Author Archives: NICOLAS_GOLLER

Innovation Profile: Skysense Charging Pad – One Step Closer to Autonomous Drones

By Nicolas Goller As drones become more popular and more widespread, they continue to be held back by the substantial amount of power needed to keep them aloft. Replacing batteries every half an hour is inconvenient at best. The innovative charging pad from German start-up Skysense looks to eliminate the hassle involved with keeping a drone aloft. Skysense […]

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Weekly Drones News Digest for February 20, 2015

By Ariel Herbert-Voss, Greyson Harness, and Nicolas Goller FAA Logos are property of the Federal Aviation Administration.    Drones and satellite flyovers reveal details about lost civilizations – 14 February 2015 During the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, three researchers from the European Research Council discussed how advances in imaging technologies […]

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With Cameras Come Consequences

A small little drone is not very intimidating if you just look at the craft itself. For five hundred dollars you can get a drone that can be carried around in a case smaller than a seven inch tablet and  still carry a GoPro. While terrorist usage of drones is a concern, most people are […]

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Weekly News Digest For October 26, 2014

Drone deliberately flown at plane above Essex sparking terror fears Published October 25, 2014 The UK Airprox board is worried that an ATR72 turbo-prop airplane’s near crash with a quadcopter is just the beginning. The plane was coming in to land at 1,500ft when the pilot saw a quadcopter flying along the edge of the […]

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