Tag: drones
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Dirigible Drones Will Watch the World From 13 Miles Up
from wired.com: With UAVs crowding navigable airspace and plans underway to put giant mega-satellites into orbit, it was just a matter of time before a drone-satellite hybrid was developed to fit between the two spaces. StratoBus, a new project out of France, is conceptualized to do just that. Designed to be about the length of a…
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Navy Submarine Drones Will Predict the Weather Months In Advance
from Strat Risks: In the next decade, Navy scientists will be able to predict the weather as far as 90 days into the future with the help of mathematical models, satellites, and submarine drones. The mathematical models are the most important element in the ocean and weather prediction cocktail. But making those models perform at a…
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Drone With 80,000 Volt Taser Is Worrying Glimpse Into Future
from huffingtonpost.com: A drone affectionately called ‘CUPID’ has been equipped with an 80,000 volt taser and has successfully killed taken out a human, helpfully mapping out the sci-fi predicted future of humanity… CUPID —> Robocop —> Skynet —> Terminators —> No more people. Designed by Chaotic Moon, the Chaotic Unmanned Personal Intercept Drone (y’see?) was…
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New World Next Week: Episode184 – Osama Sources, Russian Resignation, IBM Food Truck
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode184 – Osama Sources, Russian Resignation, IBM Food Truck 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: Osama bin Laden’s Son-in-Law Trial Begins in New York City FBI Had…
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Deadline Live: Jack Blood on Media/Memes
Media Monarchy joins Jack Blood this month to break down spook TV, Mumia media, drone drills, ‘this day in history’ and much more on Deadline Live! Download/Subscribe
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With ‘Drone To Home’ Service, Netflix Uses Satire Against Amazon
from nytimes.com: Netflix on Tuesday released a satirical video promising “Drone to Home” delivery of DVDs to customers, taking an obvious swipe at Amazon’s plan to deliver items to consumers via small octocopters, a.k.a. drones… Barely a minute long, the video purports to show a Netflix warehouse with cute little copters flying off carrying the…
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Oregon Community College Prepares Course In Drones Operations
from storyleak.com: A course in drone piloting will likely be available to students at the Central Oregon Community College this fall, as schools across the country begin offering degrees in unmanned aerial systems. Just last December, the Federal Aviation Administration approved Oregon’s request to become one of the country’s six designated drone testing sites. As…
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Washington State House Passes Drones Restriction Bill
from sfgate.com: Two bills that would restrict the use of drones and government surveillance in Washington state have been passed by the House. House Bill 2178 passed by a vote of 92-6 Monday. It would ban the unauthorized use of drones, or other unmanned aircraft with sensing devices, in the airspace above private property. Under…
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Sochi 2014 Security Updates
The Sochi Olympic Games and the Threat of a Terrorist Attack. Who is Behind the Caucasus Terrorists? Putin says Boston marathon bombing by Chechen brothers justifies intense Sochi security Putin’s ‘ring of steel’ becomes obvious at Olympics Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/02/04/216915/putins-ring-of-steel-becomes-obvious.html#storylink=cpy Snow cannons to surveillance boxes, here’s the tech at play in Sochi Journalists to…
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Total Drone Deaths in Pakistan Top 2,000
from allgov.com: More than 2,200 people have been killed by U.S. drones operating in Pakistan since 2006, according to a report obtained by the U.K.-based group The Bureau for Investigative Journalism. The document, compiled by the Pakistani government, lists the date and time of each strike, the number of people killed and injured in each…
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New World Next Week: Episode180 – #SOTU? STFU!, 3D Printer Patent, Drone Rustlers Update
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode180 – #SOTU? STFU!, 3D Printer Patent, Drone Rustlers Update 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: Obama Misleads Nation on Iran Deal Obama Brought 60,000 Troops Home…
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Army prepares to replace thousands of troops with military robots
from rt.com: An all-out drone war seems inevitable given the rapid rate at which battlefield technology is advancing in this day and age, but a United States Army commander expects an arsenal of robotic warriors could be but a few years away. Gen. Robert Cone, the chief of the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command, said…
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Joining a Handful of Other Cities, Lincoln, Nebraska Bans Police #Drones
from motherboard.vice.com: In two sentences, Mayor Chris Beutler of Lincoln, Nebraska has grounded any aspirations for unmanned aerial vehicles within his police department. As part of a comprehensive executive order on police surveillance activities, Mayor Beutler curtly singled out drones as clearly prohibited. “Drones are not authorized under this policy or any other Lincoln Police…
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#Pentagon puts Hellfire missile, #drone deliveries to #Iraq on fast track
from endthelie.com: Washington has decided to expedite delivery of missiles and reconnaissance drones to Iraq. The move comes after the US said it would not return to assist Baghdad’s forces, despite the country plunging deeper into a fight against Al-Qaeda-linked rebels. The latest promise of sophisticated military hardware to Iraq, which continues to struggle against…
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#Google Glass Military Ambitions: SWAT and Fully Unmanned Military Special Ops Teams
from blacklistednews.com: Special operations teams handling tactical maneuvers for U.S. military and law enforcement could become the next viable industries for Google Glass. It could explain some of the acquisitions the company made late last year. Picture a 10-person special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team surrounding a home where an armed gunman barricaded himself. Each…