US moves step closer to commercial drone use
Drones will take to the skies to inspect crops and infrastructure as US civil aviation authorities moved a step closer Wednesday to allowing their widespread commercial use.
Drones will take to the skies to inspect crops and infrastructure as US civil aviation authorities moved a step closer Wednesday to allowing their widespread commercial use.
Engineering
May 6, 2015
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A team at NASA's Langley Research Center is developing a concept of a battery-powered plane that has 10 engines and can take off like a helicopter and fly efficiently like an aircraft. The prototype, called Greased Lightning ...
Engineering
May 4, 2015
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A new era in autonomy and unmanned systems for naval operations is on the horizon, as officials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced today recent technology demonstrations of swarming unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)—part ...
Engineering
Apr 14, 2015
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Kansas State University is leading an international, multimillion-dollar project that is looking at unmanned aerial systems—or UAS—as a quick and efficient method to detect pest insects and diseases in food crops before ...
Ecology
Mar 19, 2015
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Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), have become increasingly popular over the last half dozen years or so among amateur aeronautical aficionados, engineers and generally anyone fascinated with relatively inexpensive ...
Engineering
Mar 5, 2015
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For all the hubbub and electric-motor buzz about unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), watching a research drone take off, fly and land is hardly the world's most compelling activity.
Engineering
Feb 2, 2015
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A Chinese drone maker which created the small quadcopter that recently crashed on White House grounds said Wednesday it is updating its drones to prohibit flight over the US capital.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 28, 2015
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Comparing an unmanned aerial vehicle to a magnetic resonance imaging machine may seem odd, but that is how the director of the Mississippi State University Geosystems Research Institute sees it.
Engineering
Jan 27, 2015
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Engineering researchers from the University of Virginia and the Georgia Institute of Technology have successfully flight-tested scenarios that could threaten drones, including ground-based cyber-attacks.
Engineering
Jan 26, 2015
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Herding cattle. Counting fish. Taking an animal's temperature. Applying pesticides.
Engineering
Jan 25, 2015
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