from reviewjournal.com A close encounter that a small airliner had with a drone earlier this year has cast a spotlight on the importance of the state’s role in opening the nation’s airspace to unmanned aerial vehicles. It wasn’t until May that the public learned of a close call a US Airways regional jet had with a drone over the Florida panhandle in March. According to … [Read more...] about With Drones Coming, Nevada’s Role in Focus
Las Vegas
That Drone Flight Over the Las Vegas Strip? It Violated FAA Policy
from reviewjournal.com When the owners of a Philadelphia company flew an 11-pound octocopter with a 3-by-12-foot advertising banner on the Strip in front of The Mirage’s volcano in July, they violated Federal Aviation Administration policy on unmanned aerial systems. DroneCast drew quite a crowd as the aircraft hovered about 20 feet above the sidewalk for about an … [Read more...] about That Drone Flight Over the Las Vegas Strip? It Violated FAA Policy
TIME’s 8 Weirdest Ways People Are Using Drones
from time.com A New York private eye told the New York Post that drones are essentially being used in the one way everyone thought they would: to spy on people. While this use of the unmanned aircraft sounds… just about right… there are many surprising ways that drones have become incorporated into everyday life. Here are some of our favorites: 1. Dronies Like selfies. … [Read more...] about TIME’s 8 Weirdest Ways People Are Using Drones
Smile! A Drone Is About to Take Your Picture
from Nick Bilton at bits.blogs.nytimes.com If you present people with a new, exciting technology, chances are they will use it to take photographs of themselves. Take drones, those hovering, helicopter-like flying devices that the military has used for years and that are slowly, in miniaturized form, finding their way into the consumer world. Over the last few years, … [Read more...] about Smile! A Drone Is About to Take Your Picture
Vegas Adopts Drone Drink Delivery
Last month, a hotel in Sausalito, CA started delivering champagne to its $10,000-a-night Alexandrite suite. Not to be outdone, the Marquee Day Club Pool at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Hotel & Casino began a similar program over Memorial Day weekend. For the not at all outrageous price of $20,000, a drone will fly a bottle of Ciroc right to your poolside lounge chair. … [Read more...] about Vegas Adopts Drone Drink Delivery
