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- UAVs will study Californian smog
- The California Energy Commission is funding a research effort named CAPPS, short for California AUAV Air Pollution Profiling Study. CAPPS will use autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles AUAVs to gather meteorological data as the aircraft fly through clouds over Southern California. The goal is to study smog and its consequences as...
- Tags: Southern California, Researcher, Pollution, Aircraft, Global Warming, UAV, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- (Photos: UAVs land in the Smithsonian)
- (Photos: UAVs land in the Smithsonian)Very STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Might as well display to the enemy what to watch out for and see how it is made.Our government loves to brag how great they are, but all they show is STUPIDITY!!!!!!!!!!!!REDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Tags: UAV, Smithsonian Institution, photograph
- Discussion threads 2008-05-03
- DHS about to choose technology for border control
- Defense contractors are lining up outside the Dept. of Homeland Security to offer their plans to patrol the US-Mexico border, and the department is expected to announce the winners any day now, The Washington Post reports. All year, the nation's largest military contractors have been locked in intense...
- Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Blog posts 2006-09-18
- A new workhorse for DARPA
- A new workhorse for DARPAwow. wow. wow.It's like the ultimate RC!catwhy is it so hard to find emerging security technologies?why is that most of these new innovations in the security field come from government-funded programs? i believe there are many entrepreneurs out there especcially here in Europe that have great...
- Tags: Entrepreneurship, UAV, DARPA
- Discussion threads 2006-04-17
- U.S. patrols border with unmanned plane
- U.S. patrols border with unmanned planeUAVMachine will pay for themselves in entitlement payments saved. Whats the holdup?UAV vs ground patrolsExpensive to buy and maintain, perhaps, but it looks as if there could be savings in border guard time and resources on the ground.
- Tags: UAV
- Discussion threads 2006-03-29
- U.S. patrols border with unmanned plane
- With huge protests in Los Angeles and around the country yesterday, stepped up immigration controls, California's Minutemen patrols and a proposal to build triple-fenced, militarized security zone stretching from San Ysidro to the Otay border—immigration issues are hot topics these days. The US Border Patrol has added another weapon into...
- Tags: UAV
- Blog posts 2006-03-27
- Test Bed for a Wireless Network on Small UAVs
- Small (10kg) UAVs are low-cost low-risk candidates for emerging UAV applications. Examples include multi-UAV swarming, flocking, and sensing operations; or, as a communication relay for a network of ground radios mounted at fixed sites, on vehicles, or in sensors. A key enabler is the ability of the UAVs to communicate...
- Tags: Network, Radio, Wireless Network, Wireless, UAV, Enabler, Advertising & Promotion, Networking, Marketing
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- Robots fly over Antarctica
- Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey BAS have successfully run a series of flights by autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles UAVs over Antarctica. These robotic planes have a 2-meter wingspan and weigh 6 kilograms. They are powered by Lithium Ion Polymer LIPo battery packs -- similar to the ones in your...
- Tags: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Antarctic, Robots, Engineering, Advertising & Promotion, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- A flying fish or a seaplane?
- University of Michigan engineers have developed a new unmanned aerial vehicle UAV after looking at real flying fish. Like the fish, this seaplane takes off and lands on water. The 7-foot wingspan electric UAV has been funded by the DOD's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA and designed as 'an...
- Tags: University Of Michigan, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Aerospace & Defense, GPS, Manufacturing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-12-06
- A robotic Meridian to fly over the poles
- The Meridian unmanned aerial vehicle UAV is a single-engine research aircraft with fixed landing gear designed by engineers at the University of Kansas. According to Technology Review, it will be used to see what happens beneath the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. Two units are currently built for a cost...
