by Connor Nelson, Anna Neibling, and Max Stocking Source: KAZ Vorpal via Flicker.com Drone Strike in Yemen Said to Kill Senior Quaeda Figure – 5 Feb 2015 Al Qaeda announced on Thursday that a United States drone strike in Yemen killed four members of the group, including a senior member named Harith al-Nadhari. Harith al-Nadhari […]
By: Jake Tschirhart, Marcus Foote, Robert PrestGard-Duke Auschwitz: Drone video of Nazi concentration camp / Aerial video of Auschwitz-Birkenau 1/26/15 – Precisely 70 years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau by soviet troops, the BBC released haunting footage of the site as it appears today. The video quickly rose to claim the Most-Watched video on the […]
Lockheed Shifts UAV Production Towards Civilian Market – 14 January 2015 As the US pulls out of Afghanistan, the military drone market is rapidly shrinking. Lockheed Martin is now beginning to shift their drone products towards the civilian market. In the last couple years, they have developed several small UAS platforms designed primarily for domestic use. Jay McConville, […]
Will 2015 be the year that drones become art? Published December 19, 2014 In an interesting article by the Guardian, the creative side of the drone community is highlighted for their recent artistic contributions. The accessibility of drones has dramatically expanded in recent years and many performance artists have gotten a hold on them. Drones […]
UAVs are currently on the edge of dramatic innovation that will allow them to incorporate several new operating systems, sensors, navigation devices, and other advancements onto a single unit. New uses for these versatile systems will naturally follow, often in the initial form of military drones. This technology inevitably trickles down into civilian accessible supplies and resources, […]
In the past few years, many states have proposed or passed laws regulating the usage of drones. These laws generally fall into two distinct categories: those that regulate the government’s use of drones and those that regulate civilian uses for drones. A majority of states, such as Florida, passed laws that prohibited state law enforcement […]
I recently had the chance to ask the University of Utah’s Director of Video and Broadcast services, Eugene Skip Whitman, a few questions about his experience with and views on drones in sports media. Dominic Austin: First, could you give a brief description of your job here at the University of Utah? Skip Whitman: I manage […]
I recently had the opportunity to speak with Jerry Robinson, a Missouri-based crop dusting pilot who has been an early innovator in the use of drones for agriculture. I asked him about the uses of drones in agriculture and his thoughts on recent FAA attempts to regulate commercial use of drones. Daniel Riley: Hello Mr. […]
In an attempt to get an informed opinion on drones in society, today I had the opportunity to interview Mac Luther, a local drone enthusiast and student at the University of Utah who has been flying and working with drones in the Salt Lake area for over a decade. I asked him about the future […]
I recently interviewed drone hobbyist, educator, and speaker Timothy Reuter. I asked him about his work to educate the public about drones, make drones more accessible to a wider, as well as about his thoughts on the future of drones. Lauren Peterson: Can you introduce yourself and some of the work that you’ve done? Timothy Reuter: Sure, my […]