UI researchers' work flies Air Hobbico to help Boeing
By Don Dodson
Wednesday June 24, 2009
Robin Scholz
Natasha Neogi, a University of Illinois assistant professor in aerospace engineering, at the UI Coordinated Science Lab in Urbana, shows off a box Tuesday containing Boeing Co. communications equipment that was installed in several of Hobbico's radio-controlled airplanes for demonstration purposes.
CHAMPAIGN – Radio-controlled planes can be a lot of fun. But they also have practical value, as was proved in a recent demonstration of new technology by Boeing Co.
The technology – which involves the transmission of video data from airborne planes to units on the ground – could end up helping firefighters and other emergency personnel respond to crises such as earthquakes and floods.
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