Popular Science Tech Inspired By Nikola Tesla Charges Drones In Mid-AirPopular ScienceEverything that flies must eventually land. Unless, say, it's an all-electric drone that can recharge while in flight. Researchers at Imperial College London have demonstrated a way to transfer electricity wireless to a flying drone. Even better: they …New Technology May Allow Drones to […]

IEEE Spectrum Agriculture Drones Are Finally Cleared for TakeoffIEEE SpectrumBut if they were using the drones to check on the condition of their fields, spraying their crops, or keeping tabs on livestock, most of them were technically breaking the law. New U.S. federal rules that went into effect this summer, however, should … Brought to […]

TechCrunch An accident with a racing drone caused an MLB pitcher to miss a playoff startTechCrunchEveryone has their hobbies. And Trevor Bauer, pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, likes to build racing drones. And anyone that has ever built racing drones know they need a lot of maintenance – manually installing and swapping out propellers, batteries […]

Recode The world's supposed first drone delivery program is bringing blood to remote Rwandan clinicsRecodeNow blood and plasma will be flown by autonomous drones to clinics in the rural western part of the country, where poor road conditions often delay time-critical delivery of medical supplies for hours or even days. With drones, delivery time is […]

CBS News ISIS targeting foreign troops with explosives-laden dronesCBS NewsWASHINGTON — Militant groups like Hezbollah and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have learned how to weaponize surveillance drones and use them against each other and foreign forces, adding a new twist to Syria's civil war, a U.S. military …Drone Attack on Kurdish, […]

Popular Science IED Drone Kills Kurdish Soldiers, French CommandosPopular ScienceOn October 2nd, in Irbil, Iraq, a drone flown by ISIS injured two French paratroopers, who were supporting Kurdish forces. Two Peshmerga, or Kurdish soldiers, were killed in the blast, according to French newspaper Le Monde. The attack is possibly the …ISIS used an armed drone […]

Phys.Org Drones create 3-D maps to demonstrate carbon storagePhys.OrgLandgate are using locally designed drones to develop an extremely cost-effective aerial photo based technology capable of sampling large transects of rangelands and coastlines measuring total tree and shrub carbon in the vegetative matter (biomass). Brought to you by Google News. Read the rest of the article […]

ABC Online WA government says shark-spotting drones better than personal 'shark shields'ABC OnlineA shark-spotting surveillance drone will be used to boost beach patrols in Western Australia's South West in a three-month trial set to start next month. Fisheries Minister Joe Francis said the $88,000 trial, part of the Government's shark mitigation …Drones to monitor sharks […]

The Verge Verizon will soon start selling data plans for dronesThe VergeVerizon will soon start offering data plans for drones, allowing pilots to connect their devices to the telecom's network to stream video and transmit other data to a computer or smartphone on the ground. The plans will start at 1GB for $25 a month […]

Fortune Here's What UPS Finds Interesting About DronesFortuneIn late September, the package delivery giant and a drone startup, CyPhy Works, said they had successfully tested a drone delivery, in which a flying robot delivered an asthma inhaler to a children's summer camp on a small island off the coast of …Drone delivery is still several years […]