Seems like most likely the first UAS ever flown inside the NY Public Library. If you haven’t been there, go. Everyone in the video was involved in the shoot and lots of safety precautions were taken and no books were harmed in the making of this video. Continue reading
Category Archives: VTOL
Flying an AR Parrot with Google Glass is “Like Being a Bird”
The walls of Fredia Huya-Kouadio’s apartment are scuffed up. They’ve got black marks all over them, from the times his AR Parrot has crashed into them. But these days, it happens much less often: Huya-Kouadio has successfully managed to fly it using just Google Glass. Continue reading
Public Safety Award for sUAS Programme in Canada
Earlier this week, two members of the Halton Regional Police Service were bestowed with a prestigious award during the 2013 International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in Philadelphia.
The “Excellence in Police Aviation” award, sponsored by Bell Helicopter, was accepted by Detective Dave Banks and Constable Andrew Olesen for their efforts in the concept, research, formation and operation of a small Unmanned Aircraft System programme for the police service. Continue reading
Prox Dynamics Gets $2.5M US Army Black Hornet Contract
US Army researchers are asking a Norwegian company to develop a pocket-sized helicopter drone to provide a personal reconnaissance unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for infantrymen and Special Forces warfighters. Continue reading
PETA Launches UAS Fleet to Monitor Hunters
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has launched a project to use hobby-class UAS to monitor hunters and capture any “illegal or cruel hunting practices.” Continue reading
Australian Start-Up Combines Data Analysis with UAS Operations for Agriculture
Farmers and resource managers in Australia’s mid-west are set to reap the benefits of the latest technology that pairs computer programming with unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
Art Show Using Footage from UAS Opens in Hong Kong
A trio of miniature UAS have been deployed to monitor thousands of Hongkongers as they walk through the Tsim Sha Tsui subway this month – all in the name of art.
Aermatica Flies Commercial UAS in Non-Segregated Airspace in Italy
Aermatica‘s ANTEOS UAS has reached an new new milestone by obtaining permission to fly in non-segregated airspace also in industrial environment from the local civil aviation authority (ENAC). Continue reading