Drones

Yesterday, the United States Interior Department signed an order to ground its fleet of more than 800 drones for non-emergency operations following ongoing concerns of cybersecurity threats. As reported by NPR, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt didn’t specifically say the fleet of drones were capable of being hacked in the order,…

A lot of Engadget readers pride themselves on being early adopters; if you were one of the folks who took a chance on either of these SYMFONISK speakers, we are genuinely curious to hear your thoughts. Which unit did you buy, and why? Do you like the sound qu…

The U.S. Department of Interior (DoI) has essentially banned Chinese-made drones and drone parts because of the fear of these drones potential to be used for spying. The Wall Street Journal reports that the new no-fly rule, which takes effect immediately, is…

Photo credit: MilremFrom Popular MechanicsThe U.S. Army planes to use drones and AI to help keep tabs on the enemy.Drones will locate and identify enemy forces, then feed the data to an AI constructing a "big picture" of the battlefield.The AI will also interpret data to alert friendly commanders to…

Kobe Bryant and eight other people died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on Sunday morning.Los Angeles law-enforcement officials, coroners, and federal transport authorities are all investigating.Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva told reporters Monday that many unauthorized people, including mourners, paparazzi, and "looky-loos," had been trying to access…

January 28, 2020 by John Aldred 1 Comment There’s been quite a bit of hype surrounding Autel’s three new drones in the Autel EVO II series. Designed to compete directly with DJI’s range of Mavic drones, the EVO II comes in three flavours, two of which can shoot 8K 10-Bit…

The helicopter that crashed while carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others on Sunday did not have a flight recorder known as a black box, officials from the National Transportation Safety Board announced on Monday afternoon.The recording device was not required for the aircraft.The NTSB board member Jennifer Homendy said the…

UPS is scaling up its next-day delivery and drone delivery networks — and it's investing $20 billion on automating its facilities. In doing that, UPS is looking for new partnerships with companies that are leading the charge in those "mega-trends."Scott Price, UPS' chief strategy and transformation officer, said the package giant looks…

Farming is one of the oldest professions, but today those amber waves of grain (and soy) are a test bed for sophisticated robotic solutions to problems farmers have had for millennia. Learn about the cutting edge (sometimes literally) of agricultural robots a…

Looks like Canon isn’t the only one on fire when it comes to announcing new gear in 2020 (at least judging from the rumors). After a long break, it seems that we’ll see as many as three new drones from DJI this year. And according to the reports, the first…