Drones for Kids? The Youth Market is Booming
Marketers know that kids are an important demographic. Kids have purchasing power in their own right but they also influence their parents’ buying decisions – and they’re tomorrow’s adult consumers.…
Calls Growing for Federal Action to Combat Drone Espionage
Drone industry watchers have debated for years how vulnerable their aircraft are to being hacked. Some opportunistic companies have promoted dire and unrealistic scenarios of terrorists wresting control of commercial…
Drone’s Biggest Flop Is About to Make a Comeback
It was once considered the drone industry’s biggest flop. Ten years ago, Jeff Bezos, then President and CEO at Amazon, announced plans to start delivering the company’s products directly to…
More Drones Are Monitoring America’s Southern Border
Protecting America’s 2000-mile long southern border with Mexico is a major component of our country’s national security strategy. The clandestine pathways that allow tens of thousands of illegal immigrants to…
Next Generation Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Could Improve Drone Performance
One of the big challenges drone users face is how to keep their battery powered up during an extended flight. While drone batteries are large and relatively heavy, they do…
Wind Drones Explore the Uncharted Depths of The World’s Oceans
How much do we really know about the dynamics of the world’s vast oceans? Very little, according to Sebastien de Helleux, a French computer scientist and explorer who has pioneered…
Detect-and-Avoid Technology Can Avert Mid-Air Drone Collisions
With so many drones filling the nation’s skies, it’s no wonder that the threat of commercial and private aircraft colliding with one has become an issue of concern to federal…
Drone-Like “Hexa” Joins the US Special Operations Arsenal
It looks like a giant drone but flies just like a helicopter. But the US Air Force (USAF)’s experimental new “Hexa” – standing ten feet tall with a “halo”…
More U.S. Police Agencies Employing Drones
A growing number of law enforcement agencies have begun using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for mass surveillance, crime investigation, search and rescue operations, locating stolen goods, and surveying land and…
Farmers Using Drones to Help Prevent Crop Damage from Birds and Bugs
Could drones be effective as aerial scarecrows protecting the nation’s crops from bird pests? It’s an intriguing possibility that researchers at Washington State University (WSU) are exploring through a series…