Monitoring Endangered Species With Phones And Drones
Here's the idea: people see animal footprints in the wild more often than they see actual animals.
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The Warfare May Be Remote But The Trauma Is Real
Drone pilots and intelligence analysts who work with them may not be in physical danger themselves but "no doubt are war fighters" who experience psychological stress, says the Air Force.
Someday Disposable Drones May Deliver A Payload, Then Vanish
DARPA, the Pentagon's R&D agency, is working with partners to develop low-cost gliders that travel about 100 miles and disappear within hours. The vehicles could have humanitarian and military uses.
WATCH: In The War Between Tigers And Drone, Chalk One Up For Tigers
Sure they might be chubby — to put it charitably — but they're still tigers. And when Chinese zookeepers mobilized a drone to get them some exercise, the big cats had little trouble bringing it down.
Recipe For New Sports? Just Add A Drone
You may have heard of drone racing, but people keep coming up with new ways to enjoy these flying machines. A Latvian firm has developed a drone to pull snowboarders in a sport called "droneboarding."
A $40,000 Drone Failed To Lift Off. But There Was A Silver Lining
A drone test in a remote Amazonian village in Peru failed. And that, says one of the testers, was the best possible outcome.
In China's Drone Seizure And Return, A Strategic Message To U.S.
China has returned a U.S. Navy drone it confiscated last week in the South China Sea. Some see the incident as part of a larger Chinese effort to gradually erode U.S. strategic dominance in Asia.
China Says It Will Return Seized U.S. Underwater Drone In 'Appropriate' Way
A Chinese military spokesman says the drone was taken so it wouldn't pose a danger to ships; he also blames the U.S. for adding drama to the incident.
News And Art Meet Through The Eyes Of A Drone
An art exhibit opening this week is providing a window to the atrocities of modern warfare from one hundred feet above.
When Disaster Strikes, He Creates A 'Crisis Map' That Helps Save Lives
"You can't protect what you can't map," says Patrick Meier. He pioneered the field of crisis mapping during the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and now focuses on the use of robotics for humanitarian purposes.