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Jul 18, 2018

Drones are checking up on insurance claims to look for fraudsters

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Insurance companies are training hundreds of drone pilots to check property damage from the air to make sure claims are legitimate.

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Jul 9, 2018

This drone can fly dangerous missions for the military in areas where helicopters can’t reach

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, drones, food, military, robotics/AI

Tactical Robotics’ Cormorant drone design allows it to navigate tight areas where a helicopter’s blades would get caught on the environment. The remote-controlled military drone can transport two injured people from a battle zone. The Israeli-based company believes the drone could one day also be used to inspect bridges, deliver medical supplies and spray crops.

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Jun 30, 2018

Kroger will use autonomous vehicles to deliver groceries this fall

Posted by in categories: drones, robotics/AI

Gradually automating the entire grocery store process. From initial delivery of products to the store/warehouse. To a store that will be optional to go to, but if you do want to go into the store it will be almost fully automated, to delivery drones and self driving vehicles that will bring you your order in under an hour. That is what Amazon is really up to.


Self-driving delivery startup Nuro scores major deal with Kroger.

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Jun 30, 2018

MyDefence Launches PITBULL – Wearable Counter UAS Jammer

Posted by in categories: drones, wearables

MyDefence is launching PITBULL – a next generation wearable Counter UAS solution utilizing smart jamming to defeat enemy drones. PITBULL is developed to have minimal impact on other signals while jamming, in an effort to maintain own communication. The Counter UAS jammer weighs 775 grams and can be worn on the uniform.

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Jun 26, 2018

China’s hypersonic military projects include spaceplanes and rail guns

Posted by in categories: drones, military, space travel

China’s hypersonic progress ranges from increasing scramjet testing and cheaper drones, to keeping its lead in railguns.

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Jun 24, 2018

China takes surveillance to new heights with flock of robotic Doves, but do they come in peace?

Posted by in categories: drones, robotics/AI, surveillance

China has built a flock of robotic Doves, but do they come in peace?


Hi-tech drones that look and move like real birds have already flown over restive Xinjiang region.

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Jun 24, 2018

Chip upgrade helps miniature drones navigate

Posted by in categories: computing, drones

Researchers at MIT, who last year designed a tiny computer chip tailored to help honeybee-sized drones navigate, have now shrunk their chip design even further, in both size and power consumption.

The team, co-led by Vivienne Sze, associate professor in MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), and Sertac Karaman, the Class of 1948 Career Development Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, built a fully customized from the ground up, with a focus on reducing and size while also increasing processing speed.

The new computer chip, named “Navion,” which they are presenting this week at the Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits, is just 20 square millimeters—about the size of a LEGO minifigure’s footprint—and consumes just 24 milliwatts of , or about one-thousandth the energy required to power a lightbulb.

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Jun 23, 2018

Meet PowerDolphin the UNDERWATER drone!

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You can now explore the ocean while sipping a pina colada on the beach!

Courtesy: PowerVision Europe

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Jun 21, 2018

‘Stealth sheet’ hides hot objects from prying infrared eyes

Posted by in categories: drones, materials

Infrared cameras are the heat-sensing eyes that help drones find their targets, even in the dead of night or through heavy fog.

Hiding from such detectors could become much easier, thanks to a new cloaking material that renders objects—and people—practically invisible.

“What we have shown is an ultrathin stealth ‘sheet.’ Right now, what people have is much heavier metal armor or thermal blankets,” says Hongrui Jiang, the Lynn H. Matthias Professor and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Jun 19, 2018

Will future war be about ultra-massive drones swarms and super-weapons somewhat like Ender’s Game?

Posted by in categories: drones, futurism

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