START Living Lab 21.03.2026 START2 Closing Event in Bolzano: Risk Assessment Meets Practice Photos: © START Living Lab project team On March 20, 2026, the European drone community gathered in Bolzano for the START2 closing event. Mountain rescuers, researchers, and developers from Austria, Italy, and Germany came together to discuss Read more
START Living Lab 13.10.2025 Automated Risk Assessment Tool – Prototype Showcase at Pilot Day 2025 Photo: © START Living Lab project team At Pilot Day 2025 in Belluno on October 11, the SIENA team presented a web-based prototype for automated drone operation risk assessment. Using a World Café format, mountain Read more
START Living Lab 12.10.2025 Into the Dark and the Deep – Lessons from Alpine Rescue Drills Photo: © START Living Lab project team Night, cold, steep rock walls — during Pilot Day 2025 in Belluno, mountain rescuers tested drone operations under real-world conditions. The SIENA team observed where technology meets Read more
START Living Lab 10.08.2025 Cross-border UAS for (Re)Search and Rescue: One Step Closer to Faster Rescue in the Alps When a rescue mission unfolds in the Alps, every minute can make the difference between life and death. Yet for emergency teams operating across the Austria–Italy border, legal and administrative barriers Read more
Where Do Monkeys Sleep? Thermal Drone Images Reveal Insights into Japanese Macaque Sleeping Behavior Little is known about where and how Japanese macaques sleep. In the morning, the animals are observed descending from trees – suggesting they rest in the canopy. Whether they sleep in groups, on different levels of Read more
START Living Lab 11.05.2025 Drone Festival Anras 2025 Photo: © START Living Lab project team On May 10, 2025, a partner meeting of the START Living Lab project took place at the Anras Drone Festival. The project partners from mountain rescue, research and industry exchanged information on current progress and Read more
START Living Lab 18.03.2025 SIENA participates in the Rescue Drones Symposium at the Civil Protect Conference 2025 Photo: © NOI / Daniele Fiorentino In March 2025, the Rescue Drones Symposium took place as part of the Civil Protect conference in Bolzano – a central platform for innovations in the field Read more
SORA4UAM 13.02.2025 The Second Open Innovation & Design Thinking Workshop On February 13, 2025, the second Open Innovation and Design Thinking Workshop took place as part of the SORA4UAM project. This event brought together experts from various fields to discuss the latest developments and insights into risk assessment for urban Read more
START Living Lab 01.02.2025 b-solutions accepts our case “Cross-border UAS for Search and Rescue” We are pleased to announce that our application ‘Cross-border UAS for Search and Rescue’ has been successfully approved under the b-solutions 3.0 initiative. The Association of European Border Regions (AEBR), which is leading the project on Read more
SORA4UAM 20.12.2024 Women in Data Science Villach 2025: Insights into Automated Risk Assessment for Urban Air Mobility On April 10, 2025, the Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference will take place in Villach, bringing together women in data science from academia and industry to showcase cutting-edge research and innovative applications. Read more
