Commercial
A drone is being developed to survey the interior of reactor buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 plant. The unmanned aircraft will use lasers to detect and avoid obstacles in flight and will be able to land to replace its batteries in the absence of an
Commercial
Scientists wanting to know what sea otters eat while floating far from shore have turned to the sky. During an April mission in Kachemak Bay, researchers tested unmanned drones to see if they could be used for future sea otter surveys. The project also used drones to study the prevalence
Commercial
Aviation enthusiasts across Australia are gathering in derelict warehouses to race custom-built drones in a new sport that is flying under the strict laws that regulate the aircraft. At an abandoned warehouse in Melbourne's west, about 30 drone racers have gathered for a high-speed showdown. They have spent
Commercial
“With this technology you can create a 3D terrain analysis model of the real world, give it to any engineer and they can put that into a CAD-like program and build whatever it is they’re going to build from their desktop, without ever going into the field,”
Commercial
Every year, illegal logging and mining in the Peruvian Amazon destroy tens of thousands of acres of rain forest. The deforestation in remote parts of the jungle is difficult to detect while it's going on. But now there's a new way to keep an eye out:
Commercial
Aviation industry leaders are looking anxiously but optimistically at lawmakers successfully meeting a Sept. 30 deadline for legislation for reauthorising the Federal Aviation Administration. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., expects to be one of the key figures in the effort to win congressional approval. Titus gathered experts to address aviation issues
Commercial
A group of 3D printing, high-tech flying machine enthusiasts, and sci-fi fans combined their know-how to design and construct a spherical drone-style aircraft for a local flying machine design competition.One of the major requirements of the competition was to create and construct a flying machine that could be regarded
Commercial
DJI has just made its UAV platform a lot more developer-friendly with a new test drone and collision avoidance system, along with an SDK for its current DJI Inspire 1 and Phantom 3 models. The Matrice 100 (M100) is a new quadcopter made specifically for developers to help them test
Inspections
Florida Power & Light Co. joined the ranks of private companies looking into how drone technology could improve their services this year.
Propulsion
P-Squared Group, a designer and manufacturer of high-quality electronics products, has announced the launch of the P2 Quadcharger, a product that will allow owners and users of DJI’s Phantom 2 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to charge their batteries significantly faster and less expensively. The P2 Quadcharger will charge up
Business
A German company airstier is building a quadcopter powered by a combustion engine, rather than batteries. The firm has launched a Kickstarter bid for yeair, a quadcopter driven by combustion engines that has a top speed of 100 km/h (62 mph), which can stay airborne for up to 60
Commercial
Flying drone waiters, already a burgeoning trend in Asia and parts of the UK, could be headed to Australian restaurants as 3D robotic technology zooms into the hospitality industry. Whizzing from kitchens to tables with drinks and plates of food on board, the new wave of autonomous drones are being