New Technology can Make a Drone out of your iPhone or Samsung - http://clapway.com/2016/01/03/new-technology-can-make-drone-iphone-samsung/

It is finally time for the world to see a drone that can make your Samsung and iPhone smartphone fly! The new PhoneDrone Ethos is going to allow users to fly their smartphones and gain access to the third dimension. This device has many cool features, and also it is promised that it will keep your smartphone safe from harm.

WHAT THIS NEW DRONE DOES WITH YOUR SAMSUNG AND IPHONE SMARTPHONE

As mentioned earlier, the main point of this drone is to allow your smartphone to deploy in the air. This will basically turn your smartphone into an aerial camera. You just connect your smartphone onto the drone, and then your phone is ready to take off. The company behind this revelation states that consumers can expect a powerful drone that is a fraction of the price that they usually are.

THE POWERFUL FEATURES OF THIS DRONE

This PhoneDrone Ethos drone has several convenient features. For one thing, the company ensures that this device is extremely easy to use. They say that no prior drone experience will be necessary to work the PhoneDrone Ethos. They promise that this device will be very affordable and will not break your bank, as well. The device will be easy to travel with as it does not take up much space. As far as compatibility goes, this drone will be compatible with all of your devices. There is also a camera mirror present on it, as well as having a built-in charger.

SAFETY IS NOT AN ISSUE FOR YOUR SAMSUNG OR IPHONE SMARTPHONE

Some people are probably wondering how safe this will be. Well, the company has stated that there is no reason to be worried about your smartphone. So, do not worry about your precious Samsung and iPhone smartphones as they will be safe in this device, and here is why. The company points out how they have built redundancy into their design. So, if the primary system fails then the backup system will immediately kick in. If this still does not convince people, then know that they built in a protective universal mount into the device. This will cradle the phone in a protective sheath that will provide ultimate shock protection.

WHEN TO EXPECT THE NEW DRONE

This device can be expected later this year. The company has a September 2016 shipping date on their timeline. So, when that day comes, saddle up your Samsung or iPhone smartphone and take it for a ride!

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New Technology can Make a Drone out of your iPhone or Samsung

FLYBi Drone Uses VR to Make You Superman - http://clapway.com/2015/10/22/flybi-drone-uses-vr-to-make-you-superman123/

One of the most sought after fictional superpowers is the ability to fly. We have planes and helicopters, skydiving and parachuting, but there’s nothing even remotely close to what we’ve seen great fictional heroes have done by punching a fist in the air and willing it to take them to the skies.

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With the FLYBi, we might be just a little closer. No laser eyes and no superhuman strength, but this new gadget gives you the ability to feel like a bird in flight.

The FLYBi Combines Virtual Reality and A Drone to Bring You An Out of Body Flying Experience

It’s nothing like we’ve seen before. The FlyBi is the world’s first drone designed to capture and immortalize everything they see, and cast it right back to your own eyes. The gadget is composed of a small flying drone, controlled by remote and a pair of goggles.

The FLYBi is 14″x16″ and weighs 2.2 lb., flying at speeds of up to 50mph for about 30 minutes at a time.

The FLYBi drone is equipped with a 12 megapixel camera that captures 1080p quality footage, and it moves according to your own movement to capture exactly what you want to see when you want to see it.

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You can capture photos or video on the fly, and the FLYBi drone also has integrated WiFi and remote storage to file all of your adventures and daily routines.

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The FLYBi drone and wrist remote are meant to be used alongside the FLYBi app, which allows users to set a flight path for your drone to follow, so obstacles like unexpected cars can be perfectly avoided by a slight alteration of their path from your phone. Other more obvious obstacles like utility poles will be automatically avoided by the FLYBi’s obstacle avoidance sensors.

The FLYBi is Guaranteed to Give You A Unique Bird’s Eye View of Wherever You Want It To Go

The FLYBi drone comes in four colors and has different add-ons in the package, like a HeliDeck that acts as a charging station and a landing pad, and a Carrying Case that protects your drone from any hazards. Once your FLYBi is in need of recharging, just opening the HeliDeck will prompt it to return and begin charging immediately, so having a FLYBi is almost like being a warg or having a familiar spirit.

