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African experiments with drone technologies could leapfrog decades of infrastructure neglect By Jake Bright, Samantha Stein3From TechCrunch Charis Extra Photo A drone revolution is coming to sub-Saharan Africa. Countries across the continent are experimenting with this 21st century technology as…
MIT CSAIL’s drone is never quite sure where it is
By Andrew Tarantola From engadget Somehow, that helps it avoid hitting trees. The current generation of autonomous drone navigation and flightpath planning systems are almost too precise, demanding hundreds of measurements be taken so that the UAV knows exactly where…
DRONES: The new Caribbean lifestyle
From Curacao Chronicle Revolutionizing the medical, economic, and logistic sectors. Drones are becoming an inescapable reality in the Caribbean. They have already taken the world by storm and are now infiltrating every area of business and of our collective social…
The US Air Force’s deadliest drone just got a whole lot deadlier
By Jared Keller, Task & Purpose From Business Insider The MQ-9 Reaper drone is already the deadliest UAV in the U.S. Air Force’s arsenal. Designed with a payload capacity of 3,700 pounds and armament of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and GBU-12…
Gadget of the week
The game that makes drone warfare personal By Jessica Conditt From engadget ‘Killbox’ drives home the dangerous and dehumanizing nature of UAV strikes. Killbox is a game that creates humans out of brightly colored 3D shapes, only to slaughter them…
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Intel drones form US flag for Lady Gaga’s halftime show
By Steve Dent From engadget Remember when quadcopter drones juggled balls and formed up into aStar Trek logo? That seems downright quaint compared to what we just saw at Lady Gaga’s elaborately produced Super Bowl halftime show. During her first…
FAA’s new drone safety campaign reminds you not to be stupid
By Devindra Hardawar From engadget The Federal Aviation Administration was woefully underprepared for the rise of inexpensive drones, but now the agency is finally stepping up its safety game in preparation for a drone-heavy holiday season. The FAA, together with…
THE DRONES REPORT: Market forecasts, regulatory barriers, top vendors, and leading commercial applications
From Business Insider The fast-growing global drone industry has not sat back waiting for government policy to be hammered out before pouring investment and effort into opening up this all-new hardware and computing market. A growing ecosystem of drone software…
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Drones and the Caribbean: View from Europe
By David Jessop From The Sun Dominica Drones, the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) loved by hobbyists, but which have important everyday commercial and other applications, are starting to become an issue in the Caribbean, raising unusual questions for governments and…
Drones and tourism in the Caribbean
A report by David Jessop for News Americas Now. From Repeating Islands Drones, the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) loved by hobbyists but which have important everyday civilian and military applications, are starting to become an issue in the Caribbean, raising…
