Japan Built a Drone That Can Absorb Lightning Strikes
Japanese telecommunications giant NTT Group sent a drone into the stormy skies of Shimane Prefecture this past December. It was dangling a conductive wire in an attempt to summon lightning ...
Tag: Drones
Inside the FDNY’s high-tech robot firefighting team and its mechanical dogs that go where people can’t
It’s not your grandfather’s FDNY. New York’s Bravest are increasingly leading the world in the use of mechanized firefighters to snuff out blazes in the Big Apple — and they’re ...
The secret to cleaner, safer sewers just might be ‘poop drones’
Inspecting aging sewer pipes has traditionally been slow, dangerous, and costly. Workers relied on tethered crawlers or had to physically enter hazardous tunnels. In Fraser, Michigan, Wired says a collapsed ...
Mystery object crashes into New Jersey auto shop with fiery bang
They’ve seen all kinds of wrecks, but this one may be out of this world. A New Jersey auto body shop owner was left stunned after a mysterious object fell ...
U.S. Airstrikes Alone Can’t Dislodge the Houthis
Almost 18 months after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, the Middle East looks decidedly different. The Assad regime, which ruled Syria brutally for more than five decades, is ...
Russia Rejects Ukraine Ceasefire, Launches Massive Bombing Campaign
Russia said on Thursday that a partial or temporary ceasefire in its war on Ukraine would be “unacceptable,” and only a comprehensive “final settlement” will do. The Russians punctuated this ...
Haiti Gang Boss ‘Barbecue’ Threatens Bombings: ‘I Have Money; Drones Are Sold Everywhere’
Haitian gang boss Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier over the weekend threatened a “violent reprisal” after police raided his stronghold in Port-au-Prince’s Delmas neighborhood, the newspaper Le Nouvelliste reported on Sunday. Cherizier, ...
Northeast drone sightings surge again after FAA lifts restrictions
They’re baaaaack. The mysterious, SUV-sized drones flying over New Jersey and New York have returned. A brief lull in activity that coincided with flight restrictions imposed by the feds has ...
China’s Top Drone Maker Removes Security Features at a Very Weird Time
As the FBI and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was scrambling to find the pilot whose DJI drone illegally collided with an aircraft battling the devastating Los Angeles fires, ...
Two Arrested For Flying Drones Above Eaton Fire, Sheriff’s Department Says
Two people have been arrested for flying unauthorized drones in the areas affected by the Eaton Fire, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Captain Jabari Williams said, per CNS. The news ...
