʻole o ka pilikia pilikino. 

No ka laʻana, i ka makahiki 2004 ua hoʻokolohua ka US Geological Survey (USGS) me nā drones i ka wā e nānā ana i ka hana ma Mount St. Helen. Ua hōʻike lākou e hiki ke hoʻohana pono ʻia nā mīkini e hopu i ka ʻikepili qualitative ma nā wahi paʻakikī. Ua hiki i nā drones ke hopu i ka ʻikepili i loko o kahi kaiapuni i piha i ka lehu pele a me ka sulfur. Mai kēia papahana kūleʻa, ua hoʻemi nā mea hoʻomohala i ka nui o nā kāmela, nā mea ʻike wela a ua hoʻomohala pū kekahi i nā ʻōnaehana hoʻokele a me ka mana.

Ma waho o nā pono, hiki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā drones ke hoʻohui i kahi kumukūʻai nui i nā papahana noiʻi. Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, hiki ke loaʻa nā lilo mai $10,000 a i $350,000. ʻO ka hopena, nui nā keʻena noiʻi e kaupaona i ka uku-pono ma mua o ka hana ʻana e hoʻohana. No ka laʻana, ke loiloi nei ka National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka uku ʻana i kahi drone leo ma mua o ka helikopa i ka wā e nānā ana i nā ʻano manu.