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Agency move cracks open hangar doors to privately owned vehicles and companies will fly only drones weighing less than 55lbs 
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PIRatE Lab's insight:
Well, they aren't going to replace us anytime soon.
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Jason Miller's insight:
CI's unmanned systems work is getting more visibility. Let's step on the gas and build the infrastructure for the best student-centered UAS/RPV program in the US!
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Get an entirely new perspective on a historic site.
Jason Miller's insight:
Here's a video, partially filmed using a DJI Phantom 2 (I think) that's making the rounds. The film maker created it while on assignment for a CBS news story.
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With her right hand, my 8-year-old daughter, Kalian, presses the red-hot soldering iron against the circuit board. With her left hand, she guides a thin, tin wire until it's pressing against both the circuit board and the tip of the iron.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
The notion of maker spaces and actually building things can be a powerful motivator for STEM and other subjects as kids are in their formative stages.
Building drones is but one aspect of this movement.
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A narrow debate over the LAPD's proposed, limited use of a pair of unmanned aircraft — popularly known as drones — is prompting a broader community conversation about the tension between technology and privacy in a city where police have not always traversed that boundary well.
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Jason Miller's insight:
Ugly flier, but interesting idea. I wonder when we'll be able to 3D-print biodegradable materials to construct our own structures like this.
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Jason Miller's insight:
Some folks are using UAS for commercial purposes without much concern about the FAA's regulatory powers. As long as they keep their UAS below 400 feet and away from people, they feel like they are safe from citation. Are they? Should they be acting that way? How do we know that they are acting in the public interest?
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Match Stopped due to Drone With a Flag Hanging - Serbia Vs Albania
PIRatE Lab's insight:
This is why we need more professionalism and training with regards to the use of these instruments in populated areas.
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How is a rare strain of malaria spreading near cities in Southeast Asia? That's the question that's been puzzling a team of scientists. And they're using drones to find the answer.
Jason Miller's insight:
Cool application of UAV technology in parasitology research!
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Jessica Leupold's insight:
Very cool educational program!
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The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center is a national partnership of organizations working to improve marine technical education and in this way help to prepare America's future workforce for ocean occupations. Headquartered at Monterey Peninsula College (MPC) in Monterey, California, the MATE Center has been funded as a National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Center of Excellence since 1997.
Jessica Leupold's insight:
Both our Triggerfish and Pufferfish are MATE ROVs. Really cool program and their competitions are amazing!
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Meet the inventors, tinkerers, and entrepreneurs at the forefront of the flying-robot revolution.
Jason Miller's insight:
This article talks about the leaders in the commodity UAS market, and it also talks about how they expect the market for UAS applications to explode in the near future.
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To help inspire more guests come together underneath the mistletoe and experience #Togethermas this Christmas, TGI Fridays has launched a trial of ‘mistletoe...
PIRatE Lab's insight:
This is what we need to desperately avoid: idiots with little or no training brining multi rotors into an indoor setting with unshielded props and specifically flying near people. Thank god the lady that got hurt wasn't hurt even more harmfully.
See also:
http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/lje2l4/blitzkrieg-on-grinchitude---mistletoe-drones
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2014/12/09/TGI-Fridays-Mistletoe-Drone-slices-womans-nose/9191418132532/
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If the drone crashes into a sensitive place, like a coral reef, it just harmlessly disappears.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Another mushroom drone, but this one is much more sophisticated. And genetically modified, too.
See their blog:
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The gift of two unmanned aerial vehicles from Northrop Grumman will help CSU Channel Islands students and faculty and reach new heights in educational exploration.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
These two Inventus-class UAVs are about a decade old, but they will be a great help in our rolling out of our coastal monitoring efforts and training for undergrads.
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Closeout pricing $60!!! Order now!!! (While supplies last) This injection molded, rigid plastic prototype device -- which you assemble from our kit -- attaches to your smartphone or smartphone case with adhesive, and is perfect for taking outside for in-the-field measurements of different materials. Follow the included instructions (and/or 3d print your own from the plans provided there) and scan liquids, gases, or lights using the free, open source web-based software at SpectralWorkbench.org. S
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A host of interesting tools that might be able to be paired with some of our RPS platforms.
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EXTRÊME SNOW PLOWING DRONE , 2642 mètres d'altitude , ouverture du col du Galibier , métier de l'extrême Air Lib Prod : Prestataire de prises de vues aérienn...
Jason Miller's insight:
How good is your French? An example video that was (presumably) filmed by a remotely piloted aerial system.
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Hot air balloons drifting in multicolored splashes against a blue heaven are a common sight in the Napa Valley. But lately, more than balloons have been taking to the wine country skies.
Jason Miller's insight:
Stop whining about the FAA and get your drone on. These folks in our backyard are doing it.
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The emperor penguins of Antarctica are adorable. They're also pretty skittish when humans come around to collect data. Researchers at the University of Strasbourg have a solution: a penguin rover.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
As robots look more and more like things other than robots, a host of behavioral ecology doors can open up.
Now, if they can just get this guy to swim...
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Jason Miller's insight:
They say that UAS will be on the fringe of society until Insurance Companies embrace them. Well, take a look at this.
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Virgin Galactic fatal crash sends tremors through commercial space industry
PIRatE Lab's insight:
There are many reasons to develop remotely piloted systems. While we are still in need of physically going to places ourselves at times, the coast and mechanics of doing so can be daunting. We should keep exploring and pushing, but Remotely Piloted Systems can help get us to some places and illuminate some things more cheaply and with less risk.
Other stories:
Virgin Galactic fatal crash sends tremors through commercial space industry
http://www.universetoday.com/104378/should-robots-or-humans-explore-space/
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New technology is allowing Burleigh County Sheriff's Department Water Rescue and Recovery Team to respond to situations more quickly and efficiently.
Jessica Leupold's insight:
Another great article about the capabilities of ROVs.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission scientists joined forces in the Florida Keys for exploration and medicine.
Jessica Leupold's insight:
A great article about the capabilities of ROVs.
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Jessica Leupold's insight:
This site has a variety of games including an ROV simulator. It could be used as an awesome learning and outreach tool!
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