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Mar 11, 2019

A Drone You Control With Your Mind Is About to Hit Kickstarter

Posted by in categories: drones, neuroscience

A Kickstarter campaign is launching on Tuesday for a drone you control with your mind.

The mind-controlled drone is the work EEGSmart, a Chinese company focused on the development of brain-machine interface (BMI) technology — and according to New Atlas writer Loz Blain, who got a chance to test the device, “It’s not perfect, but it does give a glimpse of a mind-controlled future.”

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Mar 2, 2019

Rwanda Has Just Completed Over 10,000 Deliveries of Health Supplies Via Medical Drones

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, drones, health

Rwanda’s advancements on the technological front have been dazzling, with that enviable touch of innovation. Ever since deliveries of health supplies through drones commenced in 2016, the stats have been phenomenal.

To date, over 10,000 health supply deliveries have been completed and this is such a huge feat. Medical drones were launched in October 2016, in partnership with #Zipline Inc. Rwanda is the first country on the continent, and in the world to have such services in the health sector. Such monumental success easily makes Rwanda’s healthcare system among the best in Africa.


Rwanda has completed over 10,000 deliveries of health supplies by medical drones.

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Feb 26, 2019

Boeing Will Unveil This ‘Loyal Wingman’ Combat Drone For Australia’s Air Force Tomorrow (Updated)

Posted by in category: drones

Boeing reportedly developed the all-new stealthy drone specifically for the Australians as part of a classified program.

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Feb 19, 2019

The British Military Is Working on Anti-Aircraft Drone Swarms

Posted by in categories: drones, military

A swarm of 150 drones buzzed over Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine’s head during this year’s Super Bowl half time show, spelling out the words “One Love.”

It was a dazzling display of drone technology — and military developers in the United States and United Kingdom are increasingly interested in using something similar, but with a very different goal in mind: to surround enemy aircraft, confusing them and forcing them out of the sky.

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Feb 17, 2019

These Tree-Planting Drones Are About To Start An Entire Forest From The Sky

Posted by in categories: drones, engineering

Villages have spent years replanting mangroves along the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar. Now their work will go much faster, with some help from above.

“We are now racing against time to rebuild the green shield in order to protect the most vulnerable people.” [Photo: BioCarbon Engineering].

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Feb 14, 2019

This Giant Cargo Drone Can Carry 500 Pound Pods Hundreds of Miles

Posted by in category: drones

A hybrid powertrain could give it a range of 300 miles.

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Feb 12, 2019

FAA will require drones to display registration numbers externally

Posted by in category: drones

You have until February 23rd to mark the number on the outside of your drone.

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Feb 6, 2019

Here’s the Army’s now-patented EMP rifle attachment for taking out small drones

Posted by in categories: drones, engineering, military

A U.S. Army engineer’s idea to turn the standard M4 rifle into an electromagnetic pulse gun recently got the nod from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

James E. Burke, electronics engineer at the U.S. Army’s Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, received U.S. patent 10,180,309 on Tuesday, giving the Army intellectual property protections on Burke’s “Electromagnetic Pulse Transmitter Muzzle Adapter.”

This invention would enable a single soldier in a ground unit to destroy enemy electronics, such as small drones or improvised explosive devices, by attaching a special blank-firing adapter to their rifle’s muzzle, then firing a shot.

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Feb 6, 2019

AlphaPilot AI Drone Innovation Challenge

Posted by in categories: drones, robotics/AI

Register now! We’re calling on the world’s greatest minds to achieve a new milestone for the future of artificial intelligence and autonomous flight.

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Feb 5, 2019

Penny-Sized Ionocraft Flies With No Moving Parts

Posted by in categories: drones, robotics/AI

The development of utility fog just took a significant step forward. The projected size for miniaturization is mm size. With increased nanofabrication should come sub-millimeter.

Absolutely no moving parts, either.

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