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 [...]
Continue Reading... Comments OffState 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 [...]
Continue Reading... Comments OffNew 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 [...]
Continue Reading... Comments OffLa 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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