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  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Laws


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    IAI Heron 1 UAV in flight. Location: NAVAL AIR STATION, FALLON, NEVADA (NV) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)   State legislatures are buzzing with drone laws. According to the Boston Globe , 43 states “have passed or are considering legislation to regulate the use of unpiloted aerial ...
    9 hours ago
  • The Talibans Qatar office is a positive step, but not a prologue to peace | Michael Semple


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    The Talibans establishment of a negotiating team is welcome, but dont expect their talk and fight strategy to end anytime soon The Taliban announcement that they are going ahead with opening their political office in Qatar , as a base from which they can dialogue with all and sundry, is an important development. It ...
    9 hours ago
  • Tiny, disposable drones monitor hurricanes and survive crash landings


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    Autore : ExtremeTech Some tasks are too dangerous to have a human perform, such as flying over active military zones, spying on a target, or venturing deep below the ocean’s surface. For those such tasks, modern society has developed unmanned drones that remove humans from harm’s way. However, sometimes the ...
    11 hours ago
  • TYT - Will We EVER End The War On Terror?


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  • Drone killings


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    By Sascha-Dominik Bachmann Targeted killing by drones (using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or Unmanned Combat Aircraft Systems (UCAS) as weapon platforms) has become an increasingly debated subject. Criticism is not only directed against its overall legality and legitimacy, but also its negative impact on the ...
    2 days ago
  • House Passes Ban on Drone Strikes Against US Citizens


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    However, the amendment does contain an exception for Americans "actively engaged in combat against the United States". … Read More
    3 days ago
  • Paris Air Show peek: Wide-body battle and drones


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    PARIS (AP) — The Paris Air Show, which opens for business on Monday Jun. 17, brings hundreds of aircraft to the skies around the French capital, the usual tense competition between aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus, and a slew of innovations large and small. Heres what to look for over the show: Business News ...
    3 days ago
  • Farm Drones Take Flight


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    We all know what drones can do in the hands of the military and law enforcement. For recreational use, theyre fun to fly around with a GoPro strapped to its belly. The commercial use of drones is in its infancy. Congress passed a law last year requiring the FAA to open the skies to wider drone flights by 2015. Once ...
    3 days ago
  • The Drone Ranger: Obama’s Dirty Wars by Greg Palast


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    by Greg Palast Writer, Dandelion Salad www.gregpalast.com For Vice Magazine June 13, 2013 About the time Barack Obama ordered the drone strike that killed Abdul-Rahman al-Awlaki, the 16-year-old American kid Facebooked his second-rate choice of hip-hop favorites. I say “second-rate,” because Abdul was my son’s ...
    4 days ago
  • Murmuration: A Festival of Drone Culture


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    OB298 — A Preliminary Atlas of Drone Strike Landscapes. This is part of the Murmuration Festival of Drone Culture .
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  • Build Your Own Armed Drone!


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    Yesterday Boing Boing linked to a Northeastern University engineering students’ drone that honed in on radio signals. Today we see the next step, arming those drones. In this commercial for a cell phone screen protector product , a quadcopter flies up to some fruit, sodas and a cell phone and shoots them with a ...
    4 days ago
  • Thinking About Terrorism? Think Twice


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    Why did President Obama order the death of Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, the 16-year-old American son of radical American imam Anwar al-Awlaki? Investigative reporter and VICE correspondent Greg Palast thinks he knows. U.S. forces killed the younger Awlaki with a drone in Yemen in October 2011 two weeks after his father was ...
    4 days ago
  • Handgun drone unsuccessfully shoots mobile phone


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    Spocko sez, "In this commercial for a cell phone screen protector product, a quadcopter flies up to some fruit, sodas and a cell phones and shoots them with a remote controlled handgun. The company, Clearplex, has many videos of its screen protector products being shot at, so this one is a natural, although creepy, ...
    4 days ago
  • I have watched Barack Obama transform into the security president


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    During his 10 years as the Observers correspondent in America, Paul Harris has seen a new toughness from the once fiery campaigner It is all too easy to look back on some moments in the past and claim their significance was obvious at the time. That it was clear – even as the event unfolded and you frantically ...
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  • Marco Rubio Is Dead To Me


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    Young, handsome and Hispanic, Marco Rubio was once hailed as one of the new faces of the Republican Party. But now we learn that he actually brings two new faces to the GOP. One that says one thing one moment and another that says a different thing at a different moment. After all, while Rubio appeared in this ...
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  • Impressive bird’s-eye view of the Turkish protest in Taksim square recorded by a drone


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    On June 11. 2013, Turkish Police fired bullets at a radiocontrolled flying camera helicopter during the protests in Taksim square, Istanbul. The drone was recording the stunning video you can see in this video before being hit. According to the author, both the camera and the helicopter were destroyed after ...
    4 days ago
  • the art of listening.


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    MeFites to whom this level of appreciation applies: What are your favorite, most arresting, entrancing, or otherwise awe-inspiring [field / ambient / nature / soundscape] recordings? Im looking for more to enrich my ever-increasing collection of otherworldly sounds that are very much of this world. ...And by ...
    4 days ago
  • Dozens of States Eye Drone Laws


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    More than 40 states are considering or have enacted legislation dealing with drones, according to Westlaw researchers.
    5 days ago
  • Who Built This Mysterious Spy Drone Captured By Syrian Rebels?


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    The situation in Syria is getting worse by the hour. France and the UK have both confirmed Assads use of Sarin gas against rebel-held towns , Hezbollah fighters have jumped in to the regimes defense , and drones are falling out of the sky at an alarming pace. Including this one. Read more...     ...
    5 days ago
  • Edward Snowden story on way to the big screen


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    Film about NSA whistleblower already being planned, along with separate feature about Barack Obamas drones programme Hollywood is planning to bring movies centring on the story of data-snooping whistleblower Edward Snowden and the equally controversial US drones programme to the big screen, according to the ...
    5 days ago

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