One thousand feet above the ground a helicopter and a drone came close to a catastrophic collision that would have sent the copter and crew hurtling to the ground. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) says the crew was forced
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
The Nuclear Option columnist for the Washington Times and Breitbart News, and Drudge Report editor Charles Hurt told Breitbart News Saturday that 5,000 Environmental Protection Agency hypocrites ensconce themselves in an urban domicile in DC, know nothing about freedom-loving Americans,
The man tasked with enforcing the nation’s immigration laws found himself face-to-face with a self-proclaimed “illegal alien” Monday in a meeting with far-leftwing activists from the protest group CODEPINK. “I’m an ‘illegal alien,’ that’s how you refer to us in
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
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps air force commander was reported Tuesday by Iran’s Fars news agency as saying that Iran’s military has its finger on the trigger to destroy Israel just as soon as it receives the order to do so,
There is a lot of daily drama surrounding Mexico’s drug war. In fact, I often refer to the frequent changes of command, violent territory grabs, and back-room deals between former rivals as something akin to As the Narco-World Turns. As
On February 22nd, the details of the arrest of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán were slow to emerge. The notorious leader of the Sinaloa Federation, the largest and most powerful drug cartel in Mexico, had been on the
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
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
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
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.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) joined with other agencies across the nation to borrow Predator drones from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). This information was disclosed in a recent report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
The 1987 film RoboCop savaged the media, privatization and big, bad corporations. It was the ’80s, after all, and Hollywood couldn’t stop smiting the Reagan-era mindset no matter how the country was economically thriving. Flash forward to 2014, and a
The United Arab Emirates is looking to use retina-scanning drones to deliver official government documents like drivers licenses. On Monday, the UAE government revealed a prototype drone and will test it for six months. “Within a year from now we
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — That drone you might have spotted hovering and zipping around the Sochi Olympic slopes isn’t searching for terrorists or protesters hiding behind the fir trees. It’s being used to transmit live video of snowboard and ski
Actor Gary Oldman’s latest project bears a strong political subtext. RoboCop, the remake of the 1987 sci-fi classic, takes on corporations, drones and the fusion of technology and crime fighting. DenofGeek.com asked Oldman about the film’s relevance to today’s headlines.
In response to Selling socialists the bricks they need to bury themselves: I took my kids to see the film Saturday. My son, who is six and has played many of the Lego video games, was particularly excited about it.
WASHINGTON (AP) — An American citizen who is a member of al-Qaida is actively planning attacks against Americans overseas, U.S. officials say, and the Obama administration is wrestling with whether to kill him with a drone strike and how to
Iranian state television aired a simulated airstrike on Israel and on American targets on Friday, as a warning of the kind of response that could be expected if either country attacked Iran’s nuclear program. The broadcast needs to be taken
The Times Of Israel: Iranian state TV on Friday ran a documentary featuring a computerized video of Iran’s drones and missiles bombing Tel Aviv, Haifa, Ben Gurion Airport and the Dimona nuclear reactor in a hypothetical retaliation for an Israeli
(AP) MONROE, La. — Paul Karlowitz has spent more than 40 years flying airplanes or teaching people to fly them, first as a U.S. Air Force pilot and now as a professor of aviation at the University of Louisiana at
In response to Latest Jobs Report Shows Decline in Healthcare Sector Employment: Now, hold on there, Liz! It seems like only yesterday that Democrats were saying ObamaCare would create a billion jobs in the health care industry. Oh, wait, it
According to Fox Connecticut News, the FAA is investigating the use of a drone flying around the scene of a fatal car crash. The official Hartford, CT incident detailed the crash events including officers’ statements that a drone was seen
The Hoover Institution at Stanford University has devoted its latest edition of Strategika, its online military history journal, to the question of drones. Drones have been important to our national security strategy since the late years of the Bush administration,
The 1987 film RoboCop did more than prove actor Peter Weller had the most distinct jawline in Hollywood. The action film commented sourly on both privatization and a corporate climate the film industry sneered at during the 1980s. According to
The Lakemaid micro brewery started delivering beer to ice fishers using drones, at least until the FAA coldly shut their operation down. The FAA is currently reviewing their policies. According to the beer company’s president, Jack Supple, “They think
During tonight’s State of the Union, President Obama informed the country that it needs to move off permanent “war-footing.” Instead we need to build up our foreign partners but provided no further details about what that might look like. The
Jan 28 (Reuters) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection has grounded its fleet of drones after a crew was forced to crash a pilotless craft off the coast of Southern California because of a mechanical problem, a spokesman said on
A North Dakota farmer was sentenced to three years in prison after he was located by a border surveillance drone. Rodney Brossart was sentenced to three years in jail after police were able to apprehend him for failing to return
In response to Wendy Davis’ Ex Had A Judge Issue a Restraining Order Against Her In 2003: Far be it for me to interrupt Wendy Davis while she’s chowing down on her own pink sneakers, but it’s somewhat interesting that
Amazon is watching you and shipping your next package…even if you didn’t order it. The Seattle, Washington retailer has just obtained a patent that they call “anticipatory shipping,” which targets customers based on their historical shopping trends. This new software
Reminiscent of “Star Wars” technology, the U.S. military is rolling out a variety of innovative vehicles, drones, and weaponry to aid soldiers in their missions against enemy forces. The Black Night Transformer described by Pop Science as a “multi-mission medical and
Sometime within the last year, the U.S. has probably killed more innocent people through drone strikes than the 2,606 U.S. citizens killed on 9/11. Although there are no hard numbers for the public to source, the statistical ratio from leaked sources can
Illinois passed a new state law that set back the efforts of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), making the use of drones to interfere with hunters and fishermen prohibited. The law was created in response to
(AP) Feds announce test sites for drone aircraftBy MICHELLE RINDELSAssociated PressLAS VEGASThe Federal Aviation Administration announced six states on Monday that will develop test sites for drones, a critical next step for the march of the unmanned aircraft into U.S.
Even in Paradise, Barack Obama has his dissenters. Obama, vacationing in Hawaii, was forced to pass by a small group of protesters as his motorcade made its way home from his morning workout at the gym at Marine Corps Base
The United States is sending Iraq dozens of missiles and surveillance drones to help it combat a recent surge in Al-Qaeda-backed violence, the New York Times reported on Thursday. The weapons include a shipment of 75 Hellfire missiles purchased by
ABC News: The Army has successfully tested a futuristic laser weapon capable of shooting football-sized mortar rounds and unmanned drones out of the sky. The truck-mounted weapon, known as the High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD) is still about
(AP) Aviation schools prepare for boom in drone jobsBy DAVE KOLPACKAssociated PressGRAND FORKS, N.D.Two student pilots are seated shoulder to shoulder before a bank of video monitors, maneuvering an unmanned aircraft by keyboard and mouse as the drone descends toward
