Aerial drones reveal sharks in shallow water
Answers about shark populations could come from the skies, new research finds.
Ecology
Jan 25, 2017
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News tagged with unmanned drone
Key decisions on drones likely from Congress
The Obama administration is on the verge of proposing long-awaited rules for commercial drone operations in U.S. skies, but key decisions on how much access to grant drones are likely to come from Congress next year.
Engineering
Dec 28, 2014
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Amazon wants air space for delivery drones
Online retail colossus Amazon wants to carve out a special zone of the sky to shuttle commercial drones that would deliver goods to its customers.
Business
Jul 29, 2015
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US announces test sites for drone aircraft (Update)
The U.S. government announced six states on Monday that will develop test sites for drones, a critical next step for the march of the unmanned aircraft into American skies.
Engineering
Dec 30, 2013
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Team makes hobby drones crash to expose design flaws
Sales of drones—small flying machines equipped with cameras—are soaring. But new research by a Johns Hopkins computer security team has raised concerns about how easily hackers could cause these robotic devices to ignore ...
Engineering
Jun 8, 2016
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Reality catches up with sci-fi in storm drones
At the time it premiered, the film "Twister" put forth a fantastical science fiction idea: Release probes into a storm in order to figure out which tornadoes could develop into killers. It's no longer fiction. Oklahoma State ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 2, 2013
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Flying 3-D eye-bots
Like a well-rehearsed formation team, a flock of flying robots rises slowly into the air with a loud buzzing noise. A good two dozen in number, they perform an intricate dance in the sky above the seething hordes of soccer ...
Robotics
May 3, 2012
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US Navy launches unmanned aircraft from carrier
The U.S. Navy for the first time Tuesday launched an unmanned aircraft the size of a fighter jet from a warship in the Atlantic Ocean, as it wades deeper into America's drone program amid growing concerns over the legality ...
Engineering
May 14, 2013
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UAE developing drones for citizen services
The United Arab Emirates hopes to start using drones to fly government documents to citizens and is offering a $1 million international prize for unmanned aircraft that can improve the quality of life in the oil-rich Gulf ...
Engineering
Feb 12, 2014
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In drought, drones help California farmers save every drop
A drone whirred to life in a cloud of dust, then shot hundreds of feet skyward for a bird's-eye view of a vast tomato field in California's Central Valley, the nation's most productive farming region.
Engineering
Aug 29, 2016
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