Tag Archives: Drone Technology
Hearing focuses on evolving drone technology
… Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt chaired a hearing in Washington Tuesday to sort out some of the issues of an industry that had a $40 million economic footprint in the United States in 2012 and projects to exceed a $31 … Continue reading
Passenger drones are a better kind of flying car
TRAVELLERS have long envied the birds. In 1842 William Henson, a British lacemaker, somewhat optimistically filed a patent for an “aerial steam carriage”. It took another 60 years and the arrival of the internal combustion engine before Orville and Wilbur … Continue reading
Drones in Agriculture: How UAVs Make Farming More Efficient
Dronefly just released a new infographic consolidating the most interesting contemporary uses of unmanned aerial vehicles in the field of agriculture. If you’re not familiar with these, have a look at one or two of the previous pieces we reported … Continue reading
MIT Mapping System Makes Drones Self-Aware
If drone deliveries are the future, NanoMap is the present. MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) developed a system that allows drones to consistently fly at 20 mph through dense environments without incident. How? By embracing uncertainty … … Continue reading