The FLYBi drone requires no learning curve, it’s a matter of unpacking and putting to use immediately. No need for instructions, just for the app, your drone, your googles and just a pinch of vicarious wanderlust.

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About five months ago, a #chimpanzee in a #Netherlands zoo used a stick to bring down a #drone, much to the dismay of the TV crew that was filming the animals. - http://clapway.com/2015/09/05/drone-attack-chimp-strikes-plans-destroy-drone-099/

About five months ago, a chimpanzee in a Netherlands zoo used a stick to bring down a drone, much to the dismay of the TV crew that was filming the animals. Scientists analyzed the seemingly random flailing attack of the chimp and found that it may not have been random at all.

WHAT WAS THE DRONE DOING IN THE ZOO?

On April 10, 2015 a TV crew used a camera-equipped drone to film a chimpanzee colony in the Royal Burgers Zoo, in Arnhem, The Netherlands. They intended to obtain aerial as well as close footage of chimpanzees and their enclosures. Using unusual angles for the video shoot, this drone-captured film was planned to be introduced in a public relations documentary. When the drone came closer to the chimpanzees being observed, it caught the attention of several of them, who grabbed willow twigs off the ground. Some of them even climbed up to the scaffolding where the drone was hovered.

THE CHIMPANZEE DRONE ATTACK

In an analysis of the drone attack published in the journal Primates, the scientists note that such reactions to the presence of drones are not often seen in chimps. But, what happened next was utterly unexpected: when the drone zoomed in on two female chimpanzees Tushi and Raimee who were on the scaffold, Tushi made two long sweeping gestures with about a 6 feet-long twig she was holding. Unsuccessful in the first attempt, she was able to knock down and break the drone on her second try. Tushi’s face was tense with her teeth bared during the attack, but she showed no trace of fear.

 

CHIMPANZEE DRONE ATTACK WAS PERFECTLY PLANNED AND EXECUTED

Spontaneous and adaptive use of tools in this case, a stick isn’t new to chimpanzees. In fact, a study witnessed 13 types of tool-use in this particular colony of chimps. The scientists believe that Tushi’s planned used of the stick represents a deliberate attempt to attack the drone and not just a reflexive response to it. Her facial grimace during the attack and the precise strikes with the stick show assertion and dominance, not fear or even curiosity. This drone attack depicts how behaviorally fluid chimpanzees are. Danger doesn’t faze them; instead, they show sophisticated planning and execution of attack when faced with harm.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT BUMS OUT BEARS?

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CHIMPANZEE’S CAN USE STICKS, BUT GUESS WHAT YOUR KIDS CAN DO?

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Drone Attack: Chimp Plans to Destroys Drone

A #drone pilot recently interfered with a #LAPD suspect search. Could this mean laws are needed to control the use of #drones? - http://clapway.com/2015/08/31/drone-pilot123/

A man in Hollywood was arrested earlier this week for derailing an LAPD helicopter that was searching for a fleeing suspect with his drone.

LAPD VERSUS DRONE PILOT AND DRONE HOBBYISTS

Originally reported by ABC7 in LA, the drone had managed to come within 50 feet of the LAPD helicopter, which forced the police to focus their attention on finding the drone pilot –ditching their original efforts to find the suspect they were pursuing.

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Eventually the LAPD found the amateur drone pilot in a Rite Aid parking lot who was arrested for interfering with a police investigation. Authorities confiscated the drone, and questioned the operator about the event. According to the LAPD, he will also be questioned by the Federal Aviation Administration. Video was also taken by the drone, and will be examined by a forensics team in order to determine whether or not the drone pilot was intentionally interfering with the search, or if he just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

“It could kill everybody onboard the aircraft and anybody you hit on the ground. These aircrafts are just under 5,000 pounds and they can carry up to 143 gallons of jet fuel,” said LAPD pilot Sgt. Jorge Gonzalez in an interview with ABC7.

