Tag: drones
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode242 – Nobel Peace Lies, Volkswagen Fraud, Happy Birthday
Ex-Nobel exec admits Obama’s “Peace Prize” a fraud; Volkswagen crashes after lying about carbon emission standards; Phony “Happy Birthday” copyright finally pulled from Warner.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode237 – 9/11 Hearings Canceled, No Djibouti Drones, Nuke Your ID
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode237 – 9/11 Hearings Canceled, No Djibouti Drones, Nuke Your ID Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: U.S. Military Cancels Hearing for 9/11 Suspects KSM “Confessed” To…
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Drones to scan for evidence of ancient civilizations in Amazonia
from popular-archaeology.com: A UK-led initiative to scan the Amazon rainforest for new signs of ancient settlements was announced at the 2015 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Jose, California. The project, which has already been awarded $1.9m grant from the European Research Council, will include conducting laser scans…
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Paris Has A Drone Problem
from theverge.com: Police in Paris yesterday detained three Al Jazeera journalists on charges of flying a drone without a license, marking the latest development in what’s been a bizarre week for a city still reeling from last month’s terrorist attacks. The arrests come amid growing anxiety surrounding unauthorized drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which…
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An Ad Company Is Flying Surveillance Drones Over Los Angeles
from motherboard.vice.com: An ad company’s drones have been quietly collecting location information from Los Angeles residents’ cell phones for nearly a month, and there’s likely not much anybody can do about it without regulations in place that cover what kinds of data drones can hoover up. Adnear, a global marketing company that specializes in collecting…
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Drone Detection Systems Provide Peace of Mind
from journal-neo.org: The scenario is in a dystopian future, where small, nearly undetectable unmanned flying machines are spying on the citizenry. These flying surveillance units hover overhead, peek into windows and have been known to carry a chemical weapons payload and can attack and kill. According to some pundits, that future has arrived. While drone…
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Drone ‘near miss’ with passenger plane close to Heathrow airport investigated
from theguardian.com: Air safety chiefs have investigated the first near miss between a passenger jet and a drone near Heathrow airport, amid fears that drones could pose a danger to commercial flights. The UK Airprox Board (UKAB), which will publish its findings on Friday, is expected to record an incident risk rating of A –…
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France Investigates Mystery Drones Over Nuclear Plants
from dw.de: Unidentified drones seen over several of France’s nuclear reactors in recent weeks prompted the French government to launch an investigation on Thursday. “Measures are being taken to know what these drones are and neutralize them,” French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told France Info Radio. According to the state electricity company EDF, the unmanned…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode206 – Hong Kong Protests, Holder History, ‘Kill The Messenger’ Movie
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode206 – Hong Kong Protests, Holder History, ‘Kill The Messenger’ Movie Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Hong Kong Erupts As Pro-Democracy Protests Bring 100,000 Into the…
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Inside Google’s Secret Drone-Delivery Program
from theatlantic.com: A zipping comes across the sky. A man named Neil Parfitt is standing in a field on a cattle ranch outside Warwick, Australia. A white vehicle appears above the trees, a tiny plane a bit bigger than a seagull. It glides towards Parfitt, pitches upwards to a vertical position, and hovers near him, a…
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FAA Grounds Amazon’s #Drone Delivery Plans…For Now
from arstechnica.com: The Federal Aviation Administration has said that online shopping powerhouse Amazon may not employ drones to deliver packages, at least not anytime soon. The revelation was buried in a FAA document (pdf) unveiled Monday seeking public comment on its policy on drones, or what the agency calls “model aircraft.” The FAA has maintained since…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode197 – ISIS In Iraq, Bergdahl Biopic, My Little @Dronie
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode197 – ISIS In Iraq, Bergdahl Biopic, My Little @Dronie Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Islamist Militant Group ISIS Takes Hold of Iraq ISIS Militants Attack…
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Disclosure of drone-strike victims dropped from Senate bill
from RT.com: At the request of US Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, US senators have removed a section from a crucial intelligence bill that would have required the White House to disclose information on those killed by US drone strikes overseas. The fiscal year 2014 intelligence authorization bill passed through the Senate Intelligence Committee…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode191 – Drones Justified, Net Neutrality, #MyNYPD
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode191 – Drones Justified, Net Neutrality, #MyNYPD Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Federal Judges Order Obama to Release Memo Justifying Assassination of Americans John Yoo Says…
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How 3D Printing Will Create On-Demand Swarms Of Disposable Drones
from gizmodo.com: New advances in 3D printing are making it not only possible but also viable to manufacture cheap, print-on-demand, disposable drones designed simply to soar off over the horizon and never come back. Some British engineers did just that, and this is only the beginning. The team hails from the Advanced Manufacturing Research Center…