Scientists in Zurich are removing the blinders and letting drones figure things out for themselves. Using “vision algorithms” a group of researchers were able to teach inexpensive off-the-shelf drones to fly autonomously and map surrounding areas. The algorithms used are a “dense surface reconstruction” data-set designed to teach drones to understand their environment. Using a … Read more
China drone-maker DJI is betting on flying machines that shoot pesticide instead of photos to fend off growing competition in the global remote-controlled aircraft market. The world leader in the civilian drones sector is switching its focus from leisure photography to more professional uses for its unmanned aerial vehicles, and it sees agriculture as the … Read more
Suspected North Korean drone surveillance is a “grave provocation” which violates the Korean War truce, Seoul said Wednesday, demanding a United Nations probe into a drone that crashed near the border. A drone, which had been photographing a controversial US missile defence shield, was discovered early June after it crashed close to a sensitive military … Read more
The European Commission on Friday announced that the Single European Sky Air traffic management Research (SESAR) Joint Undertaking unveiled a blueprint to make drone use in low-level airspace safe, secure and environmentally friendly. The Commission said in a statement that the U-Space covers altitudes of up to 150 metres and will pave the way for … Read more
Drone owners may not have to register their machines with the Federal Aviation Administration, but users of a DJI model will experience restrictions if they do not verify their craft with the manufacturer. The China-based firm has announced it will introduce a new application activation process for users that provides the necessary information to power … Read more
A US appeals court struck down a ruling Friday aimed at forcing drone owners to register their tiny aircraft with the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA had introduced the ruling with the aim of curbing illegal flights near airports or interfering with civil aviation, but critics said the move went too far. The decision by … Read more
Chinese drone maker DJI is offering up to one million yuan (£112,000) for information about drones that disrupted scores of flights at a Chinese airport. On four days this month – 14, 17, 18 and 21 – drones were blamed for stranding thousands of passengers at Chengdu Shuangliu International. Chinese reports said they caused 60 … Read more
The Iraqi army is giving ISIS a taste of its own medicine by bombing them with shuttlecock grenades attached to drones. The feathered tails, usually found on badminton courts across the world, are being attached to the grenades in order to keep them balanced when they fall to ensure a more accurate explosion. ISIS had … Read more
A former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini has revealed that he did not get the necessary support from stakeholders when he tried use drones to wage a war on illegal mining in the country. Inusah Fuseini during his tenure promised to deplore drones in fighting the menace but the idea did not … Read more
A former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Inusah Fuseini has revealed that he did not get the necessary support from stakeholders when he tried use drones to wage a war on illegal mining in the country. Inusah Fuseini during his tenure promised to deplore drones in fighting the menace but the idea did not … Read more
UPS has announced that it had successfully tested a drone that launches from the top of a UPS package car, autonomously delivers a package to a home and then returns to the vehicle while the delivery driver continues along the route to make a separate delivery. UPS conducted the test on Monday in Tampa, Florida … Read more
Dubai authorities are grappling with new ways of keeping the emirate’s skies safe after drones halted air traffic at one of the world’s busiest airports three times last year. The delays were necessary to protect passengers, officials said, but they hit thousands of travellers and cost airlines millions of dollars. Drones pose a “threat to … Read more
Iranian officials have banned the flying of all private drones over Tehran after two recent incidents led to one of the devices being shot down near the supreme leader’s office. “Based on a recent order regarding prevention of unlicensed flight by private drones, we have stopped these planes which had created security… problems,” said Revolutionary … Read more
The most interesting part of the story is that the KNUST drones would serve multiple purposes! Engineering students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology have amazed Ghanaians and the entire world with their being up to date with modern technology. The students in recent times have been making waves in scientific and technological … Read more
Classrooms are noticeably more hi-tech these days – interactive boards, laptops and online learning plans proliferate, but has the curriculum actually changed or are children simply learning the same thing on different devices? Some argue that the education this generation of children is receiving is little different from that their parents or even their grandparents … Read more
By: Nana Owusu Sekyere Every developmental agenda presents new dynamics in our socio – economic lives. Technology seems to be fueling the majority of these developments. Drones lately are the tonic of media houses to reach out to the skies for the best of images or videos, whiles the entertainment industry finds it a ‘gold … Read more
Lily, the company behind an autonomous camera drone that had amassed $34m (£27m) in pre-orders, has announced that it is shutting down. In an email to customers the start-up said it had failed to raise additional funds to start production of the drone. It promised to reimburse all pre-order customers within the next 60 days. … Read more
The US military has launched 103 miniature swarming drones from a fighter jet during a test in California. Three F/A-18 Super Hornets were used to release the Perdix drones last October. The drones, which have a wingspan of 12in (30cm), operate autonomously and share a distributed brain. A military analyst said the devices, able to … Read more
The Pentagon is demanding that China return an “unlawfully seized” underwater drone after a Chinese warship took the device from waters near a US oceanographic vessel. “We call upon China to return our UUV immediately, and to comply with all of its obligations under international law,” Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said in a statement, … Read more
A SUSPICIOUS husband used a drone to catch his wife cheating — and then posted evidence of the alleged extramarital shenanigans online. In a video posted to YouTube this week, John Consiglio displays drone footage he claims is proof of his wife’s illicit rendezvous with a man in a drugstore parking lot, close to their … Read more