A tech company in the Midwest is using drones and software to help firefighters contain wildfires in a new way.
Drones dropping flaming spheres may sound like a futuristic battlefield technique. And in a way, it is. It’s a way to “fight fire with fire,” as the drones drop small fireballs to create controlled burns.
The drones are the brainchild of the Drone Amplified team. CEO and cofounder Carrick Detweiler has been with the company since 2015.
“We have our IGNIS system, which attaches to drone systems,” Detweiler told NTD, a sister media of The Epoch Times. “[They] have these little ping-pong balls; they’re these things that actually have a chemical inside, and relatively inert to start out with, but right before we drop them we puncture them and inject them with a second chemical that starts a reaction right after we drop it.”…