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Developing business ideas for drone technologies
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Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Giacomo Carli, Kristen Reid and Despoina Filiou. This week was written by Kristen Reid.

The development of this course was funded by the ICAERUS project [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .

The ICAERUS project was funded by the EU under the Horizon Europe scheme Grant Agreement 101060643 and UK under Innovate UK reference 10038181.

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Course image: Courtesy: Dr Katerina Kasimati

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Figures

Figure 4: Hyperspectral imaging data (processed) of a Scots Pine and mixed forest, Lithuania. Courtesy: Lina Usvaltien

Figure 5: Drone processed image of cattle sheep in grazing areas, France. Courtesy: Dr Katerina Kasimati

Figure 6: A drone. Courtesy: Lina Usvaltien

Figure 7: Pyramids of supportive and sanctioning policies (Adapted from Bluff, 2018, p. 52) adapted from Bluff, E. (2018).Figure 4.1 (p. 52) ‘Regulatory theories and frameworks’, in M. Fabian, M, & and R. Breunig, R. (eEds.) Hybrid public policy innovations: Contemporary policy beyond ideology. Abingdon: Routledge.

Activity

Activity 4: Regulatory environment investigation – template © The Open University

Videos

Video 1: Vassilios Polychronos, Chief Technical Officer at GeoSense: 1.1 Complex data sets of drones. Discussion © The Open University (2024)

Video 2: Vassilios Polychronos, Chief Technical Officer at GeoSense and Mario Petkovski from AG Futura: 2.2.1 Rural logistics in North Macedonia. Discussion © The Open University (2024)

Video 3:  Adrien Lebreton discusses the regulatory environment 2.2.2 Livestock monitoring in France © The Open University (2024)

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