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Gadgets

How Google And Amazon Plan To Manage The Crowded Skies

January 12, 2016

Via: Pymnts

Commercial drones (as opposed to their weaponized military-grade cousins) went from being something of a punchline a few years ago to a fully anticipated part of day-to-day life as 2016 gets underway. And as two of the more primary moving […]


Editorial, Gadgets, Products

Tech gifts with a twist – a holiday list (2)

December 22, 2015

Via: James Hughes

This week we continue our tech gifts suggestions list – with the second part of our list with a twist. The twist would be that for each category the tech gifts are meant to surprise in a certain way: either […]


Gadgets

Drones of the future could fly for hours thanks to hydrogen fuel cells

December 17, 2015

Via: Boy Genius

The rise of the drone as a tool and a toy has led to plenty of privacy and safety concerns, but consumers are far more interested in the technical limitations of the product than its potential impact on the world. If you’ve […]


Gadgets

People are still getting in trouble for flying drones near the White House

October 12, 2015

Via: itCurated

If you’ve treated yourself to a shiny new drone recently, please don’t fly it in areas where law enforcement agencies are likely to get jumpy at the sight of an unidentified aircraft. An American man has just received a criminal […]


Editorial, Gadgets

Corporate drones – not what you might think

August 18, 2015

Via: IT Curated

Building on the “drudge” meaning of “drone”, the more recent employment of the term corporate drones often stands for a corporate employee lacking any individual personality and opinion. Think again – the term is about to redefine itself along with […]


Wireless

Facebook getting close to 10 gigabit per second internet delivered from solar powered drones with 737 wingspan

August 4, 2015

Via: itCurated

Facebook successfully tested a new laser that can transmit data at 10 gigabits per second. That’s ten times faster than any previous system, and it can accurately connect with a point the size of a dime from more than 10 […]


Gadgets

California Lawmakers Want to Let Emergency Responders Disable Drones

July 23, 2015

Via: Matt Novak

Last week firefighting crews couldn’t do their job because five amateur drones were circling the area. And this wasn’t the first time. Drones are getting in the way, and some lawmakers in California want to change all that. Specifically they’d […]