Engineering
If you're a rock climber, hiker, runner, dancer, or anyone who likes recording themselves while in motion, a personal drone companion can now do all the filming for you—completely autonomously.
Mar 13, 2018
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Hi Tech & Innovation
A display that can fly and be controlled by your eyes: Can the idea fly its way into a product of the future? Think drone with display that can detect a person's face, pupils, hand gestures and position.
Engineering
The flying robots called drones were used in a dramatic light show for the Olympics opening ceremonies in South Korea, executing elaborate routines that humans had programmed in advance. Other drones are piloted by remote ...
Feb 16, 2018
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Energy & Green Tech
By getting your next package delivered by drone, you could be saving energy, but only if companies deploy drones sensibly.
Feb 14, 2018
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Engineering
Companies like Amazon have big ideas for drones that can deliver packages right to your door. But, even putting aside the policy issues, programming drones to fly through cluttered spaces like cities is difficult. Being able ...
Feb 12, 2018
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Engineering
Researchers at Oxford University have discovered that peregrine falcons steer their attacks using the same control strategies as guided missiles.
Dec 4, 2017
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Engineering
(Tech Xplore)—WeRobotics have a drone plan to drop sterilized male mosquitos, in an experiment focused on bringing down the mosquito population and in turn reducing the numbers of people who die from diseases they carry.
Consumer & Gadgets
At an event in Washington, DC, a panel of experts representing the Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, airport operators and safety researchers discussed collaborative strategies for managing ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
(Tech Xplore)—Electric vehicles inspire a key question for a prospective buyer, and that is, what's the deal with battery life? Range? How far do I sit back in the car without leaning forward to fret over where and how ...
Engineering
(Tech Xplore)—Getting a drone up in the air is only one step ahead for those who work on and study drones. The feats to accomplish further rest in how well they fly, self-balance, perch, land and, if used in numbers, how ...
