Tag: Drones
The American Civil Liberties Union is appealing a court decision that allows the CIA and the Obama administration to keep secret their legal justification for its drone strike program. The decision, passed by U.S. District Court Judge Colleen McMahon of New York in January, is almost comical in its catch-22 thorniness: … this court is constrained […]
As the media profile of and sense of inevitability surrounding domestic drone use continues to grow, many states are weighing legislation that would oversee and regulate their use. As the ACLU points out in a blog post, anti-drone bills have been introduced in at least 30 state legislatures, including the New York State Assembly. A bill introduced […]
For the last installment in his drone art series, Rajeev Basu gives us SLAPADRONE, a series of whimsical bumper stickers to stick on the back of the old family UAV. The series–which includes Drones of New York and the customizable Mr. Drones projects as well) lampoons and raises awareness that commercial drone use becomes legal in the U.S. in 2015. Basu calls SLAPADRONE the “darkest” […]
It’s not unusual to see religious leaders railing against the policies of a Democratic president, but this time, it’s a sentiment plenty of liberals can get on board with as well. “From a New Testament point of view, drones are completely appalling,” retired Episcopal rector Paul F. M. Zahl told CNN in a recent interview. “The […]
Created by the developers Pitch Interactive, this animated infographic plots every U.S. drone strike and all associated casualties. In just a few seconds, a flurry of strikes and deaths appear, beginning in 2004 and drastically upticking in 2008-2009, when Pervez Musharraf resigned as president of Pakistan and President Obama took office in the states. All […]
With the prospect of more domestic drones looming closer and closer, Mayor Bloomberg seems to know that it’s wrong and invasive, judging from this radio interview, but there’s also nothing he (or we) can really do about it. While Bloomberg, for one, doesn’t welcome our new drone overlords, his philosophy seems rather fatalistic: Like it […]
Brooklyn-based artist Antoine Catala wants help making drones. No, not the government’s killer drones. These will be small, made for flying around an art gallery, and shaped like one of the four popular Internet categories: cat, car, butt, or pizza. So if you know how to program a drone, notably the AR.Drone 2.0, please let […]
Domestic Drone Countermeasures is an Oregon-based that’s selling “countermeasures and systems” to disable domestic drones. A noble idea. Here’s where the product gets as sketchy as the domestic drones themselves: No one will say how these anti-drone systems actually work. This is how Timothy Faucett, a lead engineer for DDC, explained the countermeasures in an […]
While Lena Dunham and piggie poop balls sat around wearing Google Glass and discussing the merits of 3D-printing your own Beyonce, these three drones danced a sad, sad “Harlem Shake” in some empty lot at SXSW. This is what we’ve created, people. […]
What will happen when I die? Will I fly across the sun? Happen upon a dry valley and then curve in, getting closer and closer, like a suicide bomber, before I finally meet my target? …What does love feel like? These are just some of the questions that weigh down on the conscious of the […]
