Monthly Archives: February 2013

• Fox Business: Five Reasons Robot Cars are Inevitable

  Posted on February 12, 2013 by auvsiadmin in News, Spotlight on Programs.

  Five Reasons Robot Cars are Inevitable Robot cars are coming — and probably much sooner than you think. While flying cars never took off and the Segway was hardly the game-changer it was hyped to be, cars that drive themselves are set to transform the way society gets from point A to point B. Google [...]

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• RGJ: State official sees bright Nevada future for UAS technology

  Posted on February 11, 2013 by auvsiadmin in Jobs + Economy, News.

  State official sees bright Nevada future for UAS technology State leaders see the unmanned aerial vehicle industry (drones) becoming a big part of the Nevada economy, a state official told lawmakers at the Legislature. Nevada is already is a center for the military deployment of this flying technology, but the state sees many commercial applications [...]

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  New York Times: Universities offer degrees in unmanned aircraft systems

  Posted on February 7, 2013 by auvsiadmin in News, STEM Education and Learning.

  New York Times: Universities offer degrees in unmanned aircraft systems Charles A. Taylor loves radio-controlled model airplanes — a hobby, he decided, that could give him a leg up in a potentially lucrative new industry: drones. Mary A. Wallace expected to end up in management at an airport or airline but switched majors to remotely piloted [...]

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  La Junta Tribune Democrat: High-flying crop imaging ready for take-off

  Posted on February 1, 2013 by auvsiadmin in News, STEM Education and Learning.

  La Junta Tribune Democrat: High-flying crop imaging ready for take-off Small, unmanned aircraft systems equipped with high-powered cameras capable of capturing pictures and video with amazing precision could be coming soon to a farm near you. “You can map an entire section of land at one-inch resolution in about 18 minutes, something that would take [...]

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