Drones

I recently came to the rescue of a startup in crisis. The idea was solid: The company wanted to develop heavy-duty drones that could assist firefighters in battling wildfires. What its founders lacked, as many first-time entrepreneurs do, was real-world busin…

The more moving parts a machine has, the more likely it is to eventually fail. Its an especially problematic rule of thumb for aircraft given the fact that a mechanical failure during a flight can be catastrophic. To help remedy this, a British aerospace comp…

When we think about hydrogen and flying machines, it’s quite common to imagine Zeppelins, weather balloons and similar uses of hydrogen in lighter-than-air craft to lift stuff of the ground. But with smaller and more efficient fuel cells, hydrogen is gaining …

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Its not hard to imagine how a small drone, like a quadcopter with a camera on it, could be useful for a soldier in the Army. After all, its a way to see something thats over a hill, or around a corner, without sticking your neck out. But while the…

As the UK’s aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority is tasked with “making aviation better for those who choose to fly and those who do not”. Their latest plan to further this mission comes in the form of a drone registration tax. The proposal, which…

"May the 4th be with you." "These are the deals you're looking for." "I don't know...buy casual." OK, now that we've got the obligatory puns out of the way, let's get right to it. May 4 has evolved into a semi-official Star Wars holiday, because "May th…

He displayed his art at the Los Angeles gallery a month after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the start of an era of thus-far ceaseless war. He remembers the reaction. People were like, Oh my God, your work is so timely, he said. I was talking about the Gulf …

This video apparently was shot from a drone immediately above a jet landing at Las Vegas's airport. Video from KLAS TV/LasVegasNow.com; screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET If you're worried somebody's drone will get sucked into the engine of your jet as yo…

The call for help came from half a world away to a windowless room at a remote airbase in South Dakota. An American military advisor was calling from eastern Syria, asking the team at Ellsworth Air Force Base to deploy a drone to hunt down a small group of I…