About 50 kilometers southeast of Las Vegas, in the small town of Boulder City, construction is underway on the world's first droneport - an airport for drones, Fastcompany reports. Primarily, the facility is aimed at the education of commercial users of unmanned aerial systems, but also for recreation, entertainment and…
In New York on Thursday, November 26, a Russian citizen was detained for launching an unmanned aerial vehicle in Central Park. According to the police, the 41-year-old Russian and his 14-year-old son, contrary to the ban, launched a drone near the place where the parade participants were passing ...
California-based startup OpenROV is raising money for Trident, an underwater drone with an HD camera. The campaign will run until November 1, but OpenROV has already managed to raise much more than the desired $ 50. The project was supported by over a thousand users who invested $ 665 thousand in the project. ...
The US government will oblige all drone buyers, including amateur buyers, to register aircraft. The NBC TV channel reports that the official announcement will be made today. When buying a drone, the owner will be required to register it with the US Department of Transportation (DOT). At the same time, NBC does not ...
US authorities reported the death in Syria of Briton Junaid Hussein, who is believed to have been the organizer of information campaigns of the extremist group Islamic State. According to information from the US military, the attack was carried out using an unmanned drone. Junaid Hussain, born in 1994, was convicted...
In Seattle, Amazon has solved the eternal problem of “no matter how much alcohol you buy, you still have to run to the store.” You can now order booze delivery using a drone. The cost of this service is $7.99 per hour. But the company assures that the quadcopter will deliver...
In Hillview, Kentucky, local resident William Merideth was arrested for opening fire on a flying drone. He is accused of damaging someone else's property and creating a threat of danger, since it is forbidden to shoot within the city. Drone owner David Boggs claims that his ...
Facebook has completed work on the first drone to distribute the Internet in hard-to-reach areas as part of the Internet.org initiative. The drone was named Aquila. It gets its energy from solar panels, weighs less than a car with a wingspan comparable to that of a Boeing-737 liner, and ...
The startup “Lily” has opened pre-orders for drones with a camera of the same name, the main feature of which is the ability to independently fly around the owner and shoot him on video. To do this, just attach a special control panel to your hand or put it in your pocket. The drone is waterproof and, judging by the “promotional video,” can take off directly from the surface...
Chris Earley is not always able to take his daughter to school by himself because of his hobby associated with the development of unmanned aerial vehicles. Therefore, he began to use them with an important fatherly mission. The resourceful inventor decided to combine two useful things in one: drone testing and supervision ...