Archive for the ‘drones’ category: Page 150
Sep 9, 2016
Drones armed with anti-laser lasers that trick controls of enemy lasers into missing the drone
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: drones, energy, military
To defend against military lasers, Adsys Controls of Irvine, California, has created Helios, which can be carried on drones. To do much damage, an offensive laser needs to remain focused on its target for several seconds. Helios stops a laser from doing this by disrupting the systems controlling the beam – the Achilles’ heel for all such weapons. “Beam control is a critical function of high-energy lasers,” says Adsys CEO Brian Goldberg.
Helios can detect an incoming laser beam and identify its key characteristics, such as power, wavelength, pulse frequency and its source. Helios then interferes with the beam control – possibly by firing back a low-power laser of its own – so the attacking laser cannot fix on the target. “It provides permanent protection,” says Goldberg. “It’s not just buying time.”
He will not say exactly how the interference is done, but it may involve fooling the control system into thinking it is hitting its target despite the laser actually pointing a few metres to the side. A direct hit would have produced a big burst of reflected light, so a pulse sent back by an anti-laser laser could make it look like the original laser was on target.
Sep 7, 2016
Dobby Selfie-Drone: Hands-On
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: drones, entertainment
Sep 7, 2016
Mercedes-Benz and Matternet unveil vans that launch delivery drones
Posted by Andreas Matt in categories: drones, robotics/AI
Mercedes-Benz Vans and drone tech startup Matternet have created a concept car, or as they’re calling it a Vision Van, that could change the way small packages are delivered across short distances.
The Vision Van’s rooftop serves as a launch and landing pad for Matternet’s new, Matternet M2 drones.
The Matternet M2 drones, which are autonomous, can pick up and carry a package of 4.4 pounds across 12 miles of sky on a single battery charge in real world conditions.
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Sep 7, 2016
How robots, drones and artificial intelligence will change everything
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, drones, economics, food, media & arts, robotics/AI, virtual reality
Silicon Valley, or the Greater Bay Area, is the 18th largest economy in the world, more than half the size of Canada’s economy and bigger than Switzerland, Saudi Arabia or Turkey. This is because the region has become the world leader in research and development of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, software and virtual reality.
“Software is eating the world,” said Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreessen famously in 2011. It was controversial but prescient.
Five years later, software-driven machines and drones perform surgery, write news stories, compose music, translate, analyze, wage war, guard, listen, speak and entertain. The world’s biggest box office hits — animated films such as “Frozen” or special effects in Hollywood blockbusters like “Star Wars” — are made using software.
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Sep 6, 2016
Intel to Acquire Movidius: Accelerating Computer Vision through RealSense for the Next Wave of Computing
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: computing, drones, robotics/AI, virtual reality
Combined with Intel’s Existing Assets, Movidius Technology – for New Devices Like Drones, Robots, Virtual Reality Headsets and More – Positions Intel to Lead in Providing Computer Vision and Deep Learning Solutions from the Device to the Cloud.
Sep 4, 2016
Aquila’s First Flight
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: drones, internet, solar power, sustainability
Aquila — facebook’s solar powered internet drone
The internet provides information, opportunity and human connection, yet less than half the world has access. We’re proud to announce the successful first test flight of #Aquila, the solar airplane we designed to bring internet access to people living in remote locations. This innovative plane has the wingspan of an airliner but weighs less than a small car and flies on roughly the power of three blow dryers — incredible!
Source: #facebook
Aug 31, 2016
What Mind-Controlled Drones Mean for the Future of Digital Marketing
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, drones, finance, government, neuroscience, robotics/AI, wearables
Luv this article because it hits a very important topic of how will things change with BMI/ mind control technology in general. For example with BMI will we need wearable devices? if so, what type and why? Also, how will banking, healthcare, businesses, hospitality, transportation, media and entertainment, communications, government, etc. in general will change with BMI and AI together? And, don’t forget cell circuitry, and DNA storage and processing capabilities that have been proven to date and advancing.
When you take into account what we are doing with synthetic biology, BMI, AI, and QC; we are definitely going to see some very amazing things just within the next 10 years alone.
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