National Geographic has always been know to take stunning photographs of wildlife. Now a pair of new robotic assistants, currently at work for National Geographic, are taking the lion’s share of the risk away from photographers.
Continue reading… “National Geographic uses robots to photograph lions”
Futurist Thomas Frey: Over the past few days I’ve been listening to news reports about the devastating fires burning in Colorado.
Record heat, high winds, low humidity, and large amounts of beetle-killed trees have created “perfect storm” conditions for multiple wildfires to rage across the State.
Continue reading… “Proposal to Eliminate Forest Fires Completely”
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We have seen food delivery drones, and drones that even deliver wedding proposals, but there is one restaurant in the U.K. that aims to inject a bit of this robo-fueled futurism into your dining experience.
Continue reading… “Drone waiter serves diners at U.K. restaurant”
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Is Dominos pizza-delivering drone just a publicity stunt, or a tantalizing look at the future of food delivery? The eight-bladed DomiCopter may be a little impractical given it needs a skilled pilot, but eventually autonomous drones will be capable of delivering a piping hot pizza in mere minutes since they’re able to avoid traffic, stop lights, and speed limits.
Continue reading… “Domino’s tests pizza delivery drone”
Private drones have the potential to invade privacy.
Google’s Eric Schmidt went on record saying last week that cheap, miniature “everyman” drones should be banned by international treaties. Schmidt wants to keep such devices from falling into the hands of terrorists, but he also worries about their potential to invade privacy. Let’s say, for example, you were having a dispute with a neighbor. “How would you feel if your neighbor went over and bought a commercial observation drone that they can launch from their back yard. It just flies over your house all day,” Schmidt asked. “How would you feel about it?”
Continue reading… “Eric Schmidt calls for regulation of private drones”
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Everyone deserves a burrito when they want it and so that dream has become a reality. Darwin Aerospace is proud to introduce: Burrito Bomber — truly the world’s first airborne Mexican food delivery system.
Continue reading… “Burrito Bomber – world’s first airborne Mexican food delivery system”
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American military drones engaged in combat across the world are certainly scary most days. But some days, swarms of little drones are scarier. Then there are days where it’s drones with really high-resolution cameras. Or maybe drones deployed by Homeland Security.
Continue reading… “Drone with terrifying claw for grabbing objects at high speed”
For every emergency situation, a city’s first response
will be to “get eyes on” the situation
Futurist Thomas Frey: Yes, drones have been around for a long time and the military has already committed countless billions to drone R&D, but when a U.S. Senator dedicates 13 hours to filibuster the topic of drones, it signals far more than a token political move.
Continue reading… “We have Officially Entered the Drone Era”
Drone pilots
Researchers with the Defense Department have found in a first of its kind study that pilots of drone aircraft experience mental health problems like depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress at the same rate as pilots of manned aircraft who are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.
Continue reading… “Drone pilots get stress disorders as much as pilots of manned aircraft do”
The Jetstream mission is part of a project to develop the technologies and procedures that will allow large commercial aircraft to operate routinely and safely without pilots.
A twin-engined Jetstream will take off from Warton Aerodrome in Lancashire, England, and head north towards Scotland within the next few weeks. Like any other flight, the small commuter airliner will respond to instructions from air-traffic controllers, navigate a path and take care to avoid other aircraft. But the pilot flying the aircraft will not be in the cockpit: he will have his feet firmly on the ground in a control room back at Warton.
Continue reading… “Pilotless aircraft could be flying before cars go driverless”
Abe Karem, father of the drone.
Abe Karem, the aerospace engineer behind America’s most successful and most feared military drone said, “I was not the guy who put missiles on the Predator. I just wanted UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) to perform to the same standards of safety, reliability and performance as manned aircraft.”
Continue reading… “Father of the drone continues to pioneer airborne innovations”
Tacocopter
Could Tacocopter be the next great startup out of Silicon Valley? The Internet is certainly going wild for it. Tacocopter boasts a business plan that combines four of the most prominent touchstones of modern America: tacos, helicopters, robots and laziness.
Continue reading… “Could Tacocopter be the future of unmanned food delivery?”
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