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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

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iDrone 1.4 (Mac)

Drone is a UAV simulator that allows you to control an unmanned aerial vehicle, flying over a large 3D city scape or a mountain terrain. iDrone features a target practice mode where you control the vehicle and destroy targest placed randomly throughout the city. iDrone features a mission mode where...

Tags: 3D, Apple Macintosh, City, BurningThumb.com, Drone, iDrone

Software downloads 2009-07-24

Agriculture ripe for change with robot farmhands

Farmers across the developed world did away with the backbreaking part of the work during the 19th century with the introduction of equipment like tractors and combines. Now, evolving technology is poised to make industrial agriculture greener and more efficient with the use of robots. [caption id=""...

Tags: Laser, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-06-02

A different 'spin' on flying cars

A company in Australia is developing a flight technology that allows for compact Vertical Take-Off and Landing VTOL using a type of fan system to move air that is commonly found in central heating/cooling systems. [caption id="attachment_1525" align="alignleft" width="245" caption="Entecho's Hoverpod"][/caption] Entecho is using...

Tags: Car, Joystick, Skirt, Entecho Hoverpod, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-05-04

iDrone 1.4 (Windows)

Drone is a UAV simulator that allows you to control an unmanned aerial vehicle, flying over a large 3D city scape or a mountain terrain. iDrone features a target practice mode where you control the vehicle and destroy targest placed randomly throughout the city. iDrone features a mission mode where...

Tags: 3D, City, Microsoft Windows, BurningThumb.com, Drone, iDrone

Software downloads 2009-03-27

(Photos: Terrafugia's flying car flies)

(Photos: Terrafugia's flying car flies)Terrafugia?I'm geeky enough to appreciate the latin, but that name sucks. It's too geeky even for a geek.This is pretty cool, but there is no way I'd subject it to road driving with the morons I dodge on a daily basis. Can you imagine the...

Tags: Terrafugia, car, car fly, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-03-19

Obama likely to name outsider to head NASA

Obama likely to name outsider to head NASAHas nothing to do with itObama is all for education and raising America's standing in the world, two corner stones of his campaign. He also wants NASA to operate more efficiently. He is not out to kill education and stifling scientific power. NASA...

Tags: Government, NASA, Griffin, launcher, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-01-15

iDrone 1.0 (Mobile)

iDrone has a target practice mode where you locate and destroy targets throughout the city. iDrone has a mission mode where you fly your unmanned aerial vehicle on specific missions to destroy one or more targets. Note: The "Download Now" link directs you to the iTunes App Store, where...

Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, BurningThumb.com, iDrone, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-12-10

Robot helicopters flying low among obstacles

According to New Scientist, engineers at Carnegie Mellon University CMU have modified an unmanned commercial civilian helicopter to fly fast and low while avoiding obstacles such as buildings, trees or power lines. The unmanned aerial vehicle UAV from Yamaha has been adapted to integrate a sensing system able to see...

Tags: Obstacle, Helicopter, Powerline, Scanners, Robots, Hardware, Peripherals, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille, Carnegie-Mellon University, Collision, Safe Navigation, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing

Blog posts 2008-11-11

Tibco Software And Silicon Valley. . .

Tibco Software And Silicon Valley. . .Tibco / Spark IntegrationIf you like Tibco, have you looked at Spark Integration (www.sparkintegration.com)? It is very robust middleware for integration of software and hardware with out the need for collaboration on standards. Good progress in the unmanned vehicle category where discontinuity...

Tags: TIBCO Software Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-26

Congress: Open-source for U.S. military

If you thought you'd never see the phrase"open-source" in a federal funding bill, think again. The House’s proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (H.R. 5658) includes language that calls for military services to consider open-source software when procuring manned or unmanned aerial vehicles,...

Tags: Software, Open-source Software, U.S. Congress, House, GCN, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Software Development, Management, Software/Web Development, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-09-26

(Photos: Bat plane to spy for U.S. Army)

(Photos: Bat plane to spy for U.S. Army)Cool movie toy!!Looks like a gadget right out of a Batman movie. Am interested in how silent and power efficient this is going to be. You would think UAVs are a better choice.RE: (Photos: Bat plane to spy for U.S. Army)10 Million, ME!...

Tags: Robots, robot, U.S. Army, Berkeley, photograph

Discussion threads 2008-03-14

Could robots become the open source hardware target?

Could robots become the open source hardware target?OSS on Robots is Already HereRobots that are used to defuse IEDs in Iraq and Afghanistan already run Linux:http://www.irobot.com/sp.cfm?pageid=109That's right the same company that brought you the Roomba is the exclusive contractor of SUGV Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle robots to the military.http://www.irobot.com/sp.cfm?pageid=219Hay were...

Tags: Robots, robot, hardware, UP System, Bug Labs, open source

Discussion threads 2008-03-07

Military robots from 2007 to 2032

A new report from the U.S. Department of Defense DoD looks at the future of military's unmanned systems over the next 25 years. This 188-page report covers air-, land- and sea-based unmanned technology from 2007 to 2032. The long document notes that drone aircraft and ground-based robots have already proved...

Tags: Adobe PDF, Robot, U.S. Department Of Defense, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-12-24

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

Unmanned Vehicle Systems: Leveraging COTS Software

This paper has illustrated how Oracle Commercial off-The Shelf COTS software, from Oracle, can reduce Unmanned Vehicle System UVS development time, cost and risk. In addition, the Oracle solution provides further value to the developers of UVSs. As an integrated suite from a single vendor, it eliminates much of the...

Tags: Oracle Corp., COTS

White papers 2007-12-01

A Middleware Architecture for Unmanned Aircraft Avionics

An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is a non-piloted airplane designed to operate in dangerous and repetitive situations. With the advent of UAV's civil applications, UAVs are emerging as a valid option in commercial scenarios. If it must be economically viable, the same platform should implement a variety of missions with little...

Tags: Aircraft, Association For Computing Machinery, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2007-11-30

Rudy's brilliant new idea: a virtual border fence

Here we go - another tech-clueless politician believes technology will provide a panacea for difficult problems. Rudy Giuiliani says he wants to build a virtual fence to monitor the whole - or at least much of the - US-Mexico border, the AP reports. The...

Tags: Software, Associated Press, Fence, Border, Rudy, Homeland Security, Tools & Techniques, Government, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-11-20

IT success: CA fire-fighting infrastructure

As fires continue to rage in Southern California, emergency responders and local residents alike are supported by rapidly-deployed IT systems. Government Computer News reports on the important role IT infrastructure plays in helping fire-fighting and communications: 1. Website bandwith...

Tags: Bandwidth, NASA, Agency, Information Technology, Computer Associates International Inc., Satellite, Cal Fire, Resource Ordering System, Incinet Application, CAD, Advertising & Promotion, Network Technology, Software, Marketing, Networking, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2007-10-25

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