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more about #uavs more comments → Pope John Peeps II: "as well as its unique "perch and stare" capabilities" I have this ability too. But mine is generally schoolgirl-window-directed. The police are not... more » Deckard: I'm seeing Avatar tonight...I can't wait. more » kagekiri: Ducted fan drone surveying an oil rig? It's totally a cypher drone from Metal Gear Solid 2. more » Curves: I hope it gets some. Whale music. The idea is quite romantic. Like really good opera, you might not understand the words, but hopefully you totally... more » 32ndnote: They're going to be sorely disappointed when the only sounds are those of Brian Lam yelling obscenities as he tumbles off his surf board. #seaglider more » Flying Jukebox: There is no cow level.: I'm surprised nothing has tried to eat it. #seaglider more » RenfredClymene: I work on the Predator program (which also includes the Reaper) and I can tell you that there's no way the Reaper would have continued it's "mission t... more » Nick: just as long as john travolta doesn't make a movie about this -- it will be fine more » J_Frank_Parnell: gives new meaning to BSOD, huh? more » MaQ: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! I am panicking!! What will happen when it starts fighting back? more » Munch the BanNail: Have you confirmed that this wasn't just a publicity stunt for Short Circuit 3? more » Coolmodo: Am I wrong in assuming that these drones cannot really do anything on their own? I mean this thing is not designed to autonomously select and attack ... more » SugouriWendy: @ shenanigans61 I'm an exUSAF airman who worked with support personnel for the Predator. The UAV's do not replace a pilot, seeing as how an actual C... more » Bombear: Calling these Drones is very wrong. the only thing they can do by themselves is fly home....and only if ive told them how to get there. they are the... more » VerdaHizay: I see you quoted "pilots" through the article. All MQ-9 pilots have gone through Air Force flight school. Most have flown manned aircraft prior to fly... more » -
#uavs
Avatar-Chic CyberQuad UAV Trades Rotors for Fans
Cyber Technologies' CyberQuad UAV, implementing four silent, ducted fans in lieu of traditional rotor blades, has already been used to survey damaged oil rigs. Someday it will be used to transport troops in campaigns to exploit interplanetary resources. More » -
#ocean
The Seaglider, Hunting
This microphoned submarine glider has been collecting ocean sounds for a few weeks. When it is plucked from the sea in a few more, researchers will use software to parse its audiofiles for rare beaked whale songs. [Wired] More » -
#uavs
Runaway Drone Shot Out of Sky
An MQ-9 Reaper drone's fail-safe programming failed and it rushed through Afghanistan's airspace on Sunday. The US Air Force simply responded by sending a manned plane to shoot it down. Turns out this isn't all that uncommon. More » -
#uavs
Pentagon Wants a Flying Bug: This Flapping Nano Bot is Phase One
Last year, DARPA granted aerospace firm, Aeronvironment, a chunk of change and six-months to demonstrate a bird-sized Nano Air Vehicle (NAV). This video shows the result: the "smallest ever free-flying aircraft to hover and climb with flapping wings." More » -
#uavs
Need To Fly A Military Drone? Yep, There's An iPhone App For That
MIT Professor Missy Cummings (a former F-18 Hornet Navy Pilot), and her team of 30 students and undergrads, have successfully demonstrated how an iPhone could be used to control an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, or UAV. More » -
#weaponry
Pentagon's New "Suburb Warrior" UAVs Promise to Try to Kill Slightly Fewer Civilians
The Pentagon's current crop of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are insanely powerful—the "Hellfire" is so named for a reason—but also fairly imprecise, often killing innocent, nearby civilians. The DoD's new UAVs hope to cut down on such casualties. More » -
#spydrones
The Draganflyer X6 UAV Police Edition
The Draganflyer X6 has been around for a bit now, but only recently have Canadian law enforcers begun using it to serve and protect. Here's the first look at these flying UAVs in uniform. More » -
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#military
Autonomous Guardium UGV Buggy Tirelessly Patrols Danger Zones So You Don't Have To
We already have plenty of robot sentries/killers in the sky, so Israeli defense firm G-NIUS felt it important to tip the balance a little over to the four-wheeled category (joining the DARPA Urban Challenge folks) with its Guardium UGV. Designed mostly for border patrol and recon missions, the Guardium's onboard telemetry can receive GPS coordinates for adapting its pre-programmed routes on the fly and avoid obstacles on its own. And judging by the video, it's pretty damn fast. More »
