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Texas Nonprofit Search Group Sues FAA Over Drone Ban

Texas Nonprofit Search Group Sues FAA Over Drone Ban

HOUSTON, TEXAS (AP)–A Texas-based group involved in searches for missing persons around the nation filed a lawsuit on Monday asking a federal court to set aside an order that prohibits the nonprofit from employing drones in its work. Texas EquuSearch

Poll: Drones Are Scary

The Pew Research Center recently conducted a “future shock” poll to learn how Americans feel about various impending technological developments.  The generally serious nature of the poll questions is somewhat undercut by one finding that the technology people most look

Eric Holder: ATF Planning To Use Drones

Eric Holder: ATF Planning To Use Drones

Attorney General Eric Holder admitted Tuesday that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was in the process of looking at the use of domestic drones.  Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, questioned Holder during a House Judiciary Committee hearing, asking

Hollywood Playbook: Friday's Top 5 News Items

Hollywood Playbook: Friday's Top 5 News Items

Hollywood’s Running Out of High Concepts? — — This is the kind of “high-concept” that every wannabe screenwriter has come up with and then was never able to execute or was wise enough to cast aside as too stupid. With

Majority of British People Support Use of Drones

Majority of British People Support Use of Drones

Despite recent calls for greater oversight of Drone use 55 percent of British people support the use of the technology, with just 23 percent opposing them. If it was guaranteed that no innocent civilians were killed that level of support

Drones on Leashes Debut at Ted 2014

Sergei Lupshin, a roboticist based in Zurich, revealed his new “leashed quadcopter drones” at at TED 2014.  Lupshin calls them “Fotokites” because they look like a kite and do not require any special piloting skills to operate. They also provide

Study: Drone Swarm Can Self-Organize in the Air

A team of Hungarian researchers have created a swarm of ten drones that can “self-organize” in the air.  The project was modeled on birds such as pigeons, “which fly in tight bunches while making adjustments and decisions.” Tamas Vicsek, a

Left Renews Attack Against Border Patrol Agents

Left Renews Attack Against Border Patrol Agents

On Tuesday in Milton, Texas, 41 year old Jesus Flores-Cruz was shot and killed after he threw large rocks at a U.S. Border Patrol agent. The agent claims his life was being threatened.  Flores-Cruz, a Mexican citizen who investigators claim

Baseball Teams Using Drones in Spring Training

Baseball Teams Using Drones in Spring Training

The Washington Nationals and the Miami Marlins are using drones to film practices during spring training.  Though the Nationals have said that they are using the drones for promotional vides, they may ultimately use the drones to help position their

Lessons from AZ: How Not to Secure Texas Border

Lessons from AZ: How Not to Secure Texas Border

A plan to install 350 miles of “virtual fencing” along the Arizona-Mexico border was approved by an Arizona House panel on Monday. The endeavor would receive $30 million in funding but could also include an additional $260,000 in donations collected by the state.  Sen.