Drones

Funniest shit I've ever seen Recently I've been lamenting that Rainbow Six: Siege was a turning point in the way it presents itself. Gone are the days of being married to the stuffy spec-ops tactical gruffness aesthetic, and here to stay was a new age of goofy costumes and animations.…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. Summer weather is right around the corner for much of the US and it’s already here for a big chunk of the country. That means people aren’t going to…

U.S. President Joe Biden holds first Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 1, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner WASHINGTON, April 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has told Congress it is proceeding with more than $23 billion in weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates, including…

Let's say, just hypothetically, that a surveillance robot styled after a dog was giving you a hard time. In this situation, you'd want to shut the thing down, and quickly.  Thankfully, when it comes to Boston Dynamic's Spot robot, there are several ways to do just that.  The robots, marketed…

It's now left the beta branch One of my favourite memories from the past 15 years of doing this daft job was at EVE Online's fan fest. A developer on stage in a packed auditorium announced a more efficient way to move items between cargo holds, and the crowd around…

IMAGE: Natalia Romanzo, a master's student in sustainable communities at Binghamton University, wears a Geometrics G-858 cesium vapor magnetometer and battery pack on August 8, 2019. The sensing equipment, which weighs... view more  Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY -- There are millions of unplugged oil wells…

By Nathan Craig Feb 21, 2021 Durban - The legal, ethical and environment waters of drone angling are murky and heavily contested but stakeholders from all sides of the multimillion-rand industry agreed that government intervention was required. Drone angling has grown exponentially with the country being a global leader in…

Saudi Arabia is facing more frequent and increasingly precise airborne attacks as Iran-linked groups in neighboring Yemen and Iraq exploit persistent gaps in the kingdom’s defenses and the Biden administration reconsiders the U.S. approach to the region. Fixed-wing drones laden with explosives and launched from Iraq smashed into the main…

Technology 19 February 2021 By David Hambling The US Navy has deployed laser weapons John F. Williams/U.S. Navy The US Army is building a laser weapon more than a million times more powerful than any used before – although because it delivers short pulses, the overall energy involved is low.…

NASA’s years-long Perseverance program has just crossed a major milestone with a successful landing on the Red Planet. Perseverance landed just as NASA planned, and it goes without saying that the mission controllers and engineers were elated with the outcome. Now that the rover has landed, the fun stuff can…