FluxData takes cameras to the sky

Jinelle Shengulette

FluxData has been making multi-spectral cameras since 2006.

The cameras pick up on specific wavelengths of light. If police were trying to find a red Ford pickup in traffic, for example, the color of the pick-up could be identified from a red Nissan nearby, or to locate the exact color. It can also detect images other cameras cannot, like picking out camouflage in a forest.

In August, the company announced the release of the FD-1665-UAV camera, a multi-spectral camera for unmanned aerial vehicles.

“How do you take something that was on a manned aircraft and put it on an unmanned aircraft? We’ve made it less weight and put it in a smaller package,” said CEO Pano Spiliotis, 36.

Right now, the imaging company has about a dozen customers using its cameras.

Spiliotis sees a long list of uses for this camera, including weather monitoring, oil spill monitoring, global positioning, border patrol, fire monitoring, search and rescue and more.

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