9 Best Articles in 2022
Fast Company
These drones can plant 40,000 trees in a month. By 2028, they’ll have planted 1 billion
Fast Company
4 min read · From 2020 · We need to massively reforest the planet, in a very short period of time. Flash Forest’s drones can plant trees a lot faster than humans.
Reader View · Shared by 175, including BrendanEich, Liv 😷, Neil Hart 💙, Faik Ersoy, Dr Joana Casaca Lemos, Merkstatt, Dan Hill, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Rick Powell, Katja Evertz, Marius Bleuer
euronews
Army of seed-firing drones will plant 100 million trees by 2024
euronews
2 min read · May 5th · Meet the company using drones to combat biodiversity loss.
Reader View · Shared by 133, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, hiten.eth, Martin Varsavsky 🇺🇦
World Economic Forum
These drones can plant 100,000 trees a day
World Economic Forum
2 min read · From 2017 · Drones could fight deforestation by planting 1 billion trees a year.
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Daily Mail Online
Robots, drones and AI will carry out most household chores by 2040
Daily Mail Online
4 min read · From 2020 · According to British futurologists, almost all, around 90 per cent, of household chores will be automated thanks to robots, drones and AI by 2040.
Reader View · Shared by 97, including Bob E. Hayes, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Nige Willson, Hendrik Dietrich, Katja Evertz, Jonathan Kogan, Ronald Schmelzer, Kathleen Walch
The New York Times
‘It’s Creepy’: Unexplained Drones Are Swarming by Night Over Colorado
The New York Times
5 min read · From 2020 · Sheriffs in western Nebraska and eastern Colorado say they don’t know who’s flying the drones — or why. The F.A.A. is investigating.
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The New York Times
Police Drones Are Starting to Think for Themselves
The New York Times
6 min read · 2020-12-05 · In one Southern California city, flying drones with artificial intelligence are aiding investigations while presenting new civil rights questions.
Reader View · Shared by 109, including Dean Anthony Gratton, James Gingerich, @Expeflow #WorkEasier #RPA, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Yves Mulkers, mrbrown, Cade Metz, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Michael (मुकेश) 🇺🇦💪🏻, Ste Davies, Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org ☮️, niazakhan
TNW
Drones can now fly through forests at 40kmph — run and hide, humans
TNW
1 min read · 2021-10-08 · An AI system that enables drones to fly through forests at high speeds could help find missing people — and hunt down undesirables.
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PetaPixel
TIME's Latest Cover Photo is a Drone Photo of 958 Drones
PetaPixel
1 min read · From 2018 · TIME magazine's latest issue is a special report on the rapid explosion of drones in our culture. For the cover photo, TIME recreated its iconic logo and red border using 958 illuminated drones hovering in the sky. It's the first-ever TIME cover captured with a camera drone. To create the photo, TIME partnered with
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WIRED
Small Drones Are Giving Ukraine an Unprecedented Edge
WIRED
2 min read · May 6th · From surveillance to search-and-rescue, consumer drones are having an unprecedented impact on Ukraine’s defense against Russia.
Shared by 66, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Backchannel
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euronews
Army of seed-firing drones will plant 100 million trees by 2024
euronews
2 min read · May 5th · Meet the company using drones to combat biodiversity loss.
Reader View · Shared by 133, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, hiten.eth, Martin Varsavsky 🇺🇦
WIRED
Small Drones Are Giving Ukraine an Unprecedented Edge
WIRED
2 min read · May 6th · From surveillance to search-and-rescue, consumer drones are having an unprecedented impact on Ukraine’s defense against Russia.
Shared by 66, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Backchannel
WIRED
Drones Are Turning Into Personal Flying Machines
WIRED
3 min read · May 17th · We were promised jetpacks that never arrived. But you know what’s finally here? Big, honking drones you can ride on.
Shared by 53, including Chris Isak , Tarik ESSAADI, Brian Ahier, Backchannel, Clive Thompson
Reuters
EXCLUSIVE U.S. plans to sell armed drones to Ukraine in coming days -sources
Reuters
Jun 1st · The Biden administration plans to sell Ukraine four MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones that can be armed with Hellfire missiles for battlefield use against Russia, three people familiar with the situation said.
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The Pentagon Inches Toward Letting AI Control Weapons
WIRED
3 min read · 2021-05-10 · Drills involving swarms of drones raise questions about whether machines could outperform a human operator in complex scenarios.
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WIRED
There Are Spying Eyes Everywhere—and Now They Share a Brain
WIRED
4 min read · 2021-02-04 · Security cameras. License plate readers. Smartphone trackers. Drones. We’re being watched 24/7. What happens when all those data streams fuse into one?
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The Atlantic
The Problem Behind a Viral Video of a Persistent Baby Bear
The Atlantic
6 min read · From 2018 · What appears to be a life-affirming triumph is really a cautionary tale about drones and wildlife.
Reader View · Shared by 95, including Merkstatt, Bertrand Maltaverne, Martina Grolimund, Jane, Jörgen Camrath, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, M. Serdar Kuzuloğlu, Loubna Rais, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Charles Baldwin, Mark Little, Dominik Grolimund, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 (he/him), Luca Like, Hans Bickhofe
colorsmagazine.com
Drones on Rugs | Blog
colorsmagazine.com
3 min read · From 2015 · Colors Magazine, a magazine about the rest of the world. Drones on Rugs | Blog
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WIRED
Drones Are Turning Into Personal Flying Machines
WIRED
3 min read · May 17th · We were promised jetpacks that never arrived. But you know what’s finally here? Big, honking drones you can ride on.
Shared by 53, including Chris Isak , Tarik ESSAADI, Brian Ahier, Backchannel, Clive Thompson
Gizmodo
Google Is Helping the Pentagon Build AI for Drones
Gizmodo
5 min read · From 2018 · Google has partnered with the United States Department of Defense to help the agency develop artificial intelligence for analyzing drone footage, a move that set off a firestorm among employees of the technology giant when they learned of Google’s involvement.
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MIT Technology Review
The US military wants super-soldiers to control drones with their minds
MIT Technology Review
8 min read · From 2019 · A new DARPA research program is developing brain-computer interfaces that could control ““swarms of drones, operating at the speed of thought”. What if it succeeds?
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The New York Times
Taking Visual Journalism Into the Sky With Drones
The New York Times
6 min read · From 2018 · Josh Haner, a photographer for The Times, discussed how the use of drones has changed storytelling.
Reader View · Shared by 28, including Merkstatt, Ward Plunet
IEEE Spectrum
Autonomous Racing Drones Dodge Through Forests at 40 kph
IEEE Spectrum
2021-10-07 · It seems inevitable that sooner or later, the performance of autonomous drones will
surpass the performance of even the best human pilots. Usually things in robotics that seem inevitable happen later as opposed to sooner, but drone technology seems to be the exception to this. We've seen an asto
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