(Source: betaboston.com) When a team from MIT’s Senseable City Lab flew to Dubai this weekend to participate in Drones for Good, a contest hosted by the UAE government, they brought a swarm of five amphibious drones in tow. Their project, dubbed “Waterfly,” mimics a swarm of dragonflies. Each Frisbee-like device is just over four pounds, and together, they can … [Read more...] about MIT’s Entry in Dubai’s ‘Drones For Good’ Lands on Water
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DARPA Project Could Lead to Thinking Drones
The drones are learning. A recent DARPA project that piggybacks a “neuromorphic chip” atop a minidrone shows promise in developing computer chips that may someday be able to learn much in the way the human does. UAV manufacturer Aerovironment provided a small drone (six-inches square, 1.5 inches high and weighing 93 grams) to HRL Laboratories' Center for Neural and … [Read more...] about DARPA Project Could Lead to Thinking Drones
Commercial Drones Are Coming, And Sooner Than You Think
(Source: techcrunch.com) When Jeff Bezos talked about delivering your Amazon packages by drone last year on 60 minutes, it seemed like a grand publicity stunt designed to get his company some attention, but the fact is we are not that far away from seeing widespread use of commercial drones –including package delivery and much more. Over the coming decade, drones will … [Read more...] about Commercial Drones Are Coming, And Sooner Than You Think
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
Back to School: 5 Ways to Use a Drone on College Campuses
Last week, nearly 200 representatives from the nation's most prestigious universities lent their voices to a lawsuit filed against the FAA, labeling the administration's handling of the rise of drones “a grave threat to science, research, education, and technological innovation across the United States.” For example, the FAA prohibits using drones in the classroom. Despite this … [Read more...] about Back to School: 5 Ways to Use a Drone on College Campuses
