A new drone company has exploded out of stealth mode in the USA with incredible claims about its first product, saying it'll fly 4X longer, 10X further, 10X quieter and carry 5X more payload than leading competitors – while competing with China on cost.Continue ReadingCategory: Drones, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: drones, Quadcopter, Delivery drone, Drone security
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American-made drone smashes performance metrics at Chinese prices
Posted by ArielTechGeek 10 hours ago (https://newatlas.com)
Even the nimblest of quadcopters still struggle to halt their lateral momentum when moving fast, limiting their maneuverability. An experimental drone addresses that problem in a bio-inspired fashion, by extending flying-squirrel-like membranous wings as needed.Continue ReadingCategory: Drones, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Postech, Biomimicry, Flight, Quadcopter
Faraday-caged drone triggers and directs lightning strikes
Posted by ArielTechGeek 9 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
In a world first, Japanese researchers flew a lightning-proof drone in a thunderstorm, using it to induce and direct natural lightning strikes. The team is now working on how this flying lightning rod might capture and store lightning energy.Continue ReadingCategory: Drones, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Lightning, Japan, drones, Weather, Electricity
Mobile drone lighting system uses 288 LEDs to turn night into day
Posted by ArielTechGeek 25 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Sometimes a flashlight just isn't enough. The Flying Sun 1000 drone system was designed with that fact in mind, as it uses 288 airborne LEDs to light up the night like the alien mothership from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.Continue ReadingCategory: Drones, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Lighting, Quadcopter, Leds
Consumer drones are all just slight variations on the quadcopter design … right? Well no, not any longer. The Falcon Mini is a two-propeller "bicopter" which is claimed to be nimbler, quieter, and more energy-efficient than its four-prop counterparts.Continue ReadingCategory: Drones, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Indiegogo, Camera drone
Hand-deployable coaxial nano drone flies in at under 250 grams
Posted by ArielTechGeek 44 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
With the threat of a US ban looming over Chinese drone maker DJI, keen flyers throughout the land will likely be on the lookout for alternatives. Homegrown Ascent Aerosystems may have an answer with its somewhat oddball Helius.Continue ReadingCategory: Drones, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Camera drone, 4k, Rugged, Surveillance, Monitoring
Transitioning military drone uses rotor backwash for better flight
Posted by ArielTechGeek 52 days ago (https://newatlas.com)Video: Multi-fuel military drone can spy, jam, and strike from the sea
Posted by ArielTechGeek 72 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
AeroVironment has just revealed its latest heavy-duty medium uncrewed aircraft system known as the Jump 20-X. With an impressive range of capabilities, the drone could easily become a cornerstone of sea-based combat and surveillance.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: drones, Combat, Naval Warfare, VTOL, UAV, AeroVironment
Modified fish and flies could pull pollution out of the environment
Posted by ArielTechGeek 77 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Methylmercury is an extremely toxic compound, and unfortunately it's often present in the fish that we eat. Scientists are now developing a method of removing it from the environment, utilizing engineered fish and flies that take up the compound and neutralize it.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Macquarie University, Fish, Insect, Mercury, Pollution, bioremediation, CSIRO
Impressive jumbo cargo drone lifts off, aces hover test in new video
Posted by ArielTechGeek 81 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Hybrid-electric aircraft maker Pipistrel just pushed its Nuuva V300 electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) craft through a major milestone. In the video below you can see it break the chains of gravity and hover midair in a first for the vehicle.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Delivery drone, drones, eVTOL, Electric Aircraft, Pipistrel
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