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Monday, April 20, 2015

对话极飞科技:我们为什么要做农业无人机?

昨天在北京举办的中国国际现代农业博览会上,我们又见到了万能的无人机,其中极飞科技还借势推出了自己的“农飞P20植保无人机系统(XPlanet)”,包括无人机、Xsence农飞智能气象站、A1地面站和无人机调度管理四大模块,一下子把它的新品发布会变成了“新解决方案”发布会。

作为一家从事飞控研究8年的无人机公司,业内很多同行可能会很奇怪,在商业无人机横行的时候时候,他们怎么可以选择毫不熟悉的农业领域? 进军农业领域有什么必不可少的理由吗?

下面我们来看看雷锋网和极飞科技几位创始人(CEO彭斌、 联合创始人易丙洪、联合创始人Justin Gong)的现场对话。

中国农业无人机的市场如何?

“中国是世界上最大的农业机械大国,拥有18亿亩基本农田,如果每年喷洒5次,每庙作业价格10元,那么在植保市场上,无人机一年的作业收入将达到900亿元。 但传统的植保无人机提供商, 他们可能会在向某家定制飞控、某家定制电机……虽然很快就可以‘集成’一台无人机,但没有核心的研发竞争力,更多地通过政府补贴或者固定关系来销售,在革新者眼里,这并不是一个正常的商业竞争环境,也就导致这个市场一直没有走向成熟,所以我们还有很多机会。”创始人彭斌表示。

进军前做了什么?

两年前,消费级无人机开始进入人们的视野,那时候的极飞一度沉浸在以航模玩家们为主要市场的极客世界里,等发现同样飞控出身的对手已经在消费级市场风声水起的时候,极飞有点尴尬,却又不想跟随,这时他们开始把目光瞄向了农业领域,并为之做了两年的秘密准备工作。

“极飞的极客们用了两年时间,在新疆和棉农们一起验证了两年的农药喷洒,我们知道了棉铃虫、红蜘蛛蚜虫和不同农药的属性,我们知道了国储棉的困境,我们吃了很多馕,并且练就了一口流利的新疆普通话”。联合创始人易丙洪用很接地气的方法描述他们在新疆的实践生活。

2B还是2C?

“这个怎么说呢, 我们不讲2B还是2C,而是 2 Series, 我们一直强调自己不是卖飞机的,因为农业飞机再贵只要没飞起来都是浪费, 我们更多地把自己定位与一个服务提供商,而且我们深深地相信,要培养一个在田间地头打药的农民去飞遥控飞机,就算他再聪明,操作再简单,也没有这个必要,我们必须要让它自动化,不然在人力成本不断上升,技术成本不断下降的过程中,过了这个点,就没有市场了。”联合创始人Justin Gong在介绍新品的时候强调了他们为什么要做一整套服务而不是单卖无人机的原因。

发展农用无人机的意义所在?

“在美国,一个农民可以养活125个人,在中国,一个农民却只能养活16个人,为什么? 因为而核心技术没有掌握,农村土地的流传和集约化管理没有做起来。

如果有一款可以适应各种天气条件自然飞行的农用无人机,每次飞行25分钟,就可以喷洒20亩,每天就可以作业200亩,可以想想这对推进农业的自动化有多大帮助。

而更细致的问题上,比如国产棉花因为喷药重,生产一公斤就需要8块钱的成本,可棉花的国际市场价才6块多,如果可以在喷头上下功夫,精密作业,用更少的农药更有效地杀死虫子,或许国产的棉花就可以赶上埃及长绒棉的高价了。”发布会结尾的时候,Justin Gong给我们举了这些生动的例子。

小结:

整个发布会下来,我们发现了农用无人机的很多问题,因为当时整个展馆还来了其他的农业领域无人机,有直接2C的小型无人机(4万多),有拿国家补贴的传统无人机(10多万),有专门做无人机和个人之间培训的服务公司,他们的优势也各有特色,有的是技术,有的是服务,有的是补贴有的是体验,但有个共同点是,农业无人机的长相普遍比商用无人机要“朴素”,套用极飞联合创始人易丙洪的话“老百姓不看广告看疗效,有没有虫,死了没有。”。

到此,除了上面为什么要做农业无人机这个主题,农业无人机的技术问题、南北差异问题、2B还是2C的问题、航空管制的问题,都是我们必须扒的部分,后面请看我们一一奉上。



from 雷锋网 http://www.leiphone.com/news/201504/4LabciWD3HNWnNQK.html

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

為什麼星系效應裡的黑洞長那樣?

