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Google is testing solar-powered drones that deliver 5G internet
Brian Molidor
I’m sure we’ve all heard about Google’s plan to create a system of delivery drones by now, but deliveries aren’t the only thing Google wants to use drones for. According…
It looks like the Intel of Drones might end up being… Intel
Qualcomm has been called the Intel of Smartphones due to its dominance over the mobile processor market, and it’s been trying to achieve the same level of dominance over the drone…
These drones know when they’re entering restricted flying zones
Louie Baur
With the FAA having finally started implementing comfortable drone regulations, the most-popular drone manufacturer in the world has decided to appease the agency a bit with something called Geospatial Environment Online…
Snapdragon-powered drones will be smarter and more affordable
Commercial and consumer drones are exploding in popularity right now, and Qualcomm wants a piece of the action. Naturally, the company doesn’t want to sell its own drones, it wants…
More than 45,000 drone owners have already registered with the FAA
Rocco Penn
It looks like the threat of a massive fine and potential prison time was enough to convince more than 45,000 American drone owners to register with the FAA after just two days…
It looks like America’s drone registry will be public and fully searchable
Alfie Joshua
One of the biggest questions people have had about America’s upcoming drone registry is whether or not the personal information that’s given to the government as part of the registration…
Americans now have until February 19th to register their drones
This morning, the FAA made good on its promise to have a national drone registry in place before Christmas, and people who register their drones within the next thirty days…
Japan is using an interceptor drone to hunt down other drones
While regulators in the United States are still working on a legal solution to the ever-growing consumer drone problem, Japan has decided to fight fire with fire using a new…
GoPro’s first drone is called the Karma, and it launches next year
Some of the best GoPro videos out there have come from people who strapped a GoPro camera to a consumer drone and started shooting aerial footage, with some drones even…
China is banning drone-based deliveries in urban areas
Jesseb Shiloh
American and Chinese companies have been immensely interested in drone-based deliveries these past couple of years, which makes sense considering how those two countries have the largest e-commerce markets in the world, but…
The FAA may register drone pilots instead of the drones themselves
With commercial drones exploding in popularity, and the potential dangers of the emerging technology becoming more evident, the FAA has been trying to come up with a way to crack…
NVIDIA wants to power the autonomous robots of the future
NVIDIA is known to most people as a graphics card company, one that specializes in gaming computers, but the company has been trying to diversify these past couple of years.…
Google will start delivering packages via drone in 2017
Amazon and Google have been immensely interested in delivery drones for the past couple of years, but it looks like Google will be the first of the two to actually start using them. Both…
Amazon and Google have joined the FAA’s drone registration task force
Michio Hasai
This Christmas is going to create thousands and thousands of first-time drone owners, and the FAA want to have some proper regulations in place before anyone unwraps their flying safety hazard.…
GoPro has released some teaser footage for its upcoming drone
Remember a few months back when we started hearing rumors that GoPro was working on its own consumer drone? Well the company confirmed those rumors earlier this week when it…
Walmart wants to start testing delivery drones too
Ever since Amazon put the idea of delivery drones in the limelight, companies across the United States have been asking federal regulators for permission to begin testing their own delivery drone…
How would mandatory drone registrations affect Americans?
Carl Durrek
Commercial drones have been a major problem for federal regulators for a while now, especially since they can’t seem to find an acceptable, yet effective way to go about regulating…
The United States will soon require drones to be registered
Sal McCloskey
Commercial drones are far more dangerous than most people realize, as not only can they crash into things on the ground if not handled properly, they pose a massive threat to aircraft.…
