Drones

Aerospace firm Draganfly has conducted the first US test flights of its “pandemic drones,” the company announced today. The drones are fitted with sensors and computer vision systems that measure body temperature, breathing, and heart rates from up to 190 feet. They can also spot if someone’s sneezing, coughing, or following social…

A humpback whale calf nursing off the coast of Hawaii. Gif: MMRP UH/GizmodoNursing is a rather straightforward process for most terrestrial mammals, but the same cannot be said for humpback whales, in which a swimming mother and calf have to carefully coordinate their movements. Unprecedented video taken off the coast…

Draganfly pandemic drone. DraganFly Drone company Draganfly announced it will work with the Australian Department of Defense and the University of South Australia on "pandemic drones."The drones will use sensors and computer vision systems to monitor people's temperature and heart rates. The system is also able to detect people coughing in…

Draganfly pandemic drone.DraganFlyDrone company Draganfly announced it will work with the Australian Department of Defense and the University of South Australia on "pandemic drones."The drones will use sensors and computer vision systems to monitor people's temperature and heart rates. The system is also able to detect people coughing in crowds.Visit Business…

If you're violating the social distancing orders in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and you suddenly start hearing voices telling you to go home, it's not some odd symptom of COVID-19. It's the mayor scolding you from a talking drone. The city said Tuesday it has started using a fleet of five…

Credit: Hardik Pandya - Edited It’s been a rocky road, but New York State has finally taken steps to legalize the use of e-scooters and ebikes. In the state’s annual budget agreement, lawmakers finally agreed upon and clarified terminology surrounding the mobility tech. In short, a variety of e-scooters and…

Hardware engineering is mostly document-based. A typical satellite might be described in several hundred thousand PDF documents, spreadsheets, simulation files and more; all potentially inconsistent between each other. This can lead to costly mistakes. NASA lost a $125 million Mars orbiter because one engineering team used metric units while another…

Even amidst the pandemic, there are small moments of friendship and solidarity. In Jounieh in Lebanon, students used a drone to deliver flowers on mother's day.  Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. As I've been stuck…

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…