“Selfie” was word of the year in 2013. Could “Nixie” be next? Maybe not right away, because Nixie—a wrist-mounted drone designed to fly and take an aerial action-shot photo or video of its owner before coming back—only just won Intel’s inaugural “Make It Wearable Challenge” this month. It has yet to be fully developed and brought to market. But take a look at the enthusiastic comments on Nixie’s YouTube video, and its 3.5 million views and counting, and it certainly seems possible that someday soon “Nixie” will enter everyone’s vocabulary.
The College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) will celebrate 30 years of self-driving car technology on November 20.
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has completed a reconnaissance "walkabout" of the first outcrop it reached at the base of the mission's destination mountain and has begun a second pass examining selected rocks in the outcrop in more detail.
Students from 15 universities around the world took up a challenge to outfit an unmanned surface vehicle with sensors, computers and software, then get the vehicle to complete a course based on various maritime missions.
The University of Maryland (UMD) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site, located in California, Md., has received a Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly the Talon 240, designed and manufactured by UAV Solutions, Inc. of Jessup, Md.
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A team of Lockheed Martin and Kaman unmanned aircraft successfully demonstrated its ability to aid in firefighting operations. During the demonstration, the Indago quad rotor effectively identified hot spots, and provided data to an operator who directed the unmanned K-MAX helicopter to autonomously extinguish the flames. In one hour, the unmanned K-MAX helicopter lifted and dropped more than 24,000 pounds of water onto the fire.
Eighteen teams of young engineers-in-training competed for the right to call themselves world champion drone builders at the 22nd annual ASME Student Design Competition (SDC) finals today at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exhibition at Montreal's Palais des Congrès.
Hunton & Williams LLP announces the formation of a multidisciplinary Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Unit to assist clients with the legal complexities associated with the developing regulatory framework pertaining to commercial UAS (commonly known as “drones”), including issues related to regulations and the rulemaking process of the Federal Aviation Administration (such as Section 333 guidance), the National Transportation Safety Board, and other state and federal agencies.
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Precision Farming Market by Technology, Components, Application and Geography - Global Forecasts to 2020" report to their offering.
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