Emerging Tech
The Future Is Here: Drones Are Delivering Domino’s Pizzas to Customers
It’s a brave new world—for pizza.
Digital Government
A Team of Drones Pulls Off a (Staged) Search-and-Rescue Mission
Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky merger leads to unique demonstration involving drones large and small.
Emerging Tech
Modified Drones Keep an Eye on the World’s Wildlife
The availability of reliable, off-the-shelf UAVs has made standard aerial surveillance far easier than it used to be, but drones don’t come out of the box ready for the kinds of projects conservationists throw at them.
Emerging Tech
Video: Facebook is Bringing Internet to the Masses with a Solar Drone
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's internet access!
Emerging Tech
Got a Drone Problem? Call the Drone Busters
About as long as drones have been popular, there have been people who want to knock them out of the sky.
Artificial Intelligence
Video: Obama Discusses His Artificial Intelligence Fears
How much does the 44th president think about Skynet?
Digital Government
The World’s First Commercial Drone Delivery Service Has Launched in Rwanda
The drones drop blood parcels on parachutes outside remote health centers.
Digital Government
Pentagon Urgently Pushing Anti-Drone Tech to ISIS Fight
From mast-mounted radar to drone-jamming guns, the U.S. military’s anti-IED office is rushing to keep up.
Emerging Tech
Poll: Americans Want Drone Delivery - But Not Yet
Young, urban citizens more interested in the technology, Postal Service IG survey finds.
Digital Government
US Army’s Next Drone May Fit in a Soldier’s Pocket
The service could start buying palm-sized UAVs to complement its Pumas and Ravens as soon as 2018, according to one official.
Digital Government
UK Military Wants Your Ideas for How to Build Swarms of Attack Drones
The country is looking system that would allow a single solider to control up to 20 drones at once.
Digital Government
Army Racing to Catch Up to Russia On Battle Drones
After watching UAVs dominate eastern Ukrainian skies, the service is seeking counter-drone tech and new families of flying robots.
Artificial Intelligence
Report: Weapons AI Increasingly Replacing, Not Augmenting, Human Decision-Making
A new survey of existing and planned smart weapons finds that AI is increasingly used to replace humans, not help them.
Emerging Tech
Uber Wants to Fly Customers Around in Massive Autonomous Drones
It seems self-driving cars just aren’t enough.
Digital Government
When Hurricane Hunters Are Replaced by Drones
For more than 70 years, pilots have flown into the center of deadly storms to collect crucial scientific and forecasting data. Is it time to have robots do that work for them?
Digital Government
Special Operators Getting New Autonomous Tactical Drone
A prototype microdrone that maps a building’s rooms will change the urban battlefield.
Artificial Intelligence
A New AI Learns Through Observation Alone: What That Means for Drone Surveillance
The military spends hundreds of man hours on intelligence collection and image analysis. Drones that could learn about human behavior with less human guidance could cut that time considerably.
Digital Government
Pentagon Needs You To Help It Take Down Small Drones
As tiny drones proliferate and make their way onto the battlefield, the Pentagon calls for solutions.
Emerging Tech
White House Ramps Up Federal Drone Programs
The Interior Department will soon use drones for search and rescue missions.
Emerging Tech
FAA Says Over Half a Million Drones Have Been Registered in Just 8 Months
According to the agency, it took 100 years for about 320,000 regular aircraft to be registered with US officials.
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