If things go according to plan, drones may soon come to the rescue of those caught in conflict with wild animals. Scientists at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Dehradun have
Facebook on Thursday said it is ready to begin test flights of a high-altitude drone designed to provide Internet access to remote locations of the world. The Aquila drone has a wingspan
Online retail colossus Amazon wants to carve out a special zone of the sky to shuttle commercial drones that would deliver goods to its customers. Amazon Prime Air project vice president Gur
Sony Mobile has a new product subsidiary for its business customers. The Japanese technology conglomerate has launched a drone company called Aerosense in a joint venture with robotics company ZMP. With Aerosense,
Flying of drones over Mumbai has been banned for a month by police in view of security concerns. Police had yesterday detained an employee of a property website for illegally using a
Wondering where your package is? Look up! Switzerland’s postal service said Tuesday it had begun testing parcel deliveries by unmanned drones, although widespread use of the flying postmen is not likely to
Amazon said Tuesday its Echo personal assistant speaker aimed at integrating with smart home devices was on sale to the public after seven months of tests on an invitation-only basis. Echo, selling
Microsoft researchers are developing autonomous drones that collect mosquitoes to look for early signs that potentially harmful viruses are spreading, with the goal of preventing disease outbreaks in humans. Project Premonition, launched
Amazon.com Inc has won approval from U.S. federal regulators to test a delivery drone outdoors, less than a month after the e-commerce powerhouse blasted regulators for being slow to approve commercial drone
Drones aren’t what they used to be. Once reserved for strategic purposes, drones of all shapes, sizes, and prices are flying around now, with Parrot enabling normal consumers to pick one up
Facebook Inc is harnessing satellite, drone and other technology as part of an ambitious and costly effort to beam Internet connectivity to people in underdeveloped parts of the world. The world’s No.