(Source: Wall Street Cheat Sheet) It’s no secret that Amazon is serious about delivery drones. On its website, the company predicts, “One day, Prime Air vehicles will be as normal as seeing mail trucks on the road today,” and it also boasts, “From a technology point of view, we’ll be ready to put Prime Air into service as soon as the necessary regulations are in place.” The … [Read more...] about Should We Really Expect Drones On Our Doorsteps by 2015?
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Drones in the Media: Why You Should Care About Kanye West
(Source: 3drobotics.com's Roger Sollenberger) Over the past year personal drones have drawn a ton of media coverage, more and more frequently from TV news and high-profile outlets like the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Vice and the Washington Post. I personally come from a liberal arts background, and until I first entered this field in the summer of 2013 hadn’t caught … [Read more...] about Drones in the Media: Why You Should Care About Kanye West
2014’s Top Trends in Drone Technology
It has been just over a year since Jeff Bezos went on 60 Minutes and demonstrated how drones are the next big transformative technology. If you live in Silicon Valley or are a dog, that one year felt like seven and a lot transpired. Drones have gone from "the next big thing" to technology that is so far reaching it has noticeable, quantifiable trends like... Delivery Bezos … [Read more...] about 2014’s Top Trends in Drone Technology
Making Commercial and Recreational Drones Safe
(Source: Washington Post) The potential for unmanned aircraft — also known as drones — to make life easier is tantalizing, eliciting images of tiny package-delivery devices zipping around town so UPS trucks wouldn’t have to. On the other hand, as The Post’s Craig Whitlock reported, the Federal Aviation Administration has received 25 reports of drones nearly striking manned … [Read more...] about Making Commercial and Recreational Drones Safe
Amazon Says FAA Too Restrictive, More Drone Research Moving Abroad
(Source: wsj.com) Amazon.com Inc., which recently began testing delivery drones in the U.K., is warning American officials it plans to move even more of its drone research abroad if it doesn’t get permission to test-fly in the U.S. soon. The statement is the latest sign that the burgeoning drone industry is shifting overseas in response to the Federal Aviation … [Read more...] about Amazon Says FAA Too Restrictive, More Drone Research Moving Abroad
