(Source: Market Watch) When a 2-pound drone crashed on the White House lawn in January, the nation was thrown into drone hysteria. That drone was a $1,000 model made by Chinese technology company DJI, but a basic camera-equipped drone can be had for $40—a fact not lost on those who pontificated about the crash. “It’s pretty worrisome if you’re in the Secret Service, … [Read more...] about Drones And Driverless Cars: A Tale of Two Robotics Policies
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Media Pundits Weigh in on Drone Regulation
As the drone industry gains altitude as an emerging technology, the inevitable question of how to handle “drones behaving badly” is being swatted around the arena of media punditry with both CNN and the BBC recently weighing in. The “There Oughta Be a Law” Bandwagon is seductive and expected whenever a disruptive technology comes into play and drone dummies like the pilots … [Read more...] about Media Pundits Weigh in on Drone Regulation
California County Offers Reward After Wildfire Drone Debacle
A California county has placed a price on the head or heads of the rather dim drone operators who may have prevented firefighters from properly battling summer wildfires. The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted on July 28 to offer $75,000 in rewards for the public’s help in finding the hapless UAV pilots who interfered with firefighting helicopters … [Read more...] about California County Offers Reward After Wildfire Drone Debacle
Drones Hinder Wildfire Fighters But Help Elsewhere
For every 10 drone-related “good news” articles that blaze across the online media skyline every day, it’s almost universally true that the “one-bad-apple” drone groan will make the most headlines -- case in point, the series of unfortunate UAV events that may have prevented firefighters from properly dispatching water-laden helicopters while battling wildfires in … [Read more...] about Drones Hinder Wildfire Fighters But Help Elsewhere
Man Detained for Trying to Fly a Drone at the White House
Thursday afternoon, the Secret Service detained a man who allegedly tried to launch a Parrot Bebop Drone over the White House fence. This marks the second time in four months there has been a drone-related incident at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Back in January, Shawn Usman of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency lost control of his DJI Phantom FC-40 and it crashed on the … [Read more...] about Man Detained for Trying to Fly a Drone at the White House
