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More than 2,400 dead as Obama’s drone campaign marks five years
If you’re a photographer, one sure way to get ooohs and aaahs these days is to strap your camera to a drone and snap some pictures from the air.
Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has unveiled the country’s first domestically made unmanned aerial vehicle. The drone is to help Quito fight drug traffic and will also be on sale in South America, costing “7 times less” than its Israeli equivalent.
An effort by President Obama to transfer America’s lethal, highly classified drone program from the CIA to the Pentagon appears to have been thwarted by lawmakers wielding a secret weapon of their own.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein opened her testimony at a hearing on unmanned aerial vehicles Wednesday by recounting the time she made a drone crash.
The original DJI Phantom quadcopter is now priced below US$500, and it's designed to carry a GoPro camera.
"Drone strikes take out a few bad guys to be sure, but they also kill a large number of innocent civilians. Given Yemen's tribal structure, the U.S. generates roughly forty to sixty new enemies for every AQAP operative killed by drones."
A new drone with the mammoth wingspan of a Boeing 757 is set to give the U.S. Navy some serious surveillance power.
If Jeff Bezos really wants to launch his own delivery drones, he might take a look at the flying bots that are already making deliveries for an even larger operation: the U.S. Marines.
Parrot, the maker of the AR.Drone (and Zik bluetooth headphones and Flower Power sensor) is back with two new 'bots: a tiny drone that rolls and a two-wheeled robot that can jump.
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The Guardian: "I worked on the US drone program. The public should know what really goes on"
Illinois passed a new state law that set back the efforts of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), making the use of drones to interfere with hunters and fishermen prohibited.
The United States Navy is planning to launch its $56 million underwater drone project in 2014.
Follow robotics closely enough, and every year seems like a big year.
Whenever I read comments by politicians defending the drone program – aka drones – I wish I could ask them a few questions. I'd start with: "How many women and children have you seen incinerated by a Hellfire missile?"
A Drone Survival Guide with hints and tips on how to thwart the “robotic birds” has been published on the internet.
A Drone Survival Guide with hints and tips on how to thwart the “robotic birds” has been published on the internet.
Experts Doubt Move Will Halt Soaring Violence
The Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 made quite a landing when it arrived last year.
DJI's quadrotor flyer gets an onboard camera and smartphone integration.
We've officially passed the point where "SkyNet" jokes go from being ironic references to "1984"-style warnings about the future.
Yemeni authorities offered 32 million YR and 100 guns as compensation to victims’ families as a result of Air raid that took place in Qaifah in the al-Baida governorate, leaving 25 killed and wounded last Thursday.
The Yemeni parliament has passed a resolution today banning all strikes by unmanned aerial drones.
Says January Signing Would Be Fine
A U.S. drone strike killed 15 people on their way to a wedding on Thursday near the town of Radaa, Yemen, according to local officials.
Fifteen people on their way to a wedding in Yemen were killed in an air strike after their party was mistaken for an al Qaeda convoy, local security officials said. The officials did not identify the plane in the strike in central al-Bayda province,
TEHRAN (FNA)- Another US drone strike hit the Hadramawt Province in Southeastern Yemen, destroying a truck and killing four unidentified people within.
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