Imagine this: You’re at a sold-out football game, the stadium buzzing with excitement. Without warning, a swarm of miniature drones appears overhead, each programmed with…
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Maintenance of large structures becomes easy with unmanned aerial vehicles
Performing maintenance operations of a large structure, such as wind turbines, dams, and power plants, is time-consuming, complicated, and costly. Moreover, it is difficult for…
Walmart delivery drones will tackle bird attacks
Walmart’s drones will be equipped with 360 cameras and specialized image analysis processors. The images processors will quickly analyze the 360 images and identify attacks.…
Amazon has radically altered the delivery drone
Drones are being used everywhere. From photography, reconnaissance, technical support, to delivery of products. But, most drones are limited in what they can be used…
Disney invents “paintcopter”
Disney has invented a drone-based painting system or a paintcopter. The paintcopter (as shown in the figure below) has a support arm, with a paint…
Amazon invents Designer Propeller Blades to Reduce Noises from Drones
We all know about the kind of unavoidable exasperating noises that are generated by propeller blades of drones during their operation. While Amazon is developing…
NASA makes drones safer for humans
An Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) includes a ground based controller, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV/drone), and a communication system in between the two. The UAS…
Amazon™ Plans to Build Drone-Ports
[bmtextbox type=”alert” title=”In Brief” image=”0″]Amazon has designed a fully automated maintenance center (a drone-port) for its drone fleet. This will help Amazon optimize its drone…
Nikola Tesla's $1000 Aircraft
Tesla is popularly known as an eccentric inventor. In fact, he was a prolific inventor and obtained over 300 patents in his lifetime, which is…
Boeing Invents a Universal Lift Vehicle
Boeing may have solved the transportation problem forever. Helicopters and similar lift vehicles are commonly used to lift payloads and transport them from one location…