Robots are no strangers to combat, and the US military is currently debating ethical questions posed by using autonomous machines in war zones. Before that even becomes an issue, though, they have to Continue reading…
Unmanned Predator drones are typically used by the military for surveillance, but in the town of Lakota, North Dakota one was used to help arrest a man who may or may not have stolen some cows. Rodney Continue reading…
The FAA has released a list of all the organizations authorized to fly drones in the US, and while agencies like Customs and Border Protection and DARPA are on the list, so are several colleges, a Continue reading…
The US Army has just added to its stable of unmanned aircrafts in a big way with the purchase of $20.4 million worth of new drones from manufacturer AeroVironment. The majority of the crafts will be Continue reading…
General Atomics, which builds the Reaper "hunter-killer" drones used in Iraq and on the US border, has proposed an upgrade that would increase the MQ-9 Reaper's flying time from 27 hours to 42. Two Continue reading…
Last June, Hawaii received a drone that would be used to patrol the harbors around Honolulu using a high-tech camera system — but to this day it has yet to take flight. The $75,000 drone was Continue reading…
Drones have freed US pilots from running surveillance missions, but the footage they collect still has to be watched by human analysts to determine its importance. And, unfortunately for them, it's Continue reading…
Military drones are already used to survey the border between the US and Mexico, but starting last week, another piece of military technology has made its way back home. The latest surveillance tool Continue reading…
Stratasys and Optomec have combined their respective specialist printing techniques to produce a 3D printed electronic wing for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones), claimed to be the world's Continue reading…
While The Pirate Bay's founders lost their appeals against their sentences in Sweden recently, the torrent site claims to have some unique ideas about how to operate going forward. A blog post reveals Continue reading…
