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TransportTechnology

This Star Wars-Like Single Seater eVTOL Aircraft Looks Like Lots of Fun

Luana Steffen
Canadian startup WatFly has developed a single-seat electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft dubbed Atlas. It’s designed for recreational use, and the company plans to start selling them by 2021. The unique part about...
TransportTechnology

The Hexa: A One-Seater Aircraft Being Tested By The US Air Force

Andrea D. Steffen
There are over 200 companies worldwide developing transformative vertical flight aircraft for advanced/urban air mobility. These aircraft use electrical vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) technology. They may incorporate either non-traditional electric or hybrid propulsion for...
TechnologyWorld News

Tesco Will Begin Delivering Groceries By Drone This October

Andrea D. Steffen
Food delivery is a very convenient service, and now, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has almost become a necessity. As food retailers worldwide were pushed to expand their food distribution systems, several took to...
Technology

Engineers Are Improving Obstacle Avoidance For Drones, Can Avoid Dodgeballs

Luana Steffen
Most of the obstacle avoidance systems currently on the market take about 20 – 40 milliseconds to process any changes in their surroundings. However, this rate is no match for sudden fast-moving birds or any...
InnovationTechnology

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Drone Sets World Record, Flies Uninterrupted For 331 Minutes

Dan Edel
Last month FuelCellWorks reported that according to various Chinese media sources, a research drone powered by hydrogen fuel cells set a world record by flying for 331 minutes uninterrupted. The news was first reported by...
InnovationTechnologyTransport

UPS Partners With Wingcopter For Drone Deliveries

Dan Edel
United Parcel Service (UPS) has partnered up with German drone maker Wingcopter to deliver its packages. UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF) was the first company approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the first to...
World NewsTechnology

Police In Spain Are Using Drones To Scold People Breaking Quarantine

Luana Steffen
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 are pretty high in Spain. In response to the sudden pandemic, police in Spain urge people to stay indoors and are patrolling towns from a safe distance, by using drones. On...
HealthTechnology

This “Pandemic Drone” Detects People Infected With Respiratory Disease In A Crowd

Andrea D. Steffen
One of the factors that make controlling a pandemic like the COVID-19 virus so challenging is the colossal feat of finding out who, out of the billions of people on the planet, is infected. Individually...
Technology

Construction Sites Will Soon Have Drones Doing The Heavy Lifting

Luana Steffen
Autonomous drones are multi-talented, and as technology advances, their list of capabilities keeps adding up. From military machine gun drones to drones saving young boys lost in a cornfield, these flying mechanisms have proven to...
Technology

Turkish Company Developed A New Machine Gun Drone For The Military

Luana Steffen
There are some insane concept drones out there, including drones that fire webs and ones that can land on walls vertically. However, the most recent concept created by Asisguard, a Turkish electronics firm, beats them...