THIS ISN’T LAPD’S FIRST DRONE ENCOUNTER

In Aug. of last year, the LAPD received reports from a Canadian jetliner about a drone flying at 4,000 feet just 10 miles east of the Los Angeles International Airport. About a week later, the LAPD spotted a drone in L.A. just outside the northwest side of the police headquarters. The drone flew around the 10th story of the building, and then moved on to hovering above City Hall.

Another incident involved a drone operator named Daniel Saulmon. Saulmon was originally arrested for filming police on the ground, so he began filming the LAPD from the air with a drone. The LAPD ordered Saulmon to stop because he was trespassing. Saulmon ended up posting the video on YouTube.

LEGISLATION

The drone takeover is happening fast, and as usual, lawmakers are having a tough time trying to figure out how to create legislation around drones. Heated encounters and dangerous situations involving drones seem to be appearing more and more everyday. It’s possible that drone operators may need to have a license to operate if the community can’t get together to formulate proper drone etiquette.

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Drone Pilot Arrested For Halting Suspect Search

World"s First Radio-Tracking Drone Sees Wildlife #drone #wildlife #UAV - http://clapway.com/2015/08/26/radio-tracking-drone-wildlife123/

Every so often, you may notice a rare bird perched on a tree outside your home or witness a creature you are unable to identify on the walk home from work. Researchers, interested in learning more about unique animal species, have now managed to create the world-first radio-tracking drone. The one-of-a-kind device, designed to hover, will locate wildlife in inaccessible areas in order to gain insights about some of the world’s most mysterious species.

World’s First Radio-Tracking Drone Study

In making this discovery, scientists used the drones to follow radio-tagged bettongs (also known as rat-kangaroos), which are indigenous to the Australian rainforest. They are particularly difficult to track on the ground, which make them ideal for the study. The experiment was conducted at the Mulligan’s Flat woodland sanctuary in Canberra, Australia.

The study was conferred at the 2015 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference in Rome, Italy. Debbie Saunders, a wildlife ecologist, is the lead researcher for this experiment, is excited at the prospects of this technology. To date, the team has completed more than 150 test flights, over the course of two and a half years, which have helped to map the various locations of animals with radio tags. Now, the drone, after some fine tuning, is ready to change the way ecologists conduct research around the world.

The Result Of the Radio-Tracking Drone

Saunders developed the idea roughly eight years ago in an effort to track small dynamic migratory birds. Over the last two and a half years, the new system has been tested with Robert Fitch and his team at the ACFR (Australian Centre for Field Robotics). According to a publicly released statement from the Australian National University, “The robot consists of an off-the-shelf drone or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The custom-built miniature receiver and antenna provide real-time information on radio-tracked wildlife, which are mapped live on a laptop.”

The radio-tracking system, though complex, weighs as little as one gram. Efficient animal tracking is generally a difficult process that requires a lot of manual labor. However, so far, this experiment has granted pleasing and exciting results for scientists. Utilizing the technology, Saunders expects that researchers will be able to learn more about the world’s smallest species who tend to move in dynamic, and often unpredictable patterns.

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Nature is mysterious, yet truly captivating. We may not have a radio-tracking drone, but we can get an Atmoph to see wildlife:

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World"s First Radio-Tracking Drone Sees Wildlife

Sony Playing Big Brother with Harrier-Like Drone #sony #drone #robot - http://clapway.com/2015/08/25/sony-drone123/

Drones seem to be all the rage right now, and Sony doesn’t want to be left behind. That’s why it has partnered up with robotics company, ZMP, to create a drone capable of taking off vertically and spying on people below.

The VTOL UAV

Sony and ZMP have created a joint venture called Aerosense in an effort to create a drone that can be leased to businesses so they can perform aerial surveillance, which sounds a lot like Big Brother to me. According to the company, they intend businesses to use the VTOL UAV drone for “measuring, surveying, observing, and inspection.”

The VTOL UAV is bringing Sony’s camera, sensing, and telecommunications network together with ZMP’s robotic technologies expertise to create a drone they believe will be safe for businesses to use on major architectural, civil engineering, and mapping projects.

