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... Read more
If there is one thing that ruins a September Sunday more than watching your team blow a huge lead and lose spectacular fashion, it’s watching your team blow a huge lead, lose spectacul... Read more
from farmindustrynews.com Everyone is getting into the drone act. Last week Google announced it was testing a drone for delivering products, and it conducted a successful test of the product... Read more
from Wall St Journal Blogs The commitment to drone technology by major U.S. corporations is great news for startups and investors who will need their help to sway regulators over the next fe... Read more
from New York Times The tech industry’s enthusiasm for building small delivery drones may be getting ahead of figuring out what to do with them. On Thursday, with much fanfare, Google reveal... Read more
from Forbes Google’s announcement this week that they’ve been testing delivery drones caught the tech world by surprise. What wasn’t surprising to experts familiar with the industry is that... Read more
from mashable.com Google revealed that it has been developing a drone delivery system in the Australian outback, codenamed Project Wing. Nicholas Roy, founder of Project Wing, said the tech... Read more
Years ago, Greyhound advertised their bus service with the memorable jingle, “Take the bus. Leave the driving to us.” Today, that same adage may well transform into, “Take the helicopter/car... Read more
from CNBC.com As the world’s largest technology companies, such as Amazon and Google, look at ways to use drones, small makers of unmanned aircraft are hoping to fly right behind them.... Read more
from Wired At an open-pit mine, blowing stuff up is just part of the daily grind. But that doesn’t mean the danger disappears. If a truck drives out onto a blast site and over a piece of exp... Read more
Privacy is the hot button issue of the moment. There is a new headline every day. Most recently, we had the Supreme Court’s ruling in Riley v California and Google standing up for... Read more
from Market Watch We all know real life is catching up to science fiction. So it’s not much of a surprise that drones — amazing technology with a creepy underbelly — are about to go mainstre... Read more
With the technology sector increasingly focused on the billions of people in the world without access to the Internet, interest in drone technology as a solution has increased dramatically i... Read more
On Monday, Google announced it was buying drone manufacturer Titan Aerospace. In March, Facebook bought Ascenta, a similar company based in the UK. As we wait to see which drone company Twit... Read more