Tag: Drones
The endless War On Drugs has a new problem on it’s hands. Drones that fly themselves. On Wednesday, a drone carrying six kilos of crystal meth crashed in Tijuana, which is far from being the first time such a thing has occurred. But what authorities are finding to be more and more common is the […]
A recent proposal to ban the use of drones in New York City has some model airplane enthusiasts worried that their hobby will soon be labeled a crime. The legislation, put forth by City Councilman Daniel Garodnick recently, is one of three proposals to tackle the use of drones by civilians. If Garodnick’s plan is passed, it […]
Senator Chuck Schumer is terrified of drones. After two recent instances of drones in the airspace at Westchester airport, on Friday he held a press conference to call for pressure to be put on the FAA to hurry up and finish its new guidelines for legal drone usage. A ruling by the National Transportation Safety Board […]
Piloting drones can be pretty damn hard. The traditional remote control format has been a mainstay since the beginning, but keeping an eye on a drone in flight while looking at a screen to see through the camera’s eyes can also create an ambidextrous nightmare for newbies. Two companies are hoping to make the whole […]
Though drones are often used as a tool for death and destruction, some wildlife preservationists are using them to save species and monitor the lives of animals without disturbing them in their natural habitat. Julie Linchant, a graduate student at the University of Liège in Belgium, is just one researcher who has discovered how useful […]
The Federal Aviation Administration has anticipated that you and your loved ones are going to want to operate an unmanned aircraft, aka a drone, this holiday season. In order to keep you “off the naughty list,” as the organization puts it, the FAA has created a video under the banner of Know Before You Fly, […]
It seems like the kind of instrument that Spinal Tap would ask for, but the combination drum machine/drone in the video above is no joke. Created by researchers at the University of Toronto, the flying drum machine responds to the force and torque in a given direction whenever a user gently hits it. Tapping it forward triggers […]
A new bill being introduced to the City Council seeks to require cops to have a warrant if they want to use a drone in the line of duty. It would also entirely ban the use of drones by regular citizens. The measure is being introduced by Council Member Dan Garodnick, who tells the New […]
In a cooperative neighborhood Christmas light display that would make Clark Griswold green with envy, the residents of this southwestern U.S. suburb synced all their lights up to Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s classic track Wizards Of Winter. They then shot the whole thing with a drone. That’s one way around the FAA’s current restrictions on private drone flight: […]
A team made up of Ivy League students has built a drone from organic mushroom materials that can bio-degrade rapidly. The students from Brown, Spelman, and Stanford also say that in situations like space travel, where transportation of materials is always difficult, astronauts would simply need to bring a small sample of the necessary bacteria or […]
