Drones

Drones become even more insect-like By John Young, Matthew Garratt Science08 May 2020 : 586-587 Mosquitoes' exceptional sensitivity to sound and airflow inspires new collision avoidance technology Read More

Though only one controller is pictured, each drone comes with its own. Propel Got kids? Got bored kids? That's probably redundant these days, what with the quarantine depriving them of school, friends and playgrounds. A $40 Fire 7 tablet is a godsend right now, but obviously too much screen time…

The COVID-19 pandemic is, by necessity, leading to a flurry of innovation. And now drones are taking their turn in the limelight. In a recent announcement, the UK government said that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could be ferrying vital personal protective equipment (PPE) from the English mainland to NHS staff…

Drones have come a long way in the past decade, and a lot of the pioneering work that made them mainstream was done by individual hackers and small teams. This often involves cobbling together components into flying crow’s nests of wiring. To streamline things a bit for hackers, the team…

Until we get to the point where we're all wearing jetpacks, flying a drone is the closest most of us will get to personal flight. As the constituent technologies -- including mobile phones, cameras, and lithium-ion batteries -- have evolved in recent years, the features and designs that were once exclusive…

Much of DJI’s camera functionality comes from the numerous auto-shot and “smart” modes. Again, there are some new goodies here. DJI was eager to talk up the new “scene recognition” feature which sounds like the trick we’ve seen on flagship phones where the camera knows (or, rather, guesses) where you’re…

DJI had to kibosh its usual big unveil this time out, for obvious reasons, but the company won’t let a little thing like a global pandemic get in the way of an announcement. A little over two years after unveiling its lightweight Mavic Air, the drone giant is announcing the…

Photo: DJITwo years after the Mavic Air wowed us with a drone so small it could be shoved in a (very large) pocket DJI is back with the Mavic Air 2, and this time the size is similar, the weight is heavier, but the drone sounds a whole lot smarter.While…

Photo: UPSSomething as simple as going to the grocery store or picking up prescription medication has become a more serious activity for persons who are at a higher risk of contracting covid-19. But grocery deliveries and special shopping hours are sometimes easier to come by than getting prescriptions delivered to…

Drones will be delivering medicine in Florida in May.  Joshua Goldman/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. Starting in May, Matternet's M2 drones will start delivering prescription medicine to The Villages, a retirement community in central Florida that houses over 135,000…