Israeli drone provider Airobotics this week announced receiving the FAA’s first ever three-prong certificate of waiver for “flying Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) for automated drone operations, over human beings, with a visual observer that is not required to keep a visual line of sight on the drone.” The waiver …
Read More »Zoox’s Maddening Struggle to Make Robo-Cars Safe—and Prove I…
Here’s the deal, says Mark Rosekind. He’s sitting in a large, white conference room, deep within Zoox’s sprawling office complex in Foster City, halfway between Palo Alto and San Francisco. Around him, some 400 workers clack away on computers, or roll out yoga mats in the central “town hall” space, …
Read More »Iran at Cutting Edge of Drone, Missile, Radar Technologies
TEHRAN (Dispatches) — Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Aerospace Force said on Thursday said Iran has obtained the most advanced technical knowhow to make missiles, drones and radars thanks to the tireless efforts of its experts.Addressing an academic ceremony here, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said the …
Read More »Drones prohibited from filming Montana hunts
Posted: Friday, December 14, 2018 9:28 am Drones prohibited from filming Montana hunts Associated Press | HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission has approved regulations clarifying the use of drones and motion tracking devices by hunters. The Independent Record reports with advancements in technology for hunting, …
Read More »EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Agile Drones that Fold to get Through T…
Image: University of Zurich Compact and foldable, portable drones are great for carrying – but can the advantages of a folding drone be realized during flight? Researchers at the University of Zurich, with others, have come up with a drone that folds during flight to get through tight spaces. Davide …
Read More »Virgin Galactic Takes Off, and Space Tourism Draws Nearer
For the first time since the US retired the Space Shuttle in 2011, humans have taken off from American soil and gone into space. This morning, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic rocketed two test pilots beyond Earth’s boundaries and brought them back safely, in a giant leap toward finally making commercial …
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The battery still lasts a full year, according to Tile, but now you can simply open it up and replace it yourself. And all of the above is also true of the bigger, $60 Tile Pro, except the Pro has a range of 90 metres. PowerUp Dart The new Dart …
Read More »Drone Minute: Flying the Arc
The following is a guest post by commercial drone pilot and writer Terry Jarrell. Drone Minute is a series of short, to the point lessons to up your skills as a drone operator. Capturing beautiful aerial video is now made possible and much easier than ever before with drones. Many …
Read More »Self-Driving Cars: The Complete Guide
In the past five years, autonomous driving has gone from “maybe possible” to “definitely possible” to “inevitable” to “how did anyone ever think this wasn’t inevitable?” to “now commercially available.” In December 2018, Waymo, the company that emerged from Google’s self-driving-car project, officially started its commercial self-driving-car service in the …
Read More »Medical drones good, but no stakeholder engagement bad
Since the government assumed office, they have been working hard at reforming the Ghanaian socioeconomic landscape by introducing technology and innovation to achieve varied outcomes. We have seen the paperless system introduced at the harbour, the ongoing National Identification programme amongst other policies all geared towards improving the system. We …
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