CAN BIRDS BE TRAINED TO BRING DOWN DRONES? This article by popular science explores the relationship between aerial vehicles and birds. The article discusses the possibility of training birds to attack drones, using drones to train birds, and the dangers of their interactions. The article interviews many hawk trainers and their opinions of hawk and […]
On October 27, 2014, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a new Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) that bans the use of “unmanned aircraft and remote controlled aircraft” near stadiums. The move comes in the wake of a number of reports worldwide, including within the United States, of “drone” use at sporting events. Though these incidents […]
I got the opportunity to speak with The Drone Girl blogger, Sally French. Nicolas Goller: Hello, please introduce yourself! Sally French: I work professionally full-time for a newspaper. Actually before I got that job, I had my own drone blog. I had this interest of being a photojournalist and using drones to take photos. So I […]
Dr. Kam Leang is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah where he is the director of the University’s Design, Automation, Robotics, and Control Lab (DARC Lab.) Here, he answers seven questions about the hobbyist and potential commercial uses of small unmanned aerial systems, or drones, and addresses the technical and […]
Randy Dryer is a lawyer and professor of law at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. I recently had the opportunity to speak with him about the implications of drones for privacy rights. Zeke Peterson: How does your work give you a unique perspective on issues involving drones? Randy Dryer: I […]
Here at the University of Utah Department of Mechanical Engineering, a group of graduate students led by Dr. Kam K. Leang have been working in a research team dubbed the DARC (Design, Automation, Robotics & Control) Laboratory. There, the team works on design for remotely controlled aircraft and development of intelligent autonomous systems intended to improve navigation […]
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 […]
Drones have been waiting in the batter’s circle of economics to step up to bat and take a swing at commercial integration. Amazon announced their new drone delivering system and sent the general public into a buzz. Some got excited at the novel idea, others remained skeptical, but either way it was a very popular […]
The purpose of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is to protect the American people, and this is what the agency sought to do when banning all commercial use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs), or drones, in 2007. Unfortunately, this errant act of policy-making has not insured the safety of Americans, but rather hindered innovation and […]
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 […]