Police-deployed drone projects are no strangers to DRONELIFE readers nor to this reporter (see some examples here, here and here). What you may not know is thata security researcher has found some potential security risk in some models used by police. According to WIRED, research “hacker” Nils Rodday planned to demonstrate security flaws in an unrevealed drone model (Rodday … [Read more...] about Security Expert: Public-Safety Drones Can Be Hacked
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This Wearable Drone Could Be Your Next Smart Device
(Source: wired.co.uk) It is 2015 and we are entering a post-smartphone era, which means it is time to work out what will be the next big smart device. Apple seems to agree with Fitbit, Jawbone and Motorola that it will probably be a wearable. But could it actually be... drones? Adam Pruden from Frog Agency in New York believes it could be both -- simultaneously. The … [Read more...] about This Wearable Drone Could Be Your Next Smart Device
Do We Really Want Amazon’s Delivery Drones in Our Skies?
(Source: Wired) Lest you think Amazon’s much-hyped plan to deliver packages by drone is a flight of fancy, the company has just shared its vision for the future of autonomous drones. In the company’s vision, presented at NASA’s Unmanned Aerial Systems Traffic Management (UTM) Convention last week, delivery drones will zip around the sky a few hundred feet over our … [Read more...] about Do We Really Want Amazon’s Delivery Drones in Our Skies?
How Wimbledon Will Fight Invasion of Social Media, Drones
(Source: wired.co.uk) Wimbledon visitors are already breaking rules stating that they are not allowed to use livestreaming app Periscope at this year's competition -- even as Wimbledon launched its own Periscope livestream to broadcast... the queue. The dichotomy in attitudes between the policy and its own social media feed raises the question as to whether technology … [Read more...] about How Wimbledon Will Fight Invasion of Social Media, Drones
This Foldable Mini-Drone Launches in a Snap
(Source: Wired) Have you ever been carrying your drone down the street and wished it was just a little smaller and more portable? No, probably not, if you’re a normal person who likes to play with dogs, not drones. But if you said yes, two Swiss researchers have the answer: a small, foldable drone that can unfurl and and take off within seconds. Robotics researchers … [Read more...] about This Foldable Mini-Drone Launches in a Snap