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Now, all of that can be done by a typical drone to an extent, but what makes Sony’s new drone unique is that it can take off vertically like a traditional quad-copter, but it actually flies around like a jet. In an article, The Guardian compares Sony’s drone to the Lockheed Martin F35 Fighter, shown in Die Hard 4, and they’re pretty spot on with their comparison.

Intentions: Good or Bad?

Here is where things get a bit tricky. No one likes the idea of being under constant surveillance. The term “glassholes” was derived from people being uncomfortable with Google Glass explorers having the ability to constantly record everything; completely ignoring the fact that most people are caught on surveillance footage more than they’d like to know.

Aerospace is looking to provide a product aimed at solving a legitimate issue: why send a person into a dangerous situation that can be done by a machine? But domestic aerial surveillance via automated drones is relatively new turf. So, it’s equally understandable that many people would be eager to cry Big Brother before fully understanding how the final product will be used.

Sony and ZMP are Focusing on Safety

Drones kind of have a bad rap for something they aren’t entirely responsible for. ZMP’s mission statement is “Robot of Everything: To create a safe, fun and comfortable lifestyle with robotics technology.” One of the reasons the companies wanted to go automated was because they believed in providing a safer solution to problems that currently exist.

“By making them automated, drones will be considerably safer because many of accidents created today are caused by human error,” said Hisashi Taniguchi, CEO of Aerosense and ZMP.

So, it’s easy to raise concerns about drones taking on more domestic work, but it’s also great to see companies, like Sony, trying to create socially responsible drone solutions that can benefit everyone.

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Speaking of drones, here’s a cute little robot in the shape of an egg:

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Sony Playing Big Brother with Harrier-Like Drone

Let"s get carried away and use #drones for everything? Including #medicine #delivery? - http://clapway.com/2015/07/19/drone-delivers-medicine-in-the-us-233/

A set of drones manufactured by Flirtey were approved by the FAA to take medicine to a rural Virginia hospital that would normally take a 90-minute drive. Unsurprisingly, the drone operation went off without a hitch.

The two drones successfully delivered medicine to the hospital. Is this the first step in the FAA’s authorization of using drones for the delivery of household packages?

The Drone Delivery System

Two drones were used to make the normally 90-minute journey from where the first drone took off. The first one was a larger drone that flew for 20 minutes with the supplies until it came to an airport that was close by the hospital.

The second drone took the medicine on 6 separate take-offs and landings due to battery constraints. Even with the 6 landings, it only took around 3 more minutes for it to reach its final destination. The overall time of the trip for the drones was little over 23 minutes from start to finish. The same journey would have taken a car or ambulance at least 90 minutes due to the winding roads and the geography of the landscape!

Let’s Use Drones for Everything!

While that may be the goal for some people, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) currently has a ban on unmanned drone deliveries. This was a special occasion that was specifically approved by the FAA. Those looking to use drones frequently for deliveries like Google and Amazon are hoping that this will help loosen the FAA’s firm grip on drone regulations. Hopefully this will show how useful and safe that drones can be.

Drones Making Future Deliveries

The FAA will have to approve package deliveries by drones, but small-scale test deliveries like this could significantly help with this type of advancement. If drone deliveries are ever approved, companies like Amazon and Google will likely create a fleet immediately as they have already expressed heavy interest in the technology.

This would cut delivery times of packages ordered offline exponentially. As was shown by this approved test, the drones will be able to get medicine and other medical supplies to those who need is so much quicker. In the medical field, mere minutes could mean life or death, and it is already been shown that drones could get supplies where they need to be much faster. Perhaps drones will be delivering packages and supplies sooner rather than later.

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Find out how you can get your own Star Wars-like hoverbike. - http://clapway.com/2015/06/23/the-u-s-army-is-developing-a-star-wars-like-hoverbike-245/

The military is currently developing a hoverbike reminiscent of the speeder bikes ridden by scout troopers in Star Wars.