在上一篇文章下一站:黑洞中提到星際效應裡的黑洞畫面可是科學的很 , 但為什麼黑洞看起來會是那樣呢? 黑洞是怎麼彎曲周遭光線而形成這樣的影像呢?讓我們用三個步驟重現這經典場景吧!



from PanSci 泛科學 http://pansci.tw/archives/72705

Sunday, November 23, 2014

看 NASA 打算如何製作「磁場重聯」的 3D 影像圖

NASA 計劃在 2015 年 5...



from Engadget 中文版 RSS Feed http://chinese.engadget.com/2014/11/23/nasa-magnetospheric-multiscale-mission/?ncid=rss_truncated

Monday, October 27, 2014

The Powerful Reach of a Happy Customer (Infographic)

You don't have to do all the marketing yourself. Your satisfied customers will take it from here.



from Inc.com http://www.inc.com/laura-montini/infographic/the-power-of-the-influential-customer.html

5 Tools That Will Change the Way You Book Business Trips

New travel-booking sites are finding a niche by adopting user-friendly elements from eBay, Tinder, and other familiar social and e-commerce platforms.



from Inc.com http://www.inc.com/oscar-raymundo/pinterest-ebay-tinder-to-book-business-trip.html

69 percent of Americans have never heard of Buzzfeed

69 percent of Americans have never heard of Buzzfeed


People in media are dissecting the latest Pew Research figures on politicization in media. There are quite a few interesting factoids to draw from the poll. But what surprised me most was the percentage of Americans who say they'd heard of each news outlet. Almost seven out of ten Americans have never even heard of Buzzfeed.


Ninety-five percent of respondents said they'd heard of CNN. Which means that 5 percent of Americans have literally never even heard of CNN. Which sounds strange, but is completely possible when you think about it. But for all the talk about online media being the future, there's still a shocking number of people who have never heard of outlets like Politico (68 percent), Buzzfeed (69 percent) and Slate (79 percent).


I guess those of us who work in online media shouldn't feel too bad. About 47 percent of Americans have never even heard of NPR, if you can believe that.


69 percent of Americans have never heard of Buzzfeed


You can read all of the stats (including the breakdown for political affiliation) over at Pew. Gawker Media was not included in the poll.


Image: 2014 Buzzfeed image distributed by AP




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from Gizmodo http://factually.gizmodo.com/69-percent-of-americans-have-never-heard-of-buzzfeed-1651342399/+ericlimer

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Top 10 IT skills based on increases in demand

While growth in the IT industry as a whole continues at a brisk pace, some skills are hotter than others. "There are key areas of technology right now that are growing faster than others," says Dice.com president Shravan Goli. "What's interesting is that this growth stretches across a variety of industries.



from dzone.com: latest front page http://www.dzone.com/links/r/top_10_it_skills_based_on_increases_in_demand.html

Monday, September 15, 2014

12 Things My Mom Said Will Lead to a Long, Happy Life

Like many mothers, mine was a smart cookie. Here are some of the things she taught me about life, love, and longevity.



from Inc.com http://www.inc.com/marla-tabaka/12-things-my-mom-says-will-lead-to-a-long-happy-life.html

5 Things You Learn When Your Start-up Fails

Founders who have learned from the school of hard knocks offer the lessons they picked up when their businesses failed.



from Inc.com http://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/5-things-you-learn-when-your-start-up-fails.html

Making Modal Windows Better For Everyone