- Tags: Technology Review, Mean, Adobe PDF, Kilogram, Aircraft, Radar, Meridian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-09-16
- News to know: NTP is back; iUnlock; VMWorld; $50 DVD burner;
- Notable headlines: Robin Harris: Build a $50 DVD burner. Larry Dignan: NTP: We sue the wireless world. George Ou: Sun shows 2U 16-core Barcelona server with FSB1600. David Berlind: Insight into why Europeans get multi-factor authentication and we...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Hypervisor, DVD Burner, Microsoft Corp., DVD, NTP
- Blog posts 2007-09-12
- Photos: Solar-powered UAV flies and flies
- U.K. defense contractor Qinetiq says its spindly Zephyr has set a world record for time aloft by an unmanned aircraft. by CNET News.com
- Tags: QinetiQ Ltd., Defense Contractor, Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2007-09-11
- Photos: NASA launches new weapon against forest fires
- NASA's Ikhana UAV, with the help of Google Earth, is beginning to provide aerial intelligence to help fire fighters bear down on forest fires. by CNET News.com
- Tags: NASA, Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2007-09-10
- NASA fights wildfires from the sky
- Last week, I wrote that NASA was checking coastal waters from space. It seems that NASA wants to appear as a very environmental-friendly organization. It is helping the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA with airplanes monitoring great lakes algae. It also is collaborating with the U.S. Forest Service...
- Tags: NASA, System, Data, Imaging, Sensor, Aircraft, Ikhana UAV Gives NASA New Science, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-09-03
- Photos: Unmanned vehicles take to air, land and sea
- Unmanned vehicles allow military, researchers to explore dangerous areas without putting people in harm's way.Sleek robotic aircraft may have been the scene-stealers at this year''s Association for Unmanned Vehicles International AUVSI show, but land vehicles are also playing an important role in military operations. This ruggedized PackBot, made by iRobot,...
- Tags: photograph, Unmanned Vehicle, helicopter, catapult, aircraft, iRobot Corp., BAE Systems Plc., Northrop Grumman Corp., researcher, MLB, zoom, Lockheed Martin Corp., U.S. Army, complement, camera, Mountain View, Iraq, robot, display, monitoring, government, image, Sony Corp., pho
- Image galleries 2007-08-09
- Photos: Where ScanEagle drones dare
- Boeing touts advances in a small UAV that's being used by Marines in Iraq and geophysicists in Alaska.
- Tags: Alaska, Boeing Co., Iraq, photograph
- Image galleries 2007-07-02
- A drone as wide as a Boeing 737
- According to a short report by AFP, Israel is developing a killer robot plane. This drone is designed for long-range operations -- more than 50 hours and several thousand miles -- while weighing 4 tons during takeoff. This unmanned combat aerial vehicle UCAV, dubbed Eitan Steadfast will have a wing...
- Tags: Defense &, Security, Space &, Aerospace, Robotics, Engineering &, Innovation, span, Eitan, Heron UAV
- Blog posts 2007-01-12
- A 150-km panoramic image of New Mexico
- Even NASA knows that it cant always rely on satellite imaging when a natural disaster strikes. This is why Igor Carron, Assistant Director of the Spacecraft Technology Center at Texas A&M University TAMU, recently used a stratospheric balloon with several of his students. Theyve used a simple point-and-shoot digital camera...
- Tags: Igor Carron, balloon, Science &, Nature, Computers &, Internet, Space &, Aerospace, Defense &, Security
- Blog posts 2006-12-28
- New tricks in automated image analysis
- Using software to analyze images is not new. In fact, its almost a mature technology. But there are still issues to solve, especially when you need to analyze images in real time. In this article, Advanced Imaging Magazine looks at three particular industry segments which are using these technologies: geosciences,...
- Tags: image analysis, analysis, Octec Ltd., Engineering &, Innovation, Science &, Nature, Health &, Medicine, Defense &, Security, Space &, Aerospace
- Blog posts 2006-12-12
- MIT's smart flying drones
- As recent events have shown, military forces around the world are more and more relying on small unmanned aerial vehicles UAVs for surveillance missions. But these UAVs usually need many skilled operators to control them. Now, the Boston Globe reports that a new MIT air force is ready for help....
- Tags: Defense &, Security, Space &, Aerospace, Robotics, Computers &, Internet, Engineering &, Innovation
- Blog posts 2006-11-21
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