Drones

Alphabet’s Wing is among the companies leading the way for building a sustainable and scalable way for drones and other aircraft to share the skies and build a capable and safe aerial transportation network. Wing’s head of Policy, Regulatory and Community Affairs, Margaret Nagle, will join us at TC Sessions:…

by Andrew Parsonson — September 10, 2020 Danish startup QuadSAT uses specially equipped quadcopter drones as satellite stand-ins to help antenna makers and their customers test and calibrate antennas. Credit: QuadSAT VALLETTA, Malta — QuadSAT, a Danish startup that tests and calibrates antennas using quadcopter drones as stand-ins for satellites,…

With the launch of its long-awaited subscription delivery service less than a week away, Walmart is taking another swipe at rival Amazon with the start of a drone delivery pilot in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The world's largest retailer said the pilot will focus on delivering certain grocery and household items…

SYDNEY—Researchers are deploying heat-seeking drones and studying the chemistry of leaves to determine how creatures like the koala can survive in a burned landscape, a new effort to understand the effects of devastating wildfires across the globe. About 73,000 square miles were burned in Australia’s most recent fire season, an…

CAIRO: Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 27 coffins that were buried more than 2,500 years ago in a pharaonic cemetery. The sarcophagi were found at the Saqqara site in the governorate of Giza, south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo. Egyptian antiquities officials believe the discovery to be the largest of…

Left: Drone-acquired orthoimage of the site showing major features discussed in the paper. Right: Thermal images mosaic collected from 11:15 pm-12:15 am. (Images from Figure 6 of the study). Credit: by Jesse Casana, Elise Jakoby Laugier, and Austin Chad Hill. A Dartmouth-led study using multisensor drones has revealed a large…

For decades, it’s been an article of faith among leftists that the CIA is fundamentally malign, and has been since its founding. Its purpose was to extend American hegemony; its method dirty tricks (not excluding murder) to undermine popular movements or governments and impose brutal right-wing authoritarian regimes in client…

Two flight crews reported close encounters with a “guy in a jetpack” Sunday in Los Angeles. From drones to laser pointers, this is the latest incident elevating the risk of safe landings for airplanes.Sept. 1, 2020Read More

The pilots of a passenger jet landing at LA International reckon they were approached by a mysterious flyer equipped with what was described as a "jetpack," passing within a few hundred yards of their aircraft. The encounter occurred Sunday evening local time as American Airlines flight 1997, flying out of…

by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 September 2020 / 669 ViewsUbisoft has released a new trailer for Watch Dogs Legion that welcomes you to London. The trailer features Nvidia GeForce RTX raytracing. View it below: Here is an overview of the game: It is time to take back London,…