Category Archives: National

OpenSky app for drone flyers

Alphabet (Google) has released an app called ‘OpenSky’ in Canberra Australia, that will help both commercial and recreational drone flyers announce/know where drones are being flown. Continue reading OpenSky app for drone flyers

Automatic Emergency Braking

Driverless car technology is getting closer and closer, but it is really not ready for public usage. What we now have is lane maintaining and automatic emergency braking (AEB).

What I am going to talk about is the technology that can be found on many mainstream car manufacture’s vehicles, automatic emergency braking systems. Continue reading Automatic Emergency Braking

More restrictive flight rules for drones

toy drone

Why is the government creating more restrictive flight rules for drones? Will the probability of a collision between an aircraft and a drone being so low, “Since the probability of any collision with any UAS is around 3.06×10−5 per 100,000 flight hours.” It seems that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is imposing new rules not for the benefit of the public, but for those companies that want to use drones to deliver packages to your home. Continue reading More restrictive flight rules for drones

Is it just me?

Is it just me or are the Democratic presidential candidates stumbling over each other to appear as the most progressive?

Did you know that twenty-four people are officially running? Yes I said twenty-four. Continue reading Is it just me?