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Drones

Drone film festival

Watch these drone film festival winners to see what’s possible with the high-flying technology

A film festival out of New York dedicated to the art of drone cinematography went to great heights to pick… Read More

Amazon drone

Amazon patents drones with telescoping landing legs and foldable propellers

Amazon’s inventors are taking a page from Inspector Gadget’s playbook to design drones with adjustable landing legs and reconfigurable propellers.… Read More

Drone over water

Seattle drone pilot gets jail time as FAA reports increase in possible collisions

A Seattle man was sentenced to 30 days in jail on Friday after a drone he was operating injured two… Read More

Drone over water

Microsoft Ventures leads $26M round in AirMap, a startup that maps airspace in real time for drones

Microsoft and Airbus are investing in the future of autonomous drones that can communicate with one another as they fly… Read More

Verizon acquires Portland startup Skyward, a maker of drone management software

Verizon is bolstering its efforts in drones with the acquisition of Skyward, a Portland-based startup whose software helps commercial drone… Read More

Amazon drone delivery

Incoming! Amazon patents a plan to turn its drone delivery packages into gliders

Amazon has come up with some wild and crazy patents, but a patent issued today has to rank among the wildest:… Read More

Amazon foldable-wing drone

Amazon’s latest drone patent features foldable wings for flippable flight

Amazon has sought patents for hitchhiking drones, mini-drones that can sit on shoulders, drones that assemble themselves like Lego toys – and… Read More

Podcast

Week In Geek: Snapchat’s new Seattle office, legal drama for drones, and more

It was quite a week for Seattle’s commercial real estate world. Snap Inc., the parent company of popular messaging app… Read More

Orcas

Proposed no-drone zone for orcas gets a hearing in Washington state

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Would you be in trouble if an orca popped up out of Puget Sound beneath your drone? Should… Read More

Man convicted after out-of-control drone hits building, knocks woman unconscious during Seattle Pride Parade

It is not a great time to be a drone pilot in Seattle right now. On the heels of a drone… Read More

Podcast

The Week in Geek: Envelop VR closes its doors; drone crashes into the Space Needle; and more

Seattle is proud of its growing virtual reality community and already boasts several promising VR and AR startups. But the young… Read More

Drone

State legislators grapple with drone privacy and safety issues as UAVs take off

OLYMPIA, Wash. — What’s the difference between photographing a piece of private property from a Cessna airplane and doing the same… Read More

Amazon exec Paul Misener warns that state laws could bog down drone deliveries

A patchwork of state laws governing drone operations would pose a “real problem” for aerial delivery systems like the one… Read More

Drones at CES

FAA tests drone defense system to protect against a flying robot uprising

Drone sightings by commercial pilots are on the rise, and so is the Federal Aviation Administration’s research into systems that detect… Read More

Drone

Drone no-no: State legislation could ban flying over someone else’s property

Flying your drone over another person’s private property could get harder. A bill to forbid privately owned drones from flying… Read More

Collective UAV

Amazon seeks patent for system that links up drones to create a Borg for deliveries

Right now, Amazon’s delivery drones are designed to drop off packages weighing no more than 5 pounds. But what if… Read More

Blimp delivery system

Drone delivery from flying blimp ‘fulfillment centers’? Are you kidding, Amazon?

Some patents seem so way out that you have to wonder if they’re a joke. Such is the case for… Read More

Amazon drone attack

Amazon patents system to defend drones against hackers, jammers … and arrows

If there are any Robin Hoods out there who are thinking about shooting down drones while they’re making deliveries, Amazon… Read More

Eben Frankenberg at Echodyne

U.S. Border Patrol strikes a deal to put Echodyne’s drone radar system to the test

Echodyne’s drone-sized radar system has received a vote of confidence – and a $118,721 award – from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.… Read More

Flirtey drone

Flirtey says its drones are making routine deliveries for 7-Eleven in Nevada

In the race to make routine commercial deliveries via drone, Flirtey is going where Amazon hasn’t yet ventured: the United States.… Read More

Drone landing in England

Amazon drone deliveries in England show how small steps add up to a big deal

Amazon’s multimillion-dollar effort to deliver goods via drone currently has just two customers in the English countryside, but this could well… Read More

Video: Amazon makes first Prime Air drone package delivery, offers glimpse of new design

Amazon said this morning that it completed its first-ever package delivery from a Prime Air drone to a customer in Cambridge, England,… Read More

Pizza deliveries by Google drone? Alphabet X’s Wing Marketplace faces tough climb

You don’t hear as much about Google’s (now Alphabet X’s) Project Wing as you do about Amazon’s Prime Air drones,… Read More

Image: Wave Glider maritime robot

Boeing buys Liquid Robotics to boost autonomous surveillance at sea

The Boeing Co. says it has agreed to acquire Liquid Robotics, its teammate in a years-long effort to create surfboard-sized… Read More

Image: Surefly aircraft

One company’s vision for electric trucks, delivery drones — and a hybrid flying car

BELLEVUE, Wash. – A company called the Workhorse Group wants to beat Amazon to the punch and provide the U.S.… Read More

Seattle startup Unearth raises $1.3M to use drones and IoT to manage construction projects

Seattle startup Unearth is finishing up its first fundraising round as it continues to build a product that will help construction teams avoid… Read More

Seattle-based Apple team will use drones to improve Maps app in bid to catch up to Google

Apple is doubling down on its Maps app, assembling a team of robotics and data-collection experts to quickly update conditions… Read More

DJI Phantom drone

Chinese drone maker DJI to open new authorized retail store in Seattle area

DJI, a Chinese-based company that makes and sells drones, will open its first “authorized retailer” in Washington state at the Marketplace… Read More

Amazon delivery drone

Amazon’s delivery drones just might be on the job in 2020 … at least in Britain

Regulators have to work out lots of issues before they let drones start delivering packages routinely, but in Britain at… Read More

Working Geek: Skyward co-founder Eric Ringer’s 4 tips for managing work and life

Eric Ringer wears a lot of hats. On any given day, his role could be R&D engineer, product manager, drone… Read More

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