AALTO seeks to democratize high-speed internet access through solar-powered drones

AALTO seeks to democratize high-speed internet access through solar-powered drones

In the beginning of 2021, Alphabet shuttered Loon. It was a familiar story within the annals of Google X history: an ambitious moonshot with tremendous upside that sputtered out prior to gaining any sort of meaningful traction after nearly a decade. “Despite Loon’s extraordinary technical progress,” X explains with a tinge of melancholy on the …

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Watch this huge drone deliver cargo to a wind turbine

Watch this huge drone deliver cargo to a wind turbine

When you think of drone delivery, you probably imagine a mid-sized drone carrying a coffee or a small snack to a customer waiting outside their home in a residential area. What you won’t think of is a large, pilotless, multi-rotor machine carrying cargo over choppy waters to a massive wind turbine. But that’s exactly what …

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DJI Mini Pro 4 leak appears to reveal its specifications

DJI Mini Pro 4 leak appears to reveal its specifications

DJI appears close to unveiling the Mini 4 Pro, the successor to the Mini 3 Pro that launched in May last year. First, as a reminder, DJI’s smallest and lightest “Pro” drone tips the scales at just 249 grams, a carefully considered move as it’s just 1 gram below the drone weight category that involves …

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First regular drone delivery service lifts off in UK

First regular drone delivery service lifts off in UK

UK’s First Drone Delivery Service Launched by Royal Mail in Orkney The Royal Mail in the U.K. has taken a leap into the future by launching a daily drone delivery service for the remote Scottish islands of Orkney. This marks the first regular postal service in the country to be powered by a remotely controlled …

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