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EE said that it plans to use what it calls "air masts" in its "Signalling The Future" manifesto, which lays out the UK mobile operator's $2.3 billion plans to extend its 4G LTE coverage to 99% of the UK population by 2017. The
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DJI Technology Co., plans to double sales in 2015 as it pushes for clearer regulations on unmanned flights. DJI is working with the U.S. and China governments on rules for commercial and recreational uses of its aircraft, Chief Executive Officer Frank Wang said in an interview last week. The
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Dutch event organizer Fjuze is launching 'AIR", the world's first drone entertainment show, which take place at the Amsterdam Arena later this year. The show is being put on with cooperation from the Royal Dutch Airforce. In this high energy and explosive show, drones will take
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A California-based company is trying to give American homeowners a way to protect their privacy from drones ahead of flight regulations from the federal government. NoFlyZone has launched a global database where private residents can register their property as a no-drone fly area. How it works: residents enter their address
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French firm Malou Tech has developed the Interceptor MP200 in response to the need to prevent drones from flying over nuclear plants.In the above segment shown on French television, Malou Tech pilot Philippe Dardini uses the Interceptor to catch a DJI Phantom piloted by Philippe Dubus, the company'
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Swiss company Flyability is travelling home from Dubai $1 million richer after winning the "Drones for Good" international competition, on February 7. Gimball is described as the first "collision-tolerant drone," utilizing a rotating spherical outer cage that means it can be used safely in close proximity
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Glenn Cullingford, chief pilot for the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District, directs the unmanned aircraft, a fraction of the size of the helicopters and planes buzzing at Florida Keys Marathon Airport . "We're the first mosquito control district in the country to have this," Cullingford said. "
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A restaurant chain in Singapore has demonstrated flying helicopter drones being used to deliver food and drinks from the kitchen, right to customers' tables. Timbre, a live music bar and restaurant chain that was the first restaurant in Singapore to roll out iPads at every table to speed up
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A Chinese national was interrogated by police after they seized a drone which he allegedly tried to fly at Chennai's popular Marina beach without permission. Police spotted Qiang Su, 27, business manager at BYD Electronics, Orgadam, flying a drone on Marina Beach at 4 pm. Qiang was having
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Bureau Veritas and Skeye BV have signed a preferred supplier ship related to inspection work executed with UAV’s.
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DJI recently an update that added some new safety features, including GPS geofencing that stops the drone flying about near sensitive places: like the White House. However, it has paused the roll-out of the update after a few reports that "unanticipated flight behaviour after updating" to Phantom firmware
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If you want to understand why the government freaked out when a $400 remote-controlled quadcopter landed on the White House grounds last week, you need to look four miles away, to a small briefing room in Arlington, Virginia. There, just 10 days earlier, officials from the US military, the Department