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Year 2024
February: REM Continues Partnership with St. Mary’s College and Gains Another Team Member: Meet Paloma!
January: REM Tech flying Winter Brothers Material Company here in #stlouis MO! Thanks to another outstanding job by REM Pilot Nick Roberts: Winter Brothers Material Company Flight
Year 2023
October: REM Tech Flies Moving House from Dodson House Moving: (102) REM Tech Dodson House Moving – YouTube
August: REM Intern Lauren Natal shares her experience at her Summer Drone Camp: https://www.remtechnologiesllp.com/rem-tech-intern-shares-camp-experience/
Year 2022
November: Row Row, Row your Drone gently down the stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMtFyPdCTuA
Thanks to the Austin Rowing Club for having us fly with them!
October: REM Tech flies their first wedding! Congrats to the Phelps and thanks for having REM out on your perfect day: https://www.facebook.com/REMTechLLP/videos/1200635327192143
September: REM Tech looking forward to our first event with the APCA! Come check out our REM Booth in Houston TX September 30th/October 1st: https://apca.com/artist/kenny-mckinney/
August: Let’s look at trees from a different 3D angle process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdaJGMsMDdo
July: Come by and the REM Tech Booth at the American Darters Association’s National Championship in Las Vegas: https://www.adadarters.com/event/2022-ada-national-championship/
June: REM Final Time Lapse Video ‘Port of San Antonio’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0I-blcdjYs&t=16s
March: REM Visit’s Nevada’s ‘Valley of Fire’ State Park: https://www.remtechnologiesllp.com/drone-blog/rem-field-trip-valley-fire/
February: REM Visit’s Palace Station for the American Darters Association’s 30th Anniversary Venue: https://www.remtechnologiesllp.com/drone-blog/2022-palace-station/
January: New REM PILOT! REM Tech would like to welcome our newest Pilot to the Team, Nick Roberts! Nick is a long time Drone Pilot and is enthusiastic about joining the team! To schedule a flight with Nick today, fill out our Client Booking Page
Year 2021
December: ANNOUNCEMENT! REM Tech will be back at the 2022 ADA National Championship occupying a vendor’s both in Las Vegas come July! Come by and say Hi and enter to win some cool drone stuff: https://www.adadarters.com/event/2022-ada-national-championship/
November: REM Tech will be at the largest construction science school in the country at Texas A&M this fall and on a regular basis following that! https://cosc.arch.tamu.edu/
October: Skydio and all of it’s magnificent mapping are coming to REM Tech! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c5efxIzoJYjpGSMIu9wQptqVJMbH35O-/view
September: Drone Racing League lands $100 million deal with crypto platform Algorand – Link used from CNBC
July: Google’s Wing launches free app to help drone pilots obey US regulations – Link used from The Verge
June: These Drones Will Plant 1 Billion Trees in Just 8 Years – Link used from Interesting Engineering
May: Girl Scout Cookies take flight in Virginia drone deliveries – Link taken from CNBC
April: Spectacular drone footage of long dormant Iceland volcano erupting – Video taken from ITV News
March: Most UAVs airborne simultaneously – Guinness World Records
February: Mysteries of massive holes forming in Siberian permafrost unlocked by scientists
– article taken from the CNN website
January: Happy New Year! – https://www.cnet.com/news/drones-and-digital-models-make-infrastructure-inspections-safer-and-more-accurate/ ~article taken from the CNET website
Year 2020
December: Happy Holidays!
**NEW** – FAA Announcement: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USAFAA/bulletins/2b338e3?reqfrom=share
~article taken from the FAA website
If you’re cooped up indoors during nasty weather this season take some time to know your stuff! This link is straight from the horse’s mouth so you don’t have to ‘take your friend’s word for it’. Know the FAA rules that apply to you and your flight missions! https://www.faa.gov/uas/resources/faqs/
November: How are local newscasters still just as cheesy as they were in 1995?! Nonetheless, don’t do dumb things with drones because ‘playing dumb’ won’t get you out of it! Let’s all learn from this guy’s lesson! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OebiJQ4wvtE
October: We hope you made it to the DroneDeploy Conference last week. What a blast to see so many different background knowledge bases and vast use cases from all over the world! If you missed it, Skydio had a huge unveiling! https://www.skydio.com/
September: Last month we had the very exciting opportunity to catch up with the innovative folks at Skydio and get a sneak peak at some of the incredible new features for Skykdio 2 (S2). Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxLXTeycyeE
August: Reaching out to our local partners, this month we got to know Chris better at Eco-Synergy Advisors. Who knew years of experience with thermography would lead him to create an advanced approach to drone data?! Okay, it’s really not that big of a stretch. But his team has a lot to learn from!
https://www.ecosynergyadvisors.com/fbclid=IwAR2wzDBnnuJ2HGuz_xE68oBm6uLCX2HehxEUBFZfa3QS4VbXscgepVmhy20
July: Have we mentioned how big of fans we are of DroneDeploy?! With tools this easy to implement, why would you not be?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRn6zW0O1rY
June: We know that no one on this blog needs a reminder of the power of drones. At the same time, we never turn down the opportunity to network with the awesome peeps in our industry, hear from different perspectives and to learn more about future regulations. In July and August the FAA UAV Symposium is providing those opportunities! https://faauas.auvsi.net/home
May: There are too many drone resources out there, but these guys are among our favorites! https://www.thedroneu.com/droneu-events/
New Government Release information: https://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=24956
April: We’re living in strange time as so follows the uses of drones. We hope you and yours are staying safe and healthy. (beware of some slight misinformation within this news report regarding licenses) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-drones-slow-spread-covid-19/
March: If your FAA Part 107 license is about to expire or you’re hoping to take the initial test during social distancing closures, this link might bring some insight on your next moves. https://www.faa.gov/uas/
February: Still trying to beat our the cold? Get drone smart while you do it! Check out the SkyVector map which is based on the FAA air classifications system. REM pilots never launch without giving it a glance for NOTAMS or other notifications first! https://skyvector.com/
January: Hope your new year has started out with a (safe) bang! Here’s an oldie but a goodie, enjoy and happy new year! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFF1VuPmeeE
Year 2019
December: Happy Holidays! If you’re cooped up indoors during nasty weather this season take some time to know your stuff! This link is straight from the horse’s month so you don’t have to ‘take your friend’s word for it’. Know the FAA rules that apply to you and your flight missions! https://www.faa.gov/uas/resources/faqs/
November: How are local news casters still just as cheesy as they were in 1995?! Nonetheless, don’t do dumb things with drones because ‘playing dumb’ won’t get you out of it! Let’s all learn from this guy’s lesson! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OebiJQ4wvtE
October: We hope you made it to the DroneDeploy Conference last week. What a blast to see so many different background knowledge bases and vast use cases from all over the world! If you missed it, Skydio had a huge unveiling! https://www.skydio.com/
September: Join us next month in San Francisco for the annual DroneDeploy Conference!
https://www.dronedeploy.com/conference/
August: No matter your experience level, type of mission or geographical location, we could all use some peace of mind in the sky. Check out these parachutes for your drone! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOplSrf9Q_U