Sentences with phrase «on drone technology»

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Stringent Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules prohibiting the use of unmanned aircraft for commercial use has largely kept American companies from leveraging drone technology to their advantage, but that's rapidly changing in the Arctic, where a series of FAA decisions handed down in the past year are easing restrictions on commercial drone flights.

Over the next three years, it will focus on continuing to grow its massive user base, especially in developed nations, and over the next 10 years it will look to build new technology to get more people online and using Facebook through internet - beaming drones.

Facebook is also working on new connectivity technologies such as drones, millimeter - wave mesh networks, and the aforementioned white - space networks.

«It's really the technology that mounts on the drones that makes it very important,» Shekar Natarajan, Walmart's vice president of logistics strategy, told reporters.

VC firms, which have traditionally strayed from hardware investments, are taking a gamble on more hardware companies now, including drone startups, because the technology to make these devices and build the support for them has become cheap.

The technology is a departure for X, which has generally focused on ideas like burrito - delivering drones that seem like they were torn from the pages of sci - fi film scripts.

Several technology companies — senseFly, DroneDeploy, Skycatch — have developed software for this growing market, but the products often leave much to be desired, says Tomislav Žigo, director of virtual design and construction at Clayco, a Chicago firm that uses drones on its job sites.

Companies are using drone technology to inspect and gather claims data on damage from hurricanes.

Hobby groups are trying to peel back recreational registration rules, while airline pilots are pushing for more mandates that drone makers like DJI and GoPro put safety technology on machines.

The state has invested $ 30 million in the test corridor and another $ 10 million on a technology competition involving drone technology.

«The use of drone technology will help us do our jobs better and faster while saving taxpayer dollars,» DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos said in a statement on Sept. 25.

But it would be wrong not to challenge what shadow defence secretary Emily Thornberry said on the radio this morning: namely, that the prospect of futuristic drone technology could soon be able to detect the Royal Navy's deterrent submarines and thus render the seas «transparent».

Local movers and shakers responded with a plan that focused on cutting - edge drone technology, agribusiness and a new inland port.

The DBPOWER UDI U842 is one of the most amazing pieces of drone technology on the market.

The drone also includes lots of modern technology, such as GPS and visual tracking to automatically follow you on your adventures, a 40MPH top speed, and a rapid 13MPH lift.

Like the DJI Phantom 4, the Pro version is a drone with live video downlink and smart flight technology but expands on that with an additional set of high - resolution stereo vision sensors, plus infrared sensing systems.

Carried out on Ashmore Reef (tropical) and Macquarie Island (Sub-Antarctic), the research found that the ever - increasing precision provided by drones, along with the ability to survey hard - to - reach populations, may mean that wildlife monitoring projects move from traditional methods to drone technology.

An underwater drone armed with the best technology on the planet had descended repeatedly to the bottom of the Indian Ocean, trying to find Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

Interest in tagging technology has been driven in part by growing pressure on the White House over civilian deaths in US drone attacks.

There are collaborations — at Aberfoyle Hub R - 7 School in South Australia, local kindy students will be visiting for an afternoon of science activities run by the senior primary students; and events focusing on real - word applications — Tasmania's Forest Primary School is running a project called Old MacDonald Had a Drone, encouraging students, staff, parents and the community to find out more about how technology is improving local farming practices.

It's called National Science Week but this year's theme for schools focuses on the T in STEM — Technology — with educators and students encouraged to explore Drones, Droids and Robots.

Schools requesting these forms of technology were up from 2016, which saw a focus on products like cameras, fitness trackers, and drones.

A fully integrated landing system featuring self - centring and magnetic retention technology is a world - first that enables the drone to land on Project Hero when the vehicle is in motion.

Aside from a few select pieces of technology that might not be ready for use on the battlefield (I'm looking at you, drones!)

