Tag Archives: Drones

The Risks of GPS Jammers

A little over 10 years ago I sold a Fleet Management and GPS system to a company wanting to track and optimise around 600 vehicles. Within a couple of weeks of the first installations, I started getting calls from their … Continue reading

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Hacker drone is armed for aerial assault – RT

Events like DEFCON are great and smart vendors selling cool IoT consumer electronics, home automation and alarm systems will be asking, “would you like security with that?” If you say no, it will be at your peril. Continue reading

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Washington, DC, Would Like to Remind You It’s a ‘No Drone Zone’ – Newsweek

Newsweek Washington, DC, Would Like to Remind You It’s a ‘No Drone Zone’ Newsweek On this annual American holiday celebrating freedom in all its forms, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a statement reminding hill-toppers, aviation… Sourced through Scoop.it from: … Continue reading

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NASA plans air traffic control system for drones – iT News

‘New era of aviation’ requires management systems for safety, privacy. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.itnews.com.au I think this is a good space to contain this problem. Drones are going to be a huge safety problem. Most of them are not … Continue reading

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Farmers of the future will utilize drones, robots and GPS – Phys.Org

In New Zealand there is a TV advertisement that says the planet doesn’t need us. It managed very well before humankind and will manage after we have moved on. What’s sobering to a thinking person is that this is a very true statement. Do you think birds and cockroaches care about OLED TV’s and self driving cars? Continue reading

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Spies Can Track You Just by Watching Your Phone’s Power Use | WIRED

Technology does not recognise borders of sovereignty or of right or wrong. It just is. Continue reading

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Mobile apps to help with first aid instructions at war front AND at Home with Civil Defence

Here’s a timely innovation for Ukraine at war: applications that help people facing life-threatening injuries. Source: http://www.kyivpost.com We often talk about the positive technology outcomes from warfare, a consequence of budgets that are available for R&D. For example look at … Continue reading

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NASA Is Making a Traffic Control System for Drones – Gizmodo

NASA Is Making a Traffic Control System for Drones Gizmodo NASA is not down with drones flying around town all willy-nilly and potentially electrocuting North West. Source: gizmodo.com I’ve been hoping someone would do this. I had visions of drones … Continue reading

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