drones
Boeing just revealed a prototype drone capable of carrying much more than a camera. The company tasked engineers with designing and building a cargo drone and the prototype they came…
Watch Intel’s drones play the piano and dance in the air
Forget drone delivery. Intel made drones play the piano. Using a system very similar to the one used by Lady Gaga in the Super Bowl, drones took center stage at…
Fortem’s DroneHunter is now available to shoot down rogue drones
As drones increase in availability, more organizations and governments are looking for ways to protect assets from nefarious drones. Fortem has developed a system called DroneHunter that, well, hunts drones.…
Kittyhawk adds automated multi-waypoint flights to its drone-control software
All-in-one drone management app Kittyhawk has added yet another feature: multi-waypoint automated flights. This is an essential feature for lots of commercial drone applications, and the fewer apps and platforms…
Crunch Report | GoPro Cuts 200-300 Jobs
App revenue reached $60 billion in 2017, Travis Kalanick is selling 29 percent of his Uber shares and GoPro cuts 200-300 jobs. All this on Crunch Report.
The tech industry needs to move towards responsible innovation in 2018
It is incumbent for us, the technology community, to reach out to the regulators and legislators to help them better understand the wider impact of the things we’re working on.…
Trump signs bill reinstating the FAA’s drone registration requirement
Back in late-2015, the FAA introduced new rules requiring owners of small drones to submit their devices to a database and attach a registration code to the side of the…
DJI’s ‘electronic license plate’ helps authorities identify drones in mid-flight
DJI took to the roofs of Washington DC to demonstrate AeroScope, a new identification technology the company has taken to calling an “electronic license plate for drones.” The feature is…
CNN has won an interesting waiver regarding its commercial drone operating license with the FAA – an exemption that allows it to fly its Vantage Robotics Snap drone over open-air…
Mercedes-Benz kicks off drone delivery pilot in Zurich
Drone delivery may be closer than you think: Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz Vans teamed up with e-commerce startup siroop, and drone logistics provider Matternet to kick off a pilot in Zurich of…
JD X taps Nvidia for drone deliveries, rescue and agricultural use
GPU maker Nvidia has announced that it will work with retail giant JD.com to help with an outdoor robotics initiative that sprung out of JD X, the commerce company’s innovation…
Fully autonomous drone maker Airobotics nabs $32.5M, expands into defense
Airobotics, a startup building autonomous drones for the enterprise sector that do not require humans to get involved in any aspect of operating them, has picked up $32.5 million in…
The Tortilla Drone is the flying robot we’ve all been waiting for
You’ve seen it all before: a drone takes off in an open field, everything is clear. The drone flies straight up for a moment then, on the way down, it…
Wal-Mart takes a cue from Amazon and applies for its own drone-deploying blimp patent
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is taking on Amazon in what appears to be a copycat move — by applying for a drone-deploying blimp patent. You may recall about a year ago…
Separating fiction from feasibility in the future of drone delivery
From donuts to life-saving anti-venom, drone delivery draws attention to what the technology might look like in a few short years. While the full potential of drones extends beyond transport,…
DJI adds an offline mode to its drones for clients with ‘sensitive operations’
DJI is working on a “local data mode” for its apps that prevents any data from being sent to or received from the internet. The feature will be welcomed by…
Edge computing could push the cloud to the fringe
Peter Levine has an interesting working theory. He believes cloud computing is going to take a back seat to edge computing — and we will soon see the majority of…
DJI drones can now run 3DR’s Site Scan software as old competitors become friends
3D Robotics was supposed to be the drone manufacturer that could finally take on DJI. But its flagship drone, the Solo, never really became a big hit, and soon after…
Anti-drone radio wave startup SkySafe secures $11.5M from Andreessen
Drones are a threat to both military and public safety, whether flown by a terrorist or just a reckless pilot. SkySafe’s radio wave technology can detect and stop rogue drones…
Watch this racing drone set the Guinness World Record for fastest drone
A 1.76 pound drone can now move faster than a Tesla at top speed in Ludicrous Mode. Yesterday, the Drone Racing League set the Guinness World Record for fastest drone,…
Here’s how to get a refund if you registered your drone with the FAA
If you’ve been following the drone registration saga in the United States, you may remember that in May a Federal Appeals Court struck down the FAA’s drone registration requirement. The…
Facebook’s Aquila drone completes its second test flight, lands well this time
Facebook’s plan to use large solar-powered high-altitude drones to connect areas of the world that traditionally haven’t had reliable internet access marked a significant milestone on Thursday. Aquila, its first…
At the White House’s emerging tech event, drones are one of the day’s big topics
Tech leaders gathered today at the White House for a series of focused sessions on hot topics in tech. Thursday’s event, titled “American Leadership in Emerging Technology,” is the second…
The DJI Spark is fun, but not the mainstream drone we were promised
The Spark is, at once, an impressive feat of engineering and a reminder that drones are a ways from being true mainstream devices. It’s DJI’s smallest and cheapest drone by…
Study suggests last-mile drone delivery could lower carbon footprint
There’s always been talk about how drones could improve the emissions situation produced by our truck-based delivery infrastructure. But you have to look into these things. A new study from…
Write about technology for any amount of time and you’ll get run through the hype wringer. It’s impossible to avoid. After all, it’s the excitement of new technologies that drew…
The FAA gets a case study with a drone crash inside an MLB stadium
PSA: Flying your drone over a baseball stadium with tens of thousands of fans is a really, really bad (and probably illegal) idea. Yesterday someone flew their drone (which appears…
Kuang-Chi invests $5 million in SkyX, a maker of drones to monitor oil and gas pipelines
Shenzhen-based Kuang-Chi Group is investing $5 million in SkyX Systems Corp., according to the drone tech startup’s founder and CEO Didi Horn. A former fighter pilot with the Israeli Air…
Postmates CEO will testify before Congress about the promise of robots and drones
Postmates CEO Bastian Lehmann is testifying before Congress tomorrow in a hearing called “Disrupter Series: Delivering to Consumers.” The emergence of deliveries via robots and drones has sparked regulatory concerns…
A federal appeals court shoots down the FAA’s drone registry requirement
The FAA’s drone database hit a major snag this week, courtesy of a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling. The D.C.-based court sided with drone hobbyist John Taylor, who argued that…
