The Future is Unmanned

12/04/2014

VIDEO: Drone captures haunting footage of Chernobyl ghost town - See more at: http://www.thefutureisunmanned.com/video-drone-captures-haunting-footage-of-chernobyl-ghost-town/ .CydBhGlh.dpuf

THE TOWN OF Pripyat was entirely evacuated in April 1986, after the catastrophic accident at the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Schools, hotels, even

12/04/2014

Drones about to be banned for hunting, harassing… -See more at: http://www.thefutureisunmanned.com/drones-about-to-be-banned-for-hunting-harassing/

LANSING Hunting with drones or using the airborne contraptions to harass hunters would become a crime under a pair of bills up for consideration in the state

12/04/2014

The NYPD Refuses to Release Its Drone Documents -See more at: http://www.thefutureisunmanned.com/the-nypd-refuses-to-release-its-drone-documents/

n the last two years, two New York City police commissioners have frankly discussed the department’s research into unmanned vehicles, confirming that the NYPD

12/04/2014

Proposed FAA Rules Could Nix Drone Deliveries -See more at: http://www.thefutureisunmanned.com/proposed-faa-rules-could-nix-drone-deliveries/

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expects to issue proposed rules for the commercial operation of small (under 55 pounds) drones by the end of this

12/04/2014

Heron drones head home from Afghanistan -See more at: http://www.thefutureisunmanned.com/heron-drones-head-home-from-afghanistan/

AFTER soaring the skies of Afghanistan in missions totalling more than three years, Australia's Heron surveillance drones and their operators are heading

12/04/2014

Automakers En Route to Self-Driving Cars

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The "Jetsons"-like self-driving car of the future is still years, maybe decades, away from becoming an everyday reality. But a host of autonomous or

12/04/2014

Navy releases initial requirements for unmanned underwater vehicle - See more at: http://www.thefutureisunmanned.com/navy-releases-initial-requirements-for-unmanned-underwater-vehicle/ .RRPhpkHn.dpuf

Naval Sea Systems Command has released a refined draft of top-level requirements for a large-diameter unmanned underwater vehicle (LDUUV). “The LDUUV program

12/04/2014

NASA sees spacecraft flight as ‘a big deal’

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As the last man to walk on the moon prepared to fly back to Earth in 1972, astronaut Eugene Cernan echoed the words of the first, pledging with

11/27/2014

Happy Thanksgiving!

11/26/2014

US Army Confronts Issue of Armed Robot

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In popular culture, the idea of robots that perform human-like functions has a special hold on the imagination, based on real-life examples like space

11/26/2014

Drone ships on the horizon

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Fleets of large, slender metal ghost ships cruise the world’s oceans, controlled by onboard computers and robots and monitored by their captain remotely. The