In what could well have been an April 1 message, the world’s largest BitTorrent site announced that intends to redefine “cloud computing” with a plan to move at least some of its servers onto unmanned aircraft miles above Sweden. Continue reading
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Autonomous, Roaming Swarm Creates Temporary Local Wi-Fi Network
Electronic Countermeasures @ GLOW Festival NL 2011 from liam young on Vimeo.
The Electronic Countermeasures project is essentially an autonomous, roaming Internet swarm, constructed from repurposed UAS. Continue reading
Queensland Police Test UAS for Surveillance
Police in Queensland, Australia, are testing a hi-tech surveillance UAS that can be used to chase criminals, detect drug crops and find missing people all at a fraction of the cost of a helicopter. Continue reading
New MAVinci Software Release Includes Multi Flight Planning Tool
With the new 2.4 MAVinci Desktop Release, MAVinci introduces a novelity on the UAS market: the advanced Multi Flight Planning Tool for mapping applications. Continue reading
Israel Swapped UAS Data Link Codes with Russia – WikiLeaks
Israel and Russia contracted a deal several years ago under which Israel provided Russia with codes for UAS it sold to Georgia in exchange for Iranian aerial defence system codes. Continue reading
Hexacopter Films Inside Dutch Parliament Building
Aerial photography company Aerialtronics, based in The Hague, Netherlands, just posted this scoop video taken of one of its Altura Hexacopters flying inside the Dutch Parliament. Continue reading
Syria Uses Iranian UAS to Monitor Rebellion
This amateur video recorded few days ago shows an unmanned aircraft flying over Kafr Batna, a small suburb of Damascus, Syria. Continue reading
UAS Privacy Concerns in Germany
Germany’s armed forces and police currently operate 331 high-tech UAS inside and outside the country, and the government intends to swell the fleet, according to a media report that has alarmed civil rights advocates. Continue reading