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New anti-drone tech deployed at Abbotsford Airshow

2019-08-21T23:55:23+0000

A new technology was deployed at the recent Abbotsford International Airshow, allowing police to pinpoint drones violating the event's restricted ...

Drone racing an ambulance shows how drones could speed up medical care

2019-08-21T21:54:50+0000

Drone racing an ambulance shows how drones could speed up medical ... The drone and ambulance raced through a busy city to determine which ...

Mates Use A Human-Lifting Drone To Go Fishing

2019-08-21T21:52:33+0000

Tim French and his mates went fishing on Upper Coliban Reservoir, near Kyneton in Victoria. But they did things a little differently, using a drone to fly above the water for their catch. The idea human-lifting drone came about after they had seen other models overseas. "There's so much talk about flying crafts and transporters," French told 10 daily. "We thought 'it can't be too hard'." On that front, they were wrong.

New-and-improved underwater drone has a zoom-lens camera

2019-08-21T21:52:17+0000

Last year, Chinese startup Youcan Robot successfully crowdfunded its BW Space underwater drone. Now the company is back, with the upgraded BW ...

Iraq probe: Drone strike caused explosion at Baghdad base

2019-08-21T12:59:04+0000

BAGHDAD -- A drone strike caused a massive explosion last week at a munitions depot run by an Iranian-backed militia near Iraq's capital, Baghdad, ...

Drone Aviation Delivers Aerostats to US Border Patrol

2019-08-21T12:52:43+0000

Drone Aviation Holding Corp, a manufacturer of specialized tethered aerial monitoring and communications platforms, has announced that it has ...

Iraq probe of Baghdad explosion says drone strike set it off

2019-08-21T12:52:24+0000

BAGHDAD (AP) -- An Iraqi government fact-finding committee set up to investigate a massive munitions depot explosion near Baghdad earlier this ...

Tom Stanton Builds a Drone That Flies Using the Coanda Effect

2019-08-21T08:53:09+0000

That vast majority of quadcopter drones produce thrust in a very straightforward way: the propellers push air downwards at a high speed which creates ...

NCDOT's Use of Drones after Hurricane Florence Wins Award

2019-08-21T08:53:03+0000

Drone image of post-Hurricane Florence flooding in Chinquapin, NC. Image Caption. Drone image of flooding in Chinquapin, NC after ...

Russia unleashes 6-tonne stealth drone that can stay aloft 'for 24 hours'

2019-08-21T08:52:50+0000

The Russian Defence Ministry has published a video of its new 6-tonne drone taking to the skies for its maiden flight. Boasting that the Altius-U drone ...