Drones

In sort of the opposite vein of that last post, this is Trajectoires, a short video created by filmmakers Hugo Manhes and Madcow by having one video camera hauling drone follow others that have burning flares attached as they fly through the wilderness. It's pretty cool to watch, especially if…

Published: April 3, 2020 at 8:23 a.m. ET Thermal-imaging technology was used during the swine-flu outbreak and is now being deployed by a local council in the U.K. to break up gatherings. Getty Images Authorities are turning to thermal-imaging technology in some parts of Britain to help police enforce social-distancing…

Smartphone photography has come on leaps and bounds in recent years with the majority of people being happy to use their phones as their primary cameras these days. If you need slightly more than your phone can offer, you ought to invest in some of Moment's photography gear, especially while…

If it weren’t for the racket from a helicopter landing on the roof, the complex of heavily modified and interconnected cargo containers in a corner of Burlington International Airport would be a great place to hang out. The structure has a sleek wood-lined lounge, two cozy bedrooms, and a view…

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The days of knocking an annoying drone out of the air with a precisely thrown rock might soon be over. Researchers at the University of Zurich have upgraded a drone with a special camera that can quickly spot approaching obstacles, allowing the craft to avoid them with reaction times as…

It’s an egg... that transforms into a drone.Photo: Matías Zavia (Gizmodo)You don’t have the chance to review an egg-shaped drone every day. The PowerVision PowerEgg X is exactly that: a powerful quadcopter that resembles an ostrich egg when folded. Although at first, I suffered the natural consequences associated with roughly underdeveloped…

Damaged In Transit tasks you with instructing a pair of delivery drones, doing your best not to get one destroyed while you pay attention to another. Some necessary deliveries need to go out on time, but we seem to be low on employees for some reason. No problem! We’ll just…

USP has announced a new partnership with Wingcopter, a German aircraft manufacturer, to develop new types of delivery drones. The two companies will work together to certify Wingcopter's existing aircraft for use in commercial delivery flights in the US. They say certification is the first step toward developing drones that…

Futurist Thomas Frey has predicted that drones will become the most disruptive technology in human history. On this gray January day in a quiet residential neighborhood in Christiansburg, Va., one happens to be disrupting the work of two landscapers.The workers silence their weed eaters, looking to the sky in wonder…