Author Archives: Martin Walls
Teen Fights to Defend His Legal Right to Strap Guns to Drones
A viral video from last summer is currently the subject of what could turn out to be an important legal battle: Is it OK to strap a gun (or a flamethrower) to a drone? And if it’s not, does the … Continue reading
Drone problem may not be as bad as everyone thinks
A new report suggests that drone pilots are now flying more responsibly amid heightened public concerns over the dangers of the unmanned aerial vehicles. The Academy of Model Aeronautics analyzed FAA data and found that even as drone sales surge, … Continue reading
Johns Hopkins 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 their human controllers and land or, more … Continue reading
World’s First Passenger Drone Is Coming To America
We are inching ever closer to our inevitable all-drone future: the world’s first passenger drone has been cleared for testing in Nevada, where autonomous vehicles roam wild and free. The EHang 184, which was introduced to America last January at … Continue reading
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