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
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
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
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