Drones

Blood is usually a finite quality on a battlefield. Battles can cause a number of injuries, from the minor to the critical. If a soldier can get the wound closed in time, they can staunch the loss, but keeping the patient alive may require an influx of new blood. As…

Posted by Jason Cartwright on July 25, 2021 Sydney-based DroneShield has recently announced that the Australian Army has purchased an undefined quantity of its RfOne MKII long-range counter-drone sensors. The RfOne MKII is described as the latest stationary RF detection product, delivering long-range and highly accurate drone detection and tracking…

One of the leading drone manufacturers, Skydio, has this week announced that they’re bringing their products to Australia and New Zealand. ANZ customers can now access the autonomous drone Skydio 2, along with  Skydio Autonomy Enterprise Foundation, 3D Scan and Cloud – for enterprise and public sector customers. Skydio also announced Skydio X2, which is designed…

Published: 4:00pm, 24 Jul, 2021 Updated: 10:22pm, 24 Jul, 2021 Read More

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - The Tokyo 2020 Olympics Opening Ceremony - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - July 23, 2021. The Olympic cauldron is lit by Naomi Osaka during the opening ceremony REUTERS/Marko Djurica TOKYO, July 23 (Reuters) - Drones and other high-tech marvels were on parade at the Tokyo 2020…

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) on Friday launched the first technology innovation hub to find cyber security solutions for anti-drones technologies, intrusion detection system, block-chain and cyber physical system. As many as 13 start-ups and 25 research and development principal investigators were selected after a rigorous application process. “The…

As the multitrillion-dollar infrastructure bill wends its way through Congress, its exact parameters and legislative outcome remain uncertain. But whatever the eventual contours of the final bill, a certain ideological argument has already been put forward—and it should be a winner in the public imagination. Whereas the private sector and…

Earlier this year, when a glacier burst in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand, triggering deadly flash floods, hundreds of workers who were repairing the road got stuck. India’s National Disaster Response Force sought the help of Chennai-based drone company Garuda Aerospace to help in the rescue mission. A team…

China’s rescue efforts in the aftermath of the floods in central Henan province are being aided by state emergency teams as well as individuals and volunteer groups harnessing the power of technology in a critical hour. From conventional online spreadsheets to mobile apps designed to help people with disabilities and…

Ultimately, when NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), where I am a senior antenna engineer, began to seriously consider a Europa lander mission, we realized that the antenna was the limiting factor. The antenna needs to maintain a direct-to-Earth link across more than 550 million miles (900 million km) when Earth…