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Fiscal 2017 Budget Proposal Includes $4B for Automated Vehicles
“Today, Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx announced President Obama has included a proposed $4 billion investment in his fiscal 2017 budget to accelerate the development and adoption of driverless car technology through a series of real-world pilot programs hosted over … Continue reading
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If you think drones are a passing fad, better think again
“If you’re used to thinking of drones as a passing fad, last week’s CES gadget show should give you second thoughts. Tiny, self-piloted copters promise to buzzily follow you around like something out of a Neal Stephenson cyberpunk novel. New … Continue reading
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Biggest obstacle for delivery drones isn’t the technology: It’s you and me
“When Missy Cummings thinks about self-flying delivery drones — the kind that tech companies have been touting as being just around the corner — she likes to imagine the reaction of her 8-year-old son to a drone landing in her … Continue reading
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Drone Catcher Drone Fires Nets At Lesser Drones
“Anti-drone weapons fall into two camps. There are complicated, elaborate tracking systems that follow the small, unmanned vehicles and then jam their sensors and signals, sending them crashing to the ground. And then there are the nets, wielded by either … Continue reading
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