About

Gender

Male


About Me:

A biologist that can hover .....


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

.... and intending to use UAV to assist with management of wildlife populations. My youtube channel is http://www.youtube.com/user/droneAER


Hometown:

Melbourne, Australia.


Activity Feed

Michael Johnston commented on Mauricio's blog post Enabling maritime operations with an amphibious fixed wing drone
"Great work Mauricio and to the ZSL crew!"
Oct 15, 2018
Michael Johnston commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Eagles vs Drones (spoiler: Eagles win)
"Good work Eugene. Enjoyed your paper.  

Do you notice any difference in eagle behaviour if the drone is flying when / where the birds are foraging or is your work mostly focusing on nesting?"
Oct 28, 2017
Michael Johnston commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Eagles vs Drones (spoiler: Eagles win)
"Another challenge for the dev team....... eagle mode.

It is possible that not all birds survive an encounter with an UAV - see Simon Cherriman's thoughts here.
http://wedge-tailedeagletracking.blogspot.com.au/2017/05/death-by-d..."
Oct 1, 2017
Michael Johnston commented on alexis lussier desbiens's blog post Aquatic drone with passive VTOL
"Brilliant work.
What capacity does the wing have for payload?  How scalable do you envisage the concept is for larger aircraft / larger payload (larger mass!!)? Environmental sensors etc

(Also out of curiosity, what is the dark fin shown at 0:25) "
Jun 5, 2017
Michael Johnston replied to Gisela & Joe Noci's discussion FCC and EU ETSI compliance requirements for all Radio Modules
"(interested in learning more about your wildlife tracking modules)."
Nov 29, 2016
Michael Johnston commented on lianpinkoh's blog post Parrot Disco for whale and dolphin survey (and a teardown)
"@ JB - No doubt you'll provide further info about your work when ready.  As you say, it sounds very good for environmental sensing, specifically wildlife monitoring."
Nov 7, 2016
Michael Johnston commented on Patrick Meier's blog post TEDx Talk on Humanitarian Drones
"Bravo to you and your extended team!!"
Nov 2, 2016
Michael Johnston commented on Dirk Gorissen's blog post Where’s Susi? Airborne Orangutan Tracking in Borneo with Pixhawk & Dronekit
"Good to read your blog here Dirk. I've been working on a radio-tracking system for wildlife work too with SDR dongles - with significant support from others in the open source community (thanks to Al, Tom, Hansie and Guy). 
There are two other…"
Apr 20, 2016
Michael Johnston commented on Patrick Duffy's blog post Ford issues $100000 challenge for developers to create drone to vehicle communication system
"The 'challenge' has probably already been won.
Consider these factors;
- the number of F150 utes manufactured
- the number of DJI controlled machines ever flown
- the number of DJI controlled machines flown away (i.e. must surely count as…"
Jan 6, 2016
Michael Johnston commented on AKRCGUY's blog post DJI releases fully integrated FLIR camera/gimbal for Inspire & Matrice
"How is this equipment expected to be affected by ITAR export restrictions?"
Dec 11, 2015
Michael Johnston commented on lianpinkoh's blog post ArduBoat MK4
"allows the skipper to sit back and enjoy the ride. Good fun LPK -  have you got a project in mind for this application?"
Oct 22, 2015
Michael Johnston commented on lianpinkoh's blog post TrackerBots
"Some familiar faces contributing here! 
Congratulations to LPK and also to your colleagues. I've been contributing to a project using similar technologies for some time too. Adoption of SDR techniques on a UAV seemed to be a sensible step forward…"
Sep 3, 2015
Michael Johnston commented on Daniel Wibbing's blog post DIY blimp crowdfunding
"what is the maximum safe payload (in ideal weather conditions)?"
Apr 2, 2015
Michael Johnston commented on Melih Karakelle's blog post DroneThermal Analog MAV Cameras, Almost Ready
".....when you have an opportunity .... would be interested to see how a dog, cat or other animals (including birds) appear.  Would need the altitude / distance from the animal as well.  thank-you."
Mar 18, 2015
Michael Johnston commented on Gisela & Joe Noci's blog post Laser Rangefinder assisted Landings on our SurVoyeur MK-II UAV system
"I suspect I've said this before....... brilliant work Joe and Gisella. When time permits, could you prepare a post describing some of the work that this machine undertakes.  Your posts raise the tone on DIYD demonstrating working UAVs as distinct…"
Nov 25, 2014
Michael Johnston commented on Patrick Duffy's blog post Part 2: How to build a High-Definition FPV UAV using a Rasperry PI with HD camera, using a high speed WiFi link
"the rocket M5 fits nicely into the case that your Rpi came in."
Sep 29, 2014
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