Bootnotes
Heart attack victim 'saved' by defibrillator delivery drone*
* And a passerby who happened to be a doctor
06 Jan 2022 06:27 | 64
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Video
Remember the 'guy in a jetpack' seen flying close to passenger jets? Probably just balloons, says FBI
Ah well, back to panicking over imaginary drones, then
03 Nov 2021 04:06 | 23
Bootnotes
Angry birds ground some Google Wing drones in Australia
Between COVID and corvids, Canberrans can't catch a break
23 Sep 2021 06:01 | 23
Edge + IoT
UK's Civil Aviation Authority hashing out rules for crash-proof cargo pods on drones
Project wins £50k from government
22 Sep 2021 07:45 | 23
Edge + IoT
Ex-DJI veep: There was no drone at Gatwick during 2018's hysterical shutdown
Bold words from Boston Dynamics' new man
15 Sep 2021 10:01 | 81
Roundup
This is not the tech unicorn you are looking for... and other stories
Another weekly digest of strangeness from around the world that you may have missed
12 Sep 2021 09:46 | 19
Edge + IoT
RAF chief: Our Reaper drones (sorry, SkyGuardians) stand ready to help British councils
There's no council tax infringement a Brimstone missile can't punish
10 Sep 2021 16:26 | 69
AI + ML
Robots don't smoke, says Alibaba, and that's why they deliver parcels so fast
Rolling out test fleet of 1000 in low-traffic locations across China
24 Aug 2021 03:04 | 38
Bootnotes
Cop drone crashes into flight instructor's airplane
The plod needs a lesson in keeping air traffic controllers in the loop, it seems
23 Aug 2021 23:44 | 30
Security
South Korea to test grenade-launching drones
Back on terra firma, ransomware rampage sees elevated security threat levels and giveaways to SMBs
06 Aug 2021 06:30 | 31
Roundup
Lawn care SWAT team subdues trigger-happy Texan... and other stories
A crunchy compendium of strangeness from around the globe
20 Jul 2021 16:16 | 84
Edge + IoT
An anti-drone system that sneezes targets to death? Would that be a DARPA project? You betcha
Hotshot snotbot shows grotty terror plot buzzbots what's what
10 Jun 2021 09:15 | 73
Edge + IoT
In this round of 'Real life or Black Mirror episode', drones that hunt down humans by listening to their screams
Plus: UAVs that can smell your poop – both for benign purposes, mind
09 Jun 2021 13:02 | 29
Offbeat
Three thousand sea birds abandon nests amid nature reserve drone crash hullabaloo
Breeding season takes a tern for the worse
07 Jun 2021 17:34 | 28
In brief
That AI scanning your X-ray for signs of COVID-19 may just be looking at your age
Plus: DARPA wants to spend $1m on AI research studying information warfare
07 Jun 2021 04:06 | 7
Bootnotes
Flying dildo poses a slap in the face for serious political debate
'Is that a dong on a drone?'
