Author Archives: Martin Walls
Burning Liquid Hydrogen for Fuel, Navy Drone Flies for 48 Hours Straight
In drone design, there’s a trade-off between flying quietly and staying airborne for a long time. The Ion Tiger drone, which just completed a continuous 48 hour 1 minute flight, might be the breakthrough that changes this. Continue reading
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Sticky Spy UAV Turns Things Upside Down with Ability to Land on Walls and Ceilings
It’s hard not to picture a microphone-equipped UAV with this system flying into an open window and affixing itself underneath a desk, out of sight, but the ability to stick to walls and ceilings has applications other than spying. Continue reading
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Homeland Security Department to Use Drones on Mexican Borders
Amid a heated debate over legislation passed earlier this year in Arizona aimed at identifying, prosecuting, and deporting illegal immigrants, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced that it will be increasing the number of unmanned drones to patrol the U.S. Mexican border, hunting for drugs and illegal immigrants. Continue reading
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U.S. Border Patrol Increases Use Of Unmanned Drones For Surveillance
The Huffington Post Cristina Costanini 5/1/2012 The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency is ramping up its use of fancy technology to monitor the nation’s borders again — this time by opening up Washington’s airspace to two unmanned Predator drones. … Continue reading
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