KICKSTARTER BEGINNINGS

UK-based engineering firm Malloy Aeronautics launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in 2014 to raise money for the manufacturing of 1/3 scale remote-controlled drones, which originally served as the Hoverbike’s proof-of-concept. These little prototypes provide the public with a reasonable demonstration of the flight capabilities of the planned full-scale model. But they are also pretty cool drones on their own, with the ability to reach a speed of 45 m.p.h.

The campaign raised more than $100,000 dollars, enabling Malloy to move forward with the development of the full-sized Hoverbike.

Aside from the fact that it’s a freaking hoverbike, what makes this transportation method so special?

According to Malloy Aeronautics, compared to a helicopter, the Hoverbike is cheaper, more rugged, easier to use, and it “represents a whole new way to fly.”

MILITARY INTEREST

It didn’t take long for the military to develop an interest in the Hoverbike.

Malloy describes, “This project started out as a hobby, but quickly grew into a commercial enterprise, with interest from people and groups such as universities, farmers, search and rescue, private and military, with notable visits from the US Army. . .and Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works.”

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory signed a contract with Malloy Aeronautics to develop Hoverbikes, or, as the Department of Defense likes to call them, Tactical Reconnaissance Vehicles, for the U.S. military. The military sees a vehicle like this as having valuable reconnaissance applications, as is demonstrated by the Imperial military’s reconnaissance troops in Star Wars.

TAKING FLIGHT

A working, full-scale, manned Hoverbike is just around the corner.

“We are in the final construction stages of the latest manned prototype of the Hoverbike and in a few months we will start flight testing,” says Malloy. “After the successful completion of test flights, we will build a final engineering prototype for submission to aviation certification authorities.” The military is waiting for its Tactical Reconnaissance Vehicles. But if you want your own Hoverbike, the current estimated price tag is $51,000.

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Turkish forces shoot down Syrian helicopter “drone” on border - http://clapway.com/2015/05/16/turkish-forces-shoot-down-syrian-helicopter-drone-on-border123/

Mere days after Turkish capital Ankara urged its NATO allies to endorse possible regime change to aid in the fight against terrorism, Turkish forces have shot down a Syrian helicopter. The shooting occurred today a little after 2 p.m. local time, when the helicopter breached a seven-mile strip of the border in Turkey’s southeastern Hatay province. After detecting the border violation (the chopper had breached for about five minutes), Turkish forces dispatched two F-16 fighter jets to attack the helicopter. Turkish military reported that it had crashed inside Syria.

Amidst frenzy, Syrian “helicopter” identified to be remotely controlled drone

The Syrian pro-government Addounia TV channel claims that these reports were faulty — that the Turkish actually shot down a small, drone-like surveillance plane. Both the Turkish Minister of Defense Ismet Yilmaz and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu dispute these claims, saying that, while the aircraft initially appeared like an unmanned vehicle, it was ultimately identified to be a helicopter. The reason the Turkish military had for taking down the helicopter was straightforward: it had failed to listen to warnings given for it to halt its border breach.

This is the third time since June 2012 that Turkey has shot down a Syrian aircraft. All incidents have occurred after Damascus gunned down a Turkish F-4 reconnaissance jet over the Mediterranean Sea that year. The first Syrian helicopter shooting occurred in September 2013, and the second, a Syrian MIG-23 warplane, was shot down in March 2014.

Not so coincidentally, all of these aircraft shootings have gone in line with Turkish governmental efforts to crack down the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Turkey has previously denied Assad’s accusation that it has conspired to deliver arms to Islamist militant insurgents to lay hold of the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib earlier this year.

NATO aids in increased Turkish efforts to battle Syrian regime

Turkey’s NATO allies are currently focusing on combatting extremist terrorist militant groups that are mainly led by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Earlier this week, NATO’s foreign ministers met in Antalya, Turkey to discuss the state of terrorism in Turkey’s neighboring nations. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu concluded that, in order for the fight against the Islamic State to be wholly forceful and effective, there desperately needs to be a regime change in Damascus, a transition that will hopefully bring about much-needed stability to the country.

Turkish forces shoot down Syrian helicopter “drone” on border