Author Archives: Martin Walls
Amazon is thinking about using its delivery drones to scan your house to sell you more stuff
Amazon’s ambitions to build a fleet of self-flying delivery drones will have an interesting side-effect: They will create unimaginable quantities of data. Aerial footage, mapping data, flight patterns, number-crunching analysis, and more — autonomous vehicles produce vast reams of data, … Continue reading
Redlands may join other agencies in using drones
The Redlands Police Department may soon join the ranks of law enforcement agencies that use drones as a crime-fighting tool. The department has proposed launching an unmanned aerial system that would allow law enforcement to deploy drones for specific incidents … Continue reading
Madison police are now in the air, thanks to two new drones
When a suicidal man was on the loose near Hawk’s Landing Golf Club in June, Madison police launched a drone to help officers locate him. And again, when Madison police investigated a late June homicide and armed robbery at a … Continue reading
Creating a drone register is easy, enforcing it is much harder
Anything that’s heavier than 60 grams that hits a plane in flight – including a goose – has the potential to cause a dangerous level of damage to the vehicle. So far, in the UK, there have been a number … Continue reading
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