Hillsboro may soon earn an aviation reputation of its own as UAS researchers and manufacturers have big plans for the small town and its municipal airport in the upcoming year.
Activity in Hillsboro so far has involved both local and international players, with representatives from firms in Finland and Israel conducting testing or visiting facilities Monday.
It falls outside of Class B airspace that surrounds both cities' airports. That airspace faces strict regulation and any aircraft entering it must have permission from an air traffic controller.
The hyperspectral camera attached to the unmanned aircraft was developed by Finnish company Rikola Ltd.
CEO Raimo Rikola and Chief Technology Officer Jussi Soukkamaki were among those watching from the ground as a flight crew with Grand Forks-based startup SkySkopes maneuvered the aircraft.
As the aircraft orbited around the pole, the hyperspectral camera took pictures observers hoped would show something the human eye cannot detect with its limited spectrum of vision.
A hyperspectral camera is capable of seeing wavelengths beyond human sight and identify signatures that can differentiate various materials based on how light reflects.The technology is being applied to crops to detect diseases and nutrient deficiencies, but others hope to use it for inspecting utility poles and other infrastructure to find rot and other defects.
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Miscellaneous Video / Photos
Just visiting, south Main Street, Williston, February, 2016; the new Renaissance On Main at the beginning of the video:
Just visiting:
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Notes For The Granddaughters
Learning about electric circuits:
Our 12-year-old daughter was given a Brazil jacket by a member of Brazil's national water polo team that has qualified for the 2016 Olympics:
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