DJI Matrice 4E Maps 29 Native Species Across 130 Hectares In Open-Source Flora Study - DroneXL.co

This was the week DJI fought back with evidence. An independent US cybersecurity firm bought DJI gear off the shelf, tested it for five months, and found nothing; the FCC comment docket crossed 3,000; and the FAA turned 11 World Cup stadiums into no-drone zones with FBI seizure authority. Five stories — in priority order, with our take on each.

A $5K drone plus free software just mapped 29 native plant species across 130 hectares in Argentina. The catch: a biologist had to walk the site first and hand-catalog every species. The AI only counts what a human taught it to see.