Google will be conducting test flights of its first drones this year after purchasing unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturer Titan Aerospace. The drones will be used as atmospheric satellites, part of Googleβs plan to provide internet access to areas without ground-based...
Β A lightweight LIDAR designed for use in UAVs has finished it's development phase and was successfully test flown. The Velodyne LIDAR VLP-16 "Puck" can be carried by most consumer grade UAVs, opening a whole range of possibilities for inexpensive...
Earlier this month, AdNear, a Singaporean marketing company, flew drones with sensors that could detect cell phone signal strength and WiFi over part of Los Angeles. The drones identified and located people by the devices in their pockets, so that...
The Australian based UAV challenge, sponsored and organized by QUT and CSIRO, is designed to push unmanned aerial vehicle technology to the limit. The 2016 iteration poses a scenario where a hiker is stuck in an open in the Australian...
Aeryon Labs Inc., has unveiled its Aeryon HDZoom30 imaging payload. The payload offers up to 30x optical zoom, up to 60x digitally-enhanced zoom, 1080p record video and 20MP still image resolution. The camera 3-axis stabilization gimbal uses brushless motors to...
Technology that allows a drone to be piloted from the ground using only a person's brainwaves has been demonstrated in Portugal. The company behind the development, Tekever, said the technology could in the short term be used to enable people...
Both Google and Amazon have announced their intentions to use drone for delivery of small parcels. Now German delivery firm DHL has beat them to the punch and implemented the worlds first true drone delivery service. The drone, dubbed the...
Police in Abu Dhabi used a drone to come to the aid of stranded window cleaner on the 10th floor. The cleaning platform malfunctioned while he was cleaning the windows of a tower block on Sheikh Rashed bin Saeed Al...
The coalition of news media outlets partnering with Virginia Tech to test Drones has added Fusion to its ranks. "We could not be more pleased to be working with Virginia Tech and the coalition on this exciting project," said Fusion...
