Tech 20:15 03.11.2018Get short URL Remotely controlled weapons and detectors lurking behind seabed plants, highly intelligent drones capable of cognition and thus of prompt and accurate reactions, as well as promising bionic devices – these are just part of the underwater arsenal the Chinese will reportedly come up with in …
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AUVSI Top Operator Plan Takes Drone Pilots to New Heights
They may not have Tom Cruise, but the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International is going to Top Gun – well, Top Operator. The world’s largest non-profit for the advancement of drones and robotics is launching the Trusted Operator Program, a certification program allowing drone pilots and UAS training groups …
Read More »MIT, NASA develop tech that could be used to find missing hi…
New drone technology that could allow fleets of the unmanned vehicles to navigate without GPS, developed by MIT and NASA, could help find hikers lost in the wilderness and one day could be used to make their way over the surface of the moon and Mars, researchers say. “You can …
Read More »Getting Kids Excited About Drones
The following is a guest post by talented Part 107 Pilot and author, Kara Murphy. A few years back, I taught my daughter’s kindergarten class about drones. Of the eighteen kids in the class, only three had ever flown one with a parent and they were all boys. Flash forward …
Read More »What’s Next for Drone Laws? The Commercial UAV Policy Panel …
One of the best aspects of this week’s DJI Airworks conference in Dallas was the opportunity to hear the industry’s biggest influencers speak about critical issues. The Commercial UAV Policy Panel was moderated by DJI’s Vice President of Policy and Legal Affairs Brendan Schulman, and the panel included a critical …
Read More »USAID is making medical deliveries via drone a reality — GC…
2018 Government Innovation Awards USAID is making medical deliveries via drone a reality The last leg of the supply chain is often the trickiest, especially in rural areas where infrastructure is not as mature and bad weather can leave areas inaccessible by ground vehicles. Drones can help solve that logistics …
Read More »Learn to Fly Sikorsky’s New Helicopter in Just 45 Minutes
With the possible exception of Tom Cruise, learning to fly a helicopter demands months of classroom, simulator, and in-air training. The controls feature all the logic of Bop It: Twist one hand, move the other to the left. Push one foot, then the other. Watch the instruments, but don’t forget …
Read More »DJI and CAA Issue Battery Warning for Pilots Flying Matrice …
Earlier this week we reported that the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority had issued a safety warning for DJI Matrice 200 pilots, following a small number of incidents in which power failures had caused the aircraft to fall out of the sky. It now appears as though the problem has been …
Read More »Shape-shifting machine can switch between a delivery drone a…
Transformer, robot in disguise! Shape-shifting machine can switch between a delivery drone and an arm that can lift and move objects Scientists at Cornell University in New York, USA are behind the new machine The robot can perceive its own surroundings and make decisions autonomously Each machine is composed of wheeled, …
Read More »Africa: Terra Drone Expands Into African Market
press release Tokyo — Terra Drone Corporation (SHIBUYA-KU TOKYO CEO Toru Tokushige following as Terra Drone) established a new branch in South Africa specializing in drone solutions for underground and surface mining. Terra Drone is a leading global commercial drone technology company focused on providing cutting-edge, smart-mining solutions, which improve …
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