3 new missions in Campaign Mode · Secure Dawn: a foggy marsh in Kazakhstan where the Ghosts will not be allowed access to advanced technology (no optical camouflage, drone or sensor grenade) · Cold Walker: a train depot on the Russian countryside · Argent Thunder: a nighttime urban setting in Moscow

On your journey you will find hundreds of different drone components and research groundbreaking new technology.

Focusing on the technology of drones as agents of remote vision and interaction, we propose a meditation — part visual, part conceptual — on the status of vision, bodies, and technology in the 21st century.

The self - activating technology found on these unmanned drones is extraordinary for its use of what appears to be vacuum energy.

The exhibition brings together four distinct but interrelated series of work, based on the collection and mediation of publicly available information sourced through social media, the internet and drones, and considers the way in which these technologies are used by the government, intelligence agencies and corporations.

In a fair focusing on art and technology, we will present a series of abstract paintings by KATSU that are made by drone aircraft (flight).

We loved the downloadable pinhole camera that demonstrated the possibilities of downloading 3D technology and putting it together; we have droned on about flatpack made - to - order local furniture.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has taken note, using the technology on various studies, and is now training their researchers to use a variety of drones out in the field.

An Oregon startup is working on the development of drones that can plant and monitor trees on a large scale, using «precision forestry» and high technology to jumpstart reforestation efforts in previously logged areas.

Once its treeplanting technology, which is said to be «an air gun - like system that shoots seeds into the soil at speeds on par with a BB gun,» is fully developed, DroneSeed believes that its drones could plant as many as 800 seeds per hour, compared with a human laborer planting about 800 seeds per day.

It's an old message (speaking in news cycle - years) but it's mostly right, as long as nobody drones on about China stealing our jobs and defeating America with our own technology too much.

Very quickly drones have gone from a fringe technology to one that is relied on to carry out a variety of important tasks.

The focus on regulating drones has escalated along with technology.

In a CNN opinion piece, former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff paints an ominous picture of wearable technology like Google Glass, imagining a near future in which «millions of Americans walk around each day wearing the equivalent of a drone on their head: a device capable of capturing video and audio recordings of everything that happens around them.»

The Government's recent Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill notably did not include provisions for drones, though a consultation on the safe use of the technology did occur in MTechnology and Aviation Bill notably did not include provisions for drones, though a consultation on the safe use of the technology did occur in Mtechnology did occur in March 2017.

We are currently seeing increasing interest and investment in drone technology for a range of purposes, with Amazon last month announcing an expansion to its R&D team in Cambridge; this will see 400 technology specialists get to work on fine - tuning delivery drones on behalf of the e-tailer.

And my favorite response on that — and I don't know whether you've noticed this, Tom — but the interest in drone technology for personal and professional use.

The US article mentioned in the last paragraph speculates that even a warrant should not allow some kind of intrusions on privacy that drones and the technology they carry could achieve.

Unlike more futuristic projects like the Aquila drone, though, the emphasis here is on existing Wi - Fi technologies and allowing local entrepreneurs to resell internet access.

The partnership with telecom companies sees Facebook building drones that rain Internet down on rural areas like Google's Project Loon Balloons, and building data compression technologies.

According to TechCrunch's unnamed source, the e-commerce giant will use its new R&D center to focus mainly on developing and testing its Prime Air delivery drone, though it will also serve to boost the research team at Evi, the Cambridge - based speech - recognition technology firm that Amazon acquired last year.

AirMap, a startup working on technology that acts as air traffic control for drones, raised $ 26 million in a funding round.

Not only has Anker integrated an LDS antenna into the product, which is the same technology used in satellites and drones, but it also tacks on Bluetooth 5.0 to amplify and stabilize signal strength.

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As end - users of drone technology, Realtors ® want clear regulation that permits the commercial application of UASs in a way that is affordable to users and safe for their communities, both on the ground and in the air.»

He said he's pleased that the agency is developing rules that will allow broad access to drone technology while keeping the focus on safety: «There's hope for proper regulation that isn't a burden.»