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Tech would use drones and insect biobots to map disaster areas

Researchers have developed a combination of software and hardware that will allow them to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and insect cyborgs, or biobots, to map large, unfamiliar areas — such as collapsed buildings after a disaster … https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161117104402.htm Science … Continue reading

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State to invest $30M more in drone effort

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was headed to Syracuse Thursday afternoon to announce the state was investing $30 million more in the effort to make upstate a leader in unmanned aerial vehicles, better known as drones. This investment, which will be … Continue reading

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Meet the Woman Working to Make Delivery-by-Drone a Reality

Her company recently partnered with package delivery service UPS. Imagine you’re a camp counselor, overseeing a group of children on a remote island. In the middle of the night, one of your campers has an asthma attack — but her … Continue reading

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DroneDeploy Is Building an App Store and OS for Drones

Drones are everywhere. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) the global market for commercial applications of drone technology to rise from $2 billion this year to as much as $127 billion by 2020. Yet for all the drone manufacturers building cutting-edge unmanned aerial vehicles … Continue reading

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