Roger and Wouter Borre with their business Drone Xpert a drone develops drone that can hang fifty meters high with a thermal imaging camera above the grassland.
The drone itself is not new, it is primarily the app Roger Borre developed which makes the product unique. “From the ground, you can set the camera continuously at a certain temperature. Everything then set a higher temperature, get a tan. Thus, you can quickly colored glowing animals found in the otherwise gray depicted environment.”
Volunteers and conservationists can then get out of the path of the mower deer, hares and grassland birds.
Interest
Animals that enter mowers are a major problem for farmers. For the invention therefore already considerable interest. “It may very short term and it goes fast. This makes it a very viable solution for farmers, “say the brothers.
The system is now ready for the market. Depending on the quality of the camera, takes a set of between six thousand and ten thousand euros.
Fire
Also in other sectors, there is interest in the product. The drone appears an ideal tool for fire departments and other emergency services. “Firefighters could see exactly where releases the most energy, and there their radius targeting. But you can also cut through the smoke recognize any people, “Roger Borre explains.
Four German firefighters has already purchased the drone. Even in America they have already shipped out.
Regulations
“In fact it is good everywhere, except in the Netherlands,” says Roger. “It’s the rules. If you want to fly you have six months before applying for a license. Of course that is unworkable,” said Borre.
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