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NASA Tests Cartoonish Flying Wing Drone
NASA/Ken UlbrichBuckeye The MUTT On The GroundNASA’s Multi-Utility Technology Testbed (MUTT) looks like a kid’s cartoon drawing of an airplane crossed with a stingray, and it comes with the...
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Drone-Proofing The Boston Marathon
Nicolas Halftermeyer, via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0Parrot AR Drone 2.0 In FlightTo protect this year's Boston Marathon runners and spectators from drone-borne threats, a Washington, D.C.-based...
View ArticleEnrique Iglesias Injures Hand Grabbing Drone On Stage
Video of Enrique Iglesias herido por dron TijuanaWhen the maneuver goes right, it’s an intimate duet between a man and a camera robot, recorded by the robot's camera and projected live for thousands of...
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Anti-Cheating Drone Will Hover Over Test-Takers In China
ECNSAnti Cheating DroneExams are stressful, so it’s understandable that some people would want to circumvent the hard work of studying by instead cheating. For students taking the national university...
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New Pentagon War Law Manual Is Totally Cool With CIA-Style Drone Attacks
Roland Hale, U.S. Army Photo, via Wikimedia CommonsArmed U.S. Army Gray EagleLast week, the Department of Defense published a gigantic, boring, and tremendously important book. The “Department of...
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Military Drone Looks For Missing School Teacher
Larry E. Reid Jr., USAF, via Wikimedia CommonsReapers Lands In Creech, NevadaFor over a decade, drones have hunted men abroad. Overseas, Predators and Reapers have flown over war zones, their powerful...
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FAA Warns Of Increased Drone Sightings
FAANo Drone Zone SignThis afternoon, a helicopter serving as an aerial ambulance encountered a drone, and had to take evasive action to avoid it. The helicopter was flying at 1,000 feet, just two miles...
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Air Force Will Let Enlisted Pilots Fly Global Hawks
United States Air ForceAir Force Global HawkSometimes, unmanned is a horrible name for drones. Large military remotely piloted vehicles, like the Global Hawk, are piloted by and attended by rotating...
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Pentagon Agrees To Recognize Drone Pilots With A Decoration
United States Air Force via Wikimedia CommonsReaper Training SquadronHow should the Pentagon acknowledge a warrior whose battlefield is an immobile cockpit in Nevada? For years, the United States Air...
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How The Next Generation Of Drones Could Reshape Future War
Lorenzo J. Burleson, U.S. Navy, via Wikimedia CommonsX-47B Hoisted Onto The USS TrumanWe are living in the first age of drone warfare. While unmanned aerial vehicles can trace their origins back at...
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Afghanistan To Fly American Drones Next Month
Joseph M. Buliavac, U.S. navy Photo via Wikimedia CommonsBoeing Scan EagleFor Americans watching at home, drones defined the War in Afghanistan under Obama’s tenure. Variously depicted as cartoonishly...
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Ad-Carrying Drones Hover Over Mexican Highways
Aviation Could it happen here? An Uber advertising campaign in Mexico City flew drones over traffic.
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Enrique Iglesias Injures Hand Grabbing Drone On Stage
Aviation Remember: don't touch the blades When the maneuver goes right, it’s an intimate duet between a man and a camera robot, recorded by the robot's camera and projected live for thousands of...
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Anti-Cheating Drone Will Hover Over Test-Takers In China
Aviation People's republic of cyberpunk dystopia Exams are stressful, so it’s understandable that some people would want to circumvent the hard work of studying by instead cheating. For students...
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New Pentagon War Law Manual Is Totally Cool With CIA-Style Drone Attacks
Military More okay than poisonous gas and herbicide Last week, the Department of Defense published a gigantic, boring, and tremendously important book. The “Department of Defense Law of War Manual” is...
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Military Drone Looks For Missing School Teacher
Military A hunter looks for someone who actually wants to be found For over a decade, drones have hunted men abroad. Overseas, Predators and Reapers have flown over war zones, their powerful cameras...
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FAA Warns Of Increased Drone Sightings
Aviation Meanwhile, hobbyist groups call on FAA for better rules This afternoon, a helicopter serving as an aerial ambulance encountered a drone, and had to take evasive action to avoid it. The...
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Air Force Will Let Enlisted Pilots Fly Global Hawks
Military An old lesson in manpower learned anew The Air Force staffing change signals high demand and limited manpower. The Air Force staffing change signals high demand and limited manpower.
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Pentagon Agrees To Recognize Drone Pilots With A Decoration
Military (Not quite a medal) A new pin can be awarded to drone pilots and cyber warriors… A new pin can be awarded to drone pilots and cyber warriors…
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How The Next Generation Of Drones Could Reshape Future War
Military Modern drones, meanwhile, aren't changing modern wars that much Drones aren't changing modern wars drastically, but they could reshape the aerial battlefields of the future… Drones aren't...
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