Category: Drones
Drones can be used for good as well as for evil …
For all the potential good they can offer, one of the great fears about drones is that they can be used to invade our privacy. Just imagine that you and your partner have found a nice secluded beach, or field - or even your own backyard - and decide to get intimate. While in…
The Digest: Twitter makes some tweaks… and 5 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Twitter takes another teeny tiny step toward becoming Facebook | Gizmodo "Twitter tweaked its website design today to move the status bar where you compose a tweet a couple short inches from the right-hand corner to the center of the page. And guess what, it looks just like Facebook now." [/nextpage] [nextpage title="Next"]…
Could drones be the future of emergency health care?
A student has invented a drone that has a built in defibrillator - which could conceivably fly to people in need much quicker than an ambulance stuck in traffic. Alec Mormont from Delft University has come up with the concept: The drone can fly up to 100kph, and a network of drones could boost cardiac…
Chair of House of Lords committee investigating drones doesn’t know what Google Maps is…
So drones are a new thing with important implications in a wide range of fields. Drones have the potential to change the way we think about privacy, security, the postal service, how we fight wars... and a tonne of other things. So it makes sense that Parliament might want to appoint a committee to look…
Drone captures amazing killer whale footage
Drones are often held up as a nightmarish foreshadowing of a dystopian future in which unmanned death planes can rain hell from the sky - but they can also be used for much nicer things too. Check out this astonishing footage of some killer whales. It was posted last month by Vancouver Aquarium, and shows…
Campaigners use a drone to protest Hyde Park charging for access to pitches
The London Charity Softball League has been running since 2003, and in its latest season has seen teams from 70 charities join in - but now the Royal Parks authorities, which manage Hyde Park want to start charging for access to pitches. In response, campaigners who oppose the move have been kicking up a fuss…
WATCH: Nixie wearable drone is your own personal photographer
Just as wearables were starting to become the norm, and just as drones are on the verge of taking over - a futuristic combination of the two has appeared. Produced for the Intel Make It Wearable challenge, the quad-copter can be worn around the wrist, before being launched with a tap: It'll fly away from…
Autonomous drone raises $200k over the weekend
An drone that can fly itself has raised over $200,000 in just a couple of days. The Hexo+ is designed to follow you around without needing to have someone hunched over a joystick. It sounds pretty clever. The idea is…
Coke use drones to deliver drinks to skyscraper builders
Like Memtos and Diet Coke, the words "Heartwarming" and "Coca Cola" aren't usually found together – but in this new promotional wheeze the company use drones to deliver a refreshing soft drink to some of Singapore's thousands of migrant workers….
Rise of the Machines continues on schedule as Parrot announce two new miniature drones
If you're looking for a drone (let's face it – who doesn't need one?) and can't afford the likes of the ultra-high-end DJI Phantom 2 Vision, then good news as Parrot have announced two new drones that you can control…
