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Three years ago I posted about a robotic mastiff created by Boston Dynamics. Last November, the company showed that its humanoid robot ‘Atlas’ can do back flips and last week added to its repertoire by showing that now it can run. Not just walk, but run. C-3PO is...

There is much to be impressed by, and thankful for, in the news regarding the engine failure on Southwest flight 1380 this week. First there is the cool-as-a-cucumber response of the pilot. Captain Tammie Jo Shults exhibited ‘nerves of steel’ as she deftly handled the...

I am pleased to announce the third annual International Seminars on Positioning & Navigation Technologies (GNSS 2018) to be held from May 14 – 25 on the campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. The seminars are jointly sponsored by Ohio University, École nationale de...

A pair of news items that came out at the end of last month highlight the inadequacy of current regulations for safeguarding the public from careless operators of recreational drones. As reported by UAV Expert News, a guest at the Palms Place Resort in Las Vegas lost control of...

As reported by Alan Levin of Bloomberg News, researchers at Virginia Tech have concluded there is less than a 5% chance of catastrophic head injury if a person is hit by a drone weighing less than 2.6 pounds (1.2 kg). Although this may embolden some in an effort to loosen...

As reported by Reuters with further coverage at PetaPixel, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), essentially the United Nations’ aviation agency, is endorsing the creation of a single international drone registry. Drone manufacturers have been pushing for a...

New Zealand is known for its spectacular scenery (obvious to anyone who has seen the Lord of the Rings trilogy) and sheep farming. How about its commercial space launch industry? ‘No way!’ you say? That is about to change. Over the past decade a New Zealand start-up...

A father-and-son team from Adelaide, Australia may have solved one of the critical issues that has previously inhibited solar-powered flight. As reported by David Washington in Adelaide’s InDaily news service, Don and Cameron Donaldson of Praxis Aeronautics have discovered...

As reported by the Financial Times with additional reporting at Zero Hedge, used jet prices are falling like a rock. It’s a simple matter of too much supply and too little demand. This is evidenced also by new jet deliveries which have fallen by approximately 50% since the...

Image source: Motherboard Ben Sullivan published an article yesterday on Motherboard describing products offered by Russian company Coptersafe that jailbreak DJI drones and enable the purchasers to thwart the built-in no-fly zones. Coptersafe claims they did it out of necessity...