Category Archives: Technical Issues

F.A.A.’s Concerns Hold Up Use of Wildfire Drones

But privacy concerns are slowing the integration of unmanned vehicles into the firefighters’ tool kit, said Senator Mark Begich, a freshman Democrat from Alaska. Continue reading

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DHS Built Domestic Surveillance Tech into Predator Drones

Cnet News: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has customized its Predator drones, originally built for overseas military operations, to carry out at-home surveillance tasks that have civil libertarians worried: identifying civilians carrying guns and tracking their cell phones, government documents show. Continue reading

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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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