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Google Tests Drone Delivery With Burritos for Undergrads

Posted in Hardware on 30th Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller

Google's Project Wing is air-dropping fast food onto the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Facebook Connectivity Lab's internet-beaming drone completes first test flight

Posted in Hardware on 23rd Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller

A solar-powered drone designed to bring internet access to some of the 1.6 billion people living in remote locations.

DARPA prepares to build a new space plane-drone

Posted in Science on 9th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's "XS-1" project, is on a mission to build a reusable vehicle for launching small payloads into orbit.

Bee model could be breakthrough for autonomous drones

Posted in Featured, Software on 6th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

A computer model of how bees use vision to avoid hitting walls could be a breakthrough in the development of autonomous drones.

Google's project skybender is another internet-firing drone

Posted in Hardware on 31st Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

Both Facebook and Google have been testing aerial devices that would be able to provide reliable wireless internet access in remote locations.