04 Jun 2021 20:16 | 48
Science
Tools down: Singapore’s training bots and drones to digitize construction work
Research agency and housing board sign a deal as COVID-19 makes manpower and materials scarce
30 Mar 2021 23:45 | 3
AI + ML
Boeing successfully flies unmanned autonomous military 'wingman' aircraft that may become pilot's buddy
First test flight saw drone take off, follow orders, land by AI control
04 Mar 2021 10:27 | 46
Edge + IoT
Dangerous flying car drone zoomed into UK's Gatwick Airport airspace after killswitch failed
Goodwood Festival of Speed took a nasty turn in 2019, finds AAIB
19 Feb 2021 23:28 | 107
Edge + IoT
Drone smashes through helicopter's windscreen and injures passenger
Two feet sideways and it could have been the pilot: report
26 Jan 2021 16:22 | 56
Updated
Police drone plunged 70ft into pond after operator mashed pop-up that was actually the emergency cut-out button
Another unfortunate UAV episode for Sussex cops
19 Jan 2021 10:20 | 122
Science
Hollywood drone pilot admits he crashed gizmo into cop chopper, triggering emergency landing
Idiot faces up to a year in the cooler after FBI tracks him down from SD card found in prang wreckage
16 Jan 2021 11:09 | 129
Science
Intel accused by distributor of breaking promises, shipping subpar enterprise-friendly Falcon 8+ drones
Tech slinger upset it can't unload $560,000 worth of flying Chipzilla gizmos
04 Jan 2021 22:10 | 6
Science
Sony launches ‘Airpeak’ drone division
Hints at fun to come in 2021, for photographers and industry alike
10 Nov 2020 01:58 | 10
Networks
Please, tell us more about how just 60 hydrogen-powered 5G drones could make 400,000 UK base stations redundant
Gartner's finest – a former vulture – draws clouds over eyebrow-raising connectivity plan
04 Nov 2020 11:28 | 62
Security
Brit startup would like to beam 5G connectivity down at you from hydrogen-fuelled drones
And Deutsche Telekom's happy with this airborne base station plan
27 Oct 2020 10:10 | 11
Rise of the Machines
Boeing puts Loyal Wingman robot fighter jet through its paces... on the ground
I feel the need, the need for 16mph taxiing in safety
22 Oct 2020 18:09 | 45
Security
Beware, drone fliers, of Scotland's black-headed gulls. For they will tear your craft from Mother Nature's skies
Innocent survey UAS brutally smashed into roof by Stranraer seabird
12 Oct 2020 11:00 | 38
Rise of the Machines
British Army develops AI shotgun drone with machine vision for indoor use
2020 just gets better and better
29 Sep 2020 18:18 | 89
Science
Airbus drone broke up in-flight because it couldn’t handle Australian weather
‘Zephyr’ is designed to either beam down data or spy for weeks, but lasted about 90 minutes
29 Sep 2020 04:32 | 67
Edge + IoT
We want weaponised urban drones flying through your house, says UK defence ministry as it waves a fistful of banknotes
£150k up for grabs if you can help create the dystopian future of warfare
16 Sep 2020 13:02 | 61
Edge + IoT
Drone firm DJI promises 'local data mode' to fend off US government's mooted ban
Protectionist public policy prompts fresh focus on infosec fears
10 Sep 2020 17:47 | 20
Science
Sounds like the black helicopters have come for us. Oh, just another swarm of FAA-approved Amazon delivery drones
Imagine everyone placing 30-minute orders for stuff all day. In fact, let's turn to those who have lived under it
01 Sep 2020 00:02 | 63
Science
You there. Person, corp, state. Doesn't matter. You better not shoot down or hack a drone. That's our job – US govt
DoJ, FAA, FCC, Homeland Security warning highlights legal mess
19 Aug 2020 22:21 | 33
Bootnotes
Eagle-on-EGLE* violence: American icon sends govt-flown drone hurtling into the waters of Lake Michigan
*Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
14 Aug 2020 12:25 | 34
AI + ML
Uncle Sam says it's perfecting autonomous AI-powered drone, vehicle swarms to 'dominate' battlefields
Don't panic... still in the testing phase
11 Aug 2020 01:36 | 69
Science
Oh deer! Scotland needs some tech smarts to help monitor its rampant herbivore populations
Drones and satellite imagery probably better than sending out four helicopters at a time – or counting poop
17 Jul 2020 11:21 | 41
Edge + IoT
Couple wrongly arrested over Gatwick Airport drone debacle score £200k payout from cops
Add that to the £790k wasted on Xmas 2018 shutdown investigation
