The Australian based UAV challenge, sponsored and organized by QUT and CSIRO, is designed to push unmanned aerial vehicle technology to the limit. The 2016 iteration poses a scenario where a hiker is stuck in an open in the Australian...
Aeryon Labs Inc., has unveiled its Aeryon HDZoom30 imaging payload. The payload offers up to 30x optical zoom, up to 60x digitally-enhanced zoom, 1080p record video and 20MP still image resolution. The camera 3-axis stabilization gimbal uses brushless motors to...
Technology that allows a drone to be piloted from the ground using only a person's brainwaves has been demonstrated in Portugal. The company behind the development, Tekever, said the technology could in the short term be used to enable people...
Both Google and Amazon have announced their intentions to use drone for delivery of small parcels. Now German delivery firm DHL has beat them to the punch and implemented the worlds first true drone delivery service. The drone, dubbed the...
Police in Abu Dhabi used a drone to come to the aid of stranded window cleaner on the 10th floor. The cleaning platform malfunctioned while he was cleaning the windows of a tower block on Sheikh Rashed bin Saeed Al...
The coalition of news media outlets partnering with Virginia Tech to test Drones has added Fusion to its ranks. "We could not be more pleased to be working with Virginia Tech and the coalition on this exciting project," said Fusion...
Identified Technologies has created an automated drone and docking system for gathering data at industrial sites. The gas powered unmanned helicopter has an hour and a half flight time and can fly autonomously by following advanced magnetic sensors. “Companies are...
The Mars Helicopter a new concept vehicle for future missions could dramatically increase our knowledge of the red planet. Designed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the aerial drone would fly reconnaissance mission over Mars surface and collect data. That data...
