Concept: drone-launching drones aim to aid in disaster relief
• http://www.dvice.com, Colin Druce-McFaddenIn the event of some unforeseen future disaster, the likelihood of drones taking part in an emergency response team is growing.
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How Low Is The Sky? And More Questions A Drone Legal Case Might Resolve
• http://www.popsci.com, By Kelsey D AthertonAn upcoming trial could change the way the FAA deals with unmanned aircraft.
Pakistani Lawyer For Drone Strike Victims Misses Drone Conference After Visa Troubles
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com, Matt SledgeThere was no shortage of industry representatives scheduled for a conference on drones this weekend.
Malala Yousafzai tells Obama drones are 'fueling terrorism'
• http://www.mcclatchydc.com, Lesley ClarkPresident Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama met in the Oval Office Friday with Malala Yousafzai, the Pakastani girl who was shot in the head on her school bus by Taliban gunmen for criticizing their rule, including banning education for girls.
How Low Is The Sky? And More Questions A Drone Legal Case Might Resolve
• popsci.comAn upcoming trial could change the way the FAA deals with unmanned aircraft.
Drone Pilot Fights for Right to Profit in the Unmanned Skies
• http://www.wired.com, By David KravetsOn June 30, 1956, two airliners flying over the Grand Canyon collided. All 128 passengers and crew aboard the planes perished. It was the first U.S. air disaster with more than 100 fatalities. The accident made clear that the nation’s burgeoning air-
Soon, Drones May Be Able to Make Lethal Decisions on Their Own
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Joshua FoustScientists, engineers and policymakers are all figuring out ways drones can be used better and more smartly, more precise and less damaging to civilians, with longer range and better staying power. One method under development is by increasing autono
Why America Wants Drones That Can Kill Without Humans
• .Drones may have the technical ability to make lethal decisions autonomously: to respond to a programmed set of inputs, select a target and fire their weapons without a human reviewing or checking the result. Yet the idea is sparking controversy.
Aerospace Company Develops Drone That Can Fly Continuously For 5 Years
• CBS NewsAn aerospace company has presented its design “atmospheric satellites” that fly at 65,000 feet and provide drone-like services such as live-mapping and monitoring narcotics trafficking. Such drones: which can fly continuously for nearly 5 years,
The FBI Has Been Using Drones Domestically Since 2006
• http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler DurdenIt seems the feds decided to simply skip over such a quaint notion and deploy them without telling anyone. Back in December of last year, I highlighted a press release from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) about current drone flights in the U
No, Drones Are Not 'Useless' In Most Wars
• popsci.comAir Force Gen. Mike Hostage says drones are worthless in contested airspace. They are, but here's why that doesn't matter.
Air Force’s unmanned F-16 fighter jet completes first flight
• http://rt.comThe US Air Force and the Boeing aerospace and defense corporation announced they have successfully converted a retired F-16 into a drone.
US Drone Strikes in Pakistan: “Naming the Dead”
• http://www.globalresearch.ca, By Rachel OldroydThe Bureau of Investigative Journalism has launched an ambitious new project aiming to identify as many as possible of those killed by CIA drones in Pakistan.
Before FEMA Arrived, Private Drone Mapped Colorado Flooding [Updated]
• popsci.comAn 8-foot drone did what larger aircraft couldn't in the wake of devastating rains.
DARPA’s Plan to Flood the Sea With Drones, Carrying More Drones
• Wired.comDARPA, the Pentagon’s research agency, has recently revealed its plans to boost the Navy’s response to threats in international waters by developing submerged unmanned platforms that can be deployed at a moment’s notice.
Spare us the Hypocrisy Over Chemical Weapons, America. What about Agent Orange?
• Lewrockwell.comJohn Kerry is at it again. According to the BBC, the US Secretary of State has stridently asserted that the Syrian president’s use of chemical weapons, on August 21, crossed a “global red line”.
Drones Are Now Delivering Packages In One Chinese City
• http://www.popsci.com, By Kelsey D. AthertonLike robot courier pigeons, with about the same carrying capacity
Defibrulators for everyone, courtesy of drones
• dvice.comSo, let's say you and your pals are hanging around Germany sometime soon.
Launch This New 9-Hour Solar-Powered Drone from Your Shoulder
• http://www.wired.com,A new small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) boasts something no other has been able to do thus far: continuous flight for 9 hours and all on the clean energy of solar power.
A Quadcopter Drone For Curious Civilians
• Wired.comMost unmanned aerial vehicles are intended for government use.
Florida plans to use drones for 'mosquito control'
• naturalnews.comA Florida state government agency is planning to implement a unique and seemingly innocuous way to violate the privacy of some residents: deploy a spy drone and call it a "mosquito control" effort.
Launch This New 9-Hour Solar-Powered Drone from Your Shoulder
• Wired.comA new small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) boasts something no other has been able to do thus far: continuous flight for 9 hours and all on the clean energy of solar power.
The 10 Weirdest Robots At This Year's Drone Show
• http://www.popsci.com, By Kelsey D. AthertonA $38,000 piece of Styrofoam, a pop-up drone-in-a-can, and more!
Inside Americas Dirty Wars: How 3 US citizens were killed by their own government in 1 month in 2011
• Jeremy Scahill, The NationAt the White House, President Obama was faced with a decision—not of morality or legality, but of timing. He had already sentenced Anwar al-Awlaki to death without trial. A secret legal authorization had been prepared and internal administration crit
Official: Embassy Attack Threat “Had No Basis in Fact”
• InfoWarsA high-ranking Yemeni security official told McClatchy the Obama administration’s terror threat which supposedly targeted US embassies had “no basis in fact” and was manufactured merely to dampen opposition to drone strikes.
Swarms of drones could soon be lurking silently beneath the waves
• dvice.comSoon to be officially proposed by DARPA (or the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, for the uninitiated), Project Hydra will be a drone-launching unmanned submarine.
US officials cite deadly drone strike in Yemen to defend NSA spying operations
• Thomas GaistThe US is known to have bombarded targets in Yemen with twelve missile strikes so far this year, following a total of forty strikes in 2012. At least 24 children under the age of 18 have been killed by US strikes against Yemen.
America Bombs Yemen; Americans urged to leave
• CNNA pair of suspected U.S. drone strikes killed four al Qaeda militants in Yemen as the United States maintained a heightened security alert in the country and urged all Americans to leave immediately.
How real is the threat posed by al-Qaeda?
• aljazeera.comWe examine the connection between a series of prison breaks and the closure of Western embassies across the Middle East.
Protesting the Killer Drones
• The International LibertarianThe description from the Facebook event page reads: It has been announced that a multi-million-dollar Drone Command Center will be established by Oct. 1 at the Horsham Air Guard Station, controlling deadly Hunter/Killer MQ-9 "Reaper" Drones. The
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