15 Jun 2020 12:00 | 66
Science
Vietnam bans drone flights near all government buildings, borders and factories
Even the Fatherland Front Central Committee is a no-fly zone
15 Jun 2020 03:59 | 1
Security
As Uncle Sam flies spy drones over protest-packed cities, Homeland Security asks the public if that's a good idea
Because nothing says freedom like a Predator circling overhead
11 Jun 2020 22:46 | 70
Security
Unmanned drones to slash NHS delivery times to one-fifth of road 'n' rail transport
Scottish trial will courier PPE and COVID-19 tests to remote hospital
26 May 2020 14:41 | 31
Edge + IoT
Runaway Latvian drone found meditating in tree after shutting down nation's skies
It crashed the same day it went missing despite 3-day closedown and hunt
22 May 2020 11:15 | 37
Edge + IoT
Railway cables overpowered errant drone's compass and flung it back to terra firma
25kV + lots of wiggly amps = big local magnetic field
21 May 2020 09:55 | 68
Edge + IoT
Latvian drone wrests control from human overlords and shuts down entire nation's skies
Please phone us if you see our missing 26kg aircraft, say authorities
04 May 2020 13:29 | 48
Edge + IoT
Police drone fliers' wings clipped to prevent them bumping into real aircraft
The Civil Aviation Authority giveth the CAA and taketh away
20 Apr 2020 16:30 | 19
Updated
Sunday: Australia is shocked UK would consider tracking mobile data to beat pandemic. Monday: Australia to deploy drone intimidation squads
Bloody poms are full of great ideas
31 Mar 2020 16:56 | 41
Science
Delivery drones: Where are they when we really need them?
Amazon promised. Google trialled. UPS got a licence. But only 1% of retailers are interested because they're still mostly rubbish
30 Mar 2020 07:32 | 77
Science
Drones intone 'you must stay home,' eliciting moans from those in the zone: Flying gizmos corral Brits amid coronavirus lockdown
Big Brother refitted for Big Hover
28 Mar 2020 08:09 | 86
Edge + IoT
Drones must be constantly connected to the internet to give Feds real-time location data – new US govt proposal
'Does it have its own satellite dish, sir?' 'You can tell your son it has its own satellite'
02 Mar 2020 21:55 | 99
Edge + IoT
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a flying solar panel: BAE Systems' satellite alternative makes maiden flight in Oz
Spindly thing claimed to stay airborne for a year with 15kg payload
17 Feb 2020 12:30 | 76
Science
US government grounds drone fleet (no, not the military ones with Hellfire missiles) over Chinese espionage fears
Paranoid stance comes as Interior Department website falls over
30 Jan 2020 02:56 | 22
Black Hat Europe
Metasploit for drones? Best of luck with that, muses veteran tinkerer
Been down this path and it ain't that easy, says man who knows
09 Dec 2019 14:00 | 10
+Comment
Let's learn from drone cockups: Confidential reports service opens up to unmanned fliers
Manned aviation spreads its wings over growing young industry
29 Nov 2019 14:33 | 8
Science
You're drinking morning coffee in 2019. These eggheads are in 2119 landing drones on their arms like robo-falconers
With the help of what looks like vibrating dinner plates
27 Nov 2019 08:03 | 26
Science
Questions hang over Gatwick Airport after low level drone near-miss report
Whither the £4m drone detection system? Police? Security? Bueller?
20 Nov 2019 16:28 | 130
Security
'Peregrine falcon'-style drone swarms could help defend UK against Gatwick copycat attacks
MoD offshoot names winners who dipped into £2m anti-drone ideas pot o' gold
05 Nov 2019 16:03 | 63
Science
The UK's Civil Aviation Authority asked drone orgs to email fliers' data in an Excel spreadsheet
Plus: Solution to 250g drone weight limit is 249g drone
31 Oct 2019 09:45 | 58
Edge + IoT
Criminalise British drone fliers, snarl MPs amid crackdown demands
Geoblocking, weaponisation and more in Parliamentary committee's sights
11 Oct 2019 08:10 | 145
Science
Spin doctors: UPS gets permission to expand drone delivery fleet in the US
Close the window and put back the fishing net, it's only for hospitals right now
01 Oct 2019 23:52 | 20
Edge + IoT
Chinese sleazeball's 17-year game of hide-and-seek ends after drone finds him on mountain
Back to jail for people trafficker
01 Oct 2019 11:30 | 33
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