(Source: motherboard.vice.com) A New York City council member is introducing legislation that would ban drones in the city, according to draft legislation obtained by Motherboard. The bill would amend the city's existing administrative code on aviation to severely restrict drones within city limits, essentially banning them except under very specific … [Read more...] about Proposed New York City Drone Ban Would Be the Strictest in the Country
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It’s ‘Nearly Impossible’ to Police Drone Use, US Admits
(Source: motherboard.vice.com) A high-level federal government official admitted today what business owners and hobbyists have realized for a while: There's no good way for the Federal Aviation Administration or any other government agency to stop the proliferation of drones, and it's probably "impossible" to police them all. What a difference a year and some change … [Read more...] about It’s ‘Nearly Impossible’ to Police Drone Use, US Admits
About That Drone Porn…
Ok. If you read this site and follow drone news you may have noticed a disconnect over the last couple days. A video was published online earlier this week by Brooklyn-based Ghost+Cow Films. It's called Drone Boning, it features wide shots of people having sex in the sweeping vistas of the San Francisco Bay area and we didn't publish it. For better or worse, we are … [Read more...] about About That Drone Porn…
Drone Headlines for the Week of 10/17/14
On Monday, The Linux Foundation announced a new open-sourced software project called Dronecode. The concept behind Dronecode is to create an ecosystem where current and future drone projects can benefit from a large community of UAV developers. Companies all over the world are building hardware, writing code, and conducting field tests - and collecting useful data that deserves … [Read more...] about Drone Headlines for the Week of 10/17/14
Is the FAA Purposefully Trying to Confuse Everyone About Its Drone Rules?
(Source: motherboard.vice.com) What is the Federal Aviation Administration doing with drones? No one knows—it doesn't even know. Maybe that's by design. On Friday, the agency said that AC 91-57, the 33-year-old document that guides drone operation in the United States was canceled. Today, it's back on the books. This is the latest in a very long string of completely … [Read more...] about Is the FAA Purposefully Trying to Confuse Everyone About Its Drone Rules?
