Next Big Trend: Robots That Follow You Around
• Wired.comDozens of robots will descend upon the Back Bay for the RoboBusiness conference in Boston this week. A few of them may even try following you home.
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Drones
Drone pilots battle it out in Star Wars-inspired race through French forest
• gizmag.comHere's one for Star Wars diehards. A group of drone pilots have taken their vehicles to a dense forest in the French Alps, weaving in and out of trees in a spectacle that paid homage to the high-stakes pod races of Episode 1: The Phantom Menace.
Anura drone folds up to fit in your pocket
• http://www.gizmag.comCould drone technology become so pervasive that soon you won't be comfortable leaving home without some form of quadcopter in your pocket?
Documenting the Next Generation of Drone Pilots
• http://www.vice.com, By Tom BreakwellDuring the 2010 White House Correspondents' Dinner, Barack Obama told the Jonas Brothers to stay away from his daughters. "I've got two words for you," he said, cueing up the punchline: "Predator drones. You'll never see it coming." The cro
Man Shoots Down Drone, Lawyers Scratch Their Heads
• .Shooting down a small drone is hard. But determining whether people should be allowed to do so may prove more difficult still. A man in New Jersey fired a shotgun at his neighbor's drone, and as the quadcopter crashed to the ground,
Reaper drones pinpoint Jihadi John...
• http://www.dailymail.co,Reaper drones pinpoint Jihadi John: Terrorist has been tracked by British forces but security chiefs fear 'kill or capture' mission would end in failure
Parrot Rolling Spider
• http://www.wired.com, by Liana BandziulisTiny Toy, Big Potential
The Extreme Micro Drone 2.0 With Aerial Camera
• gizmag.comYou've left it late, but there's still time to enjoy getting active in the last days of summer.
DailyMail: 98% of Deaths Caused by US Drone Attacks In Pakistan Are Of Innocent Civilians
• Daily Paul.comAmerica's deadly double tap drone attacks are 'killing 49 people for every known terrorist in Pakistan'
Incredible Close-Up Drone Video of an Erupting Volcano in Iceland
• Wired.comThis epic video isn't a CGI outtake from Lord of the Rings. It's proof that a guy with a quadcopter managed to get very, very close to an erupting Icelandic volcano—close enough to melt the face of the GoPro camera that shot the video.
Why Do Americans Hate Beheadings But Love Drone Killings?
• http://www.huffingtonpost.comThe answer lies in human psychology. And probably like the old observation about history, people who refuse to understand human psychology are doomed to be victims of psychological manipulation.
See Drones Draw Shapes in the Night Sky
• time.comRecently, we saw drones dance with Cirque du Soleil. In this video, you can watch drones paint the sky with light. Ars Electronica Futurelab calls them "Spaxels":
California's governor vetoes bill requiring warrants for drone use
• ReutersCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would have placed strict regulations on how law enforcement and other government agencies can use drones, his office said on Sunday.
L.A. Drone Activist Jailed Four Days After Refusing Deal to Revoke Right to Fly Them
• Photography Is Not a CrimeDaniel Saulmon, Southern Californian's notorious video activist, spent 4 days in a crowded county jail this week after refusing a plea deal that would have forbade him from flying his quadcopter for 2 years within Los Angeles County.
Stunning Drone Clip Reveals Massive Size Of Hong Kong Protest
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenFerguson was for amateurs.
Americas deadly double tap drone attacks are killing 49 people for every known terrorist in Pakistan
• Leon Watson, Daily MailJust one in 50 victims of America's deadly drone strikes in Pakistan are terrorists – while the rest are innocent civilians, a new report claimed today. The authoritative joint study, by Stanford and New York Universities, concludes that men, wo
A Wearable Camera That Would Turn Into a Drone and Fly Off Your Wrist
• http://gizmodo.comMeet Nixie, a wearable camera concept that flies off your wrist and turns into a remote-controlled quadcopter. It's the bizarre-yet-appealing wearable camera drone nobody asked for... and now I kind of want it.
Facebook Says Wi-Fi Drones Will Be Jumbo Jet-Sized
• popsci.comThe Internet is only one flying robot away.
Cirque du Soleil and ETH Zurich collaborate on human/drone performance
• http://www.gizmag.comFans of the Disney classic Fantasia will no doubt remember the Sorcerer's Apprentice segment of that film, in which a hapless Mickey Mouse accidentally brings an army of mops to life.
Drones Will Transform Sports Photography—Once the FAA Gets Out of the Way
• http://www.wired.comFor more than 50 years, the dramatic shot from a blimp floating high overhead has sent a clear message to TV viewers: You are watching a big-time event.
A Radical But Possible Plan to Connect African Nations With Cargo Drones
• http://www.wired.com, By J.M. LedgardI'm in Somalia, interviewing an al-Qaeda Shabab commander on a stretch of the malarial Jubba River.
A Military-Grade Drone That Can Be Printed Anywhere
• Wired.comA Military-Grade Drone That Can Be Printed Anywhere
Richard Branson Explains Why He Just Invested In Drones
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Eugene KimBillionaire entrepreneur and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson just made it official on Monday that he became the latest investor in 3D Robotics, a commercial drone company founded by ex-Wired Magazine chief editor Chris Anderson.
Kissinger: Drones have killed more civilians than the bombing of Cambodia in the Vietnam War
• Jon Greenberg, Tampa Bay TimesMost organizations report a range of civilian drone casualties. For the purposes of this fact-check, we used only the largest estimates, so the highest number we could find was 1,089. In Cambodia, between 50,000 and 150,000 from USA bombing.
Texas Police Detain Man for Aerial Photography at College Football Game
• .Texas cops arrested a man for taking pictures with an unmanned aerial vehicle over the Texas Memorial Stadium during the first football game of the season. Texas is one of a number of states ? that have criminalized aerial photography.
Pentagon set to open second drone base in Niger as it expands operations in Africa
• http://www.washingtonpost.com, By Craig WhitlockThe Pentagon is preparing to open a drone base in one of the remotest places on Earth: an ancient caravan crossroads in the middle of the Sahara.
This Video Of An Unmanned F-16 Fighter Dodging A Missile ....
• Business InsiderThe military plane of the future is not likely to have anyone actually inside the aircraft, and a new video released from Boeing gives us a glimpse into what that could look like.
Google drones tested in Queensland
• smh.com.auA Queensland farm on the Darling Downs has become the unlikely testing ground of one of the most technologically advanced Google projects that could see autonomous drones deliver anything from chocolate to life-saving medicines.
US Drones Are Flying Over ISIS Areas In Syria ? Without Assad's Approval
• Business InsiderU.S. President Barack Obama authorized sending surveillance aircraft, including drones, into Syrian airspace to gather intelligence on extremists ISIS militants, senior U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal.
Iran TV Shows off Allegedly Downed Israeli Drone
• http://abcnews.go.com, By NASSER KARIMIIran's state TV on Monday broadcast footage purported to show an Israeli drone the country's Revolutionary Guard claimed to have shot down over the weekend near an Iranian nuclear site.
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