New York’s coastline now not only has cleaner waters, but warmer ones. While it is an environmental win for some – who doesn’t love a more pristine environment? – it also has led to a bit of a problem. Warmer and cleaner waters are a big draw for swimmers, surfers, and beachgoers. They’re also a …
UPS In a boost for UPS’s drone delivery ambitions, the company has been given clearance by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly its machines beyond the line of sight, meaning they can now fly greater distances to a delivery location. Before the FAA’s approval, drone flights by the shipping giant needed someone on the …
Professional drone racers are the latest to suffer the ignominy of being outsmarted by artificial intelligence after quadcopters powered by the technology beat them at their own game. Wearing first-person-view headsets linked to a camera on their drone, the champion racers had great difficulty keeping pace with the AI flying machine, called Swift. Developed by researchers …
Hermeus’ audacious plan to build a passenger plane able to travel at Mach 5 is a longshot, but it’s won Pentagon backing. By Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes Staff Earlier this month, a curved aluminum skeleton 40 feet long sat waiting in Hermeus’ cavernous Atlanta factory. It was the prototype of a drone called Quarterhorse. It will …