8th June 2018
Drones are impacting the world at an incredible rate and as the cost of production and purchase of drones decreases, the capability of industries increases.
"We are really still in the early stages", says Global Drone Solutions CEO, Mahmood Hussein, "and already the capabilities are increasing at lightning speed".
In the last few days, there have been reports of the Socceroo’s using drones in their training to specifically record players from different angles and Sydney scientists using drones with Petri dishes to collect samples of "whale snot" from humpback whales. This is revolutionary and six new virus species have been identified in the whales already. Collecting samples from a whale’s blowhole in the wild is no easy feat as a human.
Drones are breaking down what was once challenging for humans to do, such as working at heights, where human life was potentially being put at risk.
"The term ‘revolutionary’ is a very apt term that is being applied to the use of drones. From SES services using them for search and rescue or to patrol bushfires, to surf lifesavers using drones to drop flotation devices to swimmers in strife and tradies up-skilling to include drones in their everyday work, the sky is literally the limit!" Mr Hussein goes on to say.
With the shark debate still hot in Western Australia, it’s no wonder that drone surveillance has been thrown into the mix as it’s a cheaper option to using helicopters and can detect sharks up to 4 m underwater.
While the debate around the use and misuse of drones is still being debated across the country and indeed, across the world, there is no doubt that drones are here to stay and many thousands of jobs will be created with the use of them.
"This is why we want to introduce drone coding into primary schools. Let’s bring the technology to children early. It’s exciting, innovative and interesting and something that kids can learn and apply in real time".
Mr Hussein is in negotiations with three primary schools across the Perth metropolitan area and is offering to train teachers how to code drones so that they can then go on to train the students.
"This is exciting", says Mr Hussein, "We are introducing jobs of the future to primary aged children who can already see the potential uses and who will grow up with drones as being part of their life".
"As the number of jobs and applications for drones increases, we want to ensure that Australian kids are ready to take on this industry. There’ll be lots of budding entrepreneurs out there whose eyes will light up when they see just what can be done with drones".
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