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Drones, Autonomous Vehicles and Flying Cars
An SI Board Since October 2013
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Emcee:  Glenn Petersen Type:  Moderated
This board was created to discuss the hobbyist, commercial, law enforcement and military use of drones. While the use of missile-carrying Predator drones has garnered the most media attention and altered the way the U.S. conducts its war on terrorism, they are being increasingly used for commercial and law enforcement purposes. A serviceable drone can be purchased for a bit over $100.

In early 2012 Congress passed legislation calling on the FAA to write rules by 2015 that would govern the commercial operation of drones that can be used for everything from agricultural applications such as monitoring farmland and spraying pesticides to catching exotic-animal poachers and monitoring sports events. According to the Teal Group, an aerospace and defense consultancy, the global market for drones is expected to grow to $11.6 billion by 2023.

I recognize that the use of drones raises serious ethical and privacy issues and that many people have strong opinions on the subject. Strong opinions are welcome; name calling is not.

External Resources

dronelife (news and more): dronelife.com

DIY Drones (created by Chris Anderson): http://diydrones.com/

Drone Adventures: droneadventures.org

3D Robotics: http://3drobotics.com/?utm_source=Store&utm_medium=navigation&utm_campaign=Click+from+Store

Chris Anderson, DIY Drones/3D Robotics - XOXO Festival (2013): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ91qpiXHGo&feature=youtu.be

A tour of New York City by drone: http://vimeo.com/17351140

A tour of Burning Man



Wikipedia (combat drones): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_drone

Wikipedia (general): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle

Mark my words. A combination of airplane and motorcar is coming. You may smile. But it will come.— Henry Ford, 1940
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3541 Fiber-optic drones are first-person-view drones that can carry a small explosiSavant1last Friday
3540Engineers enable a drone to determine its position in the dark and indoors newsJulius Wong2last Thursday
3539Photos: 345-mile-range colossal cargo drone with 600-pound payload soars in firssunabeach2February 10
3538Paralyzed man flies drone using his mind https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/01/paralySavant2January 27
3537Kodiak has made its first driverless truck deliveries to customer Atlas Energy Julius Wong1January 25
3536[graphic] EHang Electric Air Taxi Completes Demo Flight in Shanghai — AutonomoEric2January 25
3535Amazon suspends US drone deliveries following crash at testing facility techcruJulius Wong-January 17
3534150 mph: UK’ firm’s electric aircraft achieves historic thrust-borne flight milesunabeach-January 13
3533 Uber is quietly working on a revolutionary project that will transform the waySavant2January 7
3532Electric air taxis are taking flight. Can they succeed as a business?sunabeach3January 2
3531Flying Car: CycloTech Presents the ‘BlackBird’ Demonstrator cyclotech.atJulius Wong2January 1
3530Aviation company unveils electric flying car with next-gen propulsion system: &#sunabeach-12/24/2024
3529This high-tech aircraft is powered by futuristic clean fuel — and it just complesunabeach112/23/2024
3528Ukraine is Using VAMPIRE Drones to Drop ROBOT DOGS on Russians Ukraine is UsingSavant212/17/2024
3527Dont give them ideas.JubilationT-12/14/2024
3526Iran's massive drone ship on the move without being spotted...how's thatSavant-12/14/2024
3525Unknown drones...hmm...shoot 'em down and find out what they are New JerseySavant-12/14/2024
3524Guess if Robo-Taxis cut off many drivers Road Ragers will have to aim for the tisunabeach-12/13/2024
3523Dang regulations--who needs 'em anyway? They just stifle business! ExclusiSam-12/13/2024
3522Mystery NJ drones, lack of answers spark fury among residents as authorities jusSelectric II112/12/2024
3521(BLOOMBERG) . Joby Aviation is down 7.9%. It’s raising another $300 millionsunabeach-12/11/2024
3520Researchers put bird legs on a drone so it can take off by jumping Researchers Julius Wong212/6/2024
3519World’s largest electric plane that promises 497-mile range to fly in 2025sunabeach312/2/2024
3518No pilot? No problem! EHang's autonomous air taxis take off in Thailand msnJulius Wong111/12/2024
3517It's got to be costly to include such testing tech in every drone. Hard to waitwatchwander-11/4/2024
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