(Source: Business Insider) If you're comfortable with wagers, now could be the time to bet on the biggest transformation in how humans move around since we retired the horse from daily duty. Two major technological developments are converging: self-driving cars and semi-autonomous drones. Self-driving cars have enjoyed a more robust public rollout, thanks to Google and … [Read more...] about Forget Taxis — Get Ready To Hail A Drone
Facebook Lays Out Plans for Internet-Connected Drones
(Source: Wired) If companies like Facebook and Google have their way, everyone in the world will have access to the internet within the next few decades. But while these tech giants seem to have all the money, expertise, and resolve they need to accomplish that goal—vowing to offer internet connections via things like high-altitude balloons and flying drones—Yael Maguire … [Read more...] about Facebook Lays Out Plans for Internet-Connected Drones
Drone Brain Makers Want To Create The DOS Of Flying Robots
from popsci.com Drones soon may be bound together by a common code. Airware, a commercial drone software company with MIT roots, hopes to unify drones in a shared code architecture. Airware already makes an autopilot, but that’s just the first step to creating a drone operating system, allowing hardware from different manufacturers to communicate with one another. It’s an … [Read more...] about Drone Brain Makers Want To Create The DOS Of Flying Robots
Google Wants to Test Drone Wireless Internet in New Mexico
Google is planning to test Internet delivery by drone high above New Mexico, according to a government filing. On Friday, the company asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to use two blocks of frequencies for the tests, which are scheduled to last about six months and begin in October. They will be conducted above an area of more than 1,400 square … [Read more...] about Google Wants to Test Drone Wireless Internet in New Mexico
MIT’s Nick Roy Gelms Google’s Delivery-Drone Project
from newsoffice.mit.edu Friends and colleagues were aware, at some level, that Nick Roy, a researcher in MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), had been using his sabbatical to take on some sort of robotics-related role at Google. But few people knew the full scope of his work until this past week, when Google X — the infamous idea … [Read more...] about MIT’s Nick Roy Gelms Google’s Delivery-Drone Project
