Drone Blogs

 In a 2013 CNN interview, Jeff Bezos said that Amazon planned on becoming the first company to offer customers a drone based delivery program. Unfortunately, logistical, software, and hardware issues greatly delayed many drone programs. For almost a decade, Prime members have been patiently waiting for Amazon to follow through on their promise to... Read More

Officially established in 1992, with roots dating back to the beginning of the 1900s, the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is the main science and technology development firm for our country’s land forces. The main center is located within the Adelphi Laboratory Center at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland with... Read More

Cemetery From the Civil War Era, Mapped and Veteran's Plots Identified With the Help of Drones Read More

The now defunct company Advanced Ceramic Research from Tucson, AZ was the first to start developing the Coyote drone. After several corporate changeovers, the company was bought by Raytheon Technologies, who completed the development of Coyote. The drone was introduced in 2014 with the primary purpose of supporting The United States of America’s Army and... Read More

Native to the rivers and lakes of sub-Saharan Africa, hippopotamuses are the second heaviest land animals. Weighing upwards of 8,000 lbs these herbivores spend the majority of the day submerged in murky water to escape the scorching heat of the sun. When the sun sets, they emerge from the waters traveling between 3-6 miles to... Read More

The NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) was founded in 1939 to test wind tunnel research on aircraft. Today with an estimated $860 million annual budget and about $3 billion worth of research equipment, ARC plays major roles in many NASA projects involving spaceflight and information technology. Located about 12 miles north of San Jose, CA,... Read More

 The best way to get children excited about learning new things is by engaging them through something they find fun. Robotics like drones are perfect tools to teach kids about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). There is a reason why schools across the nation are pushing STEM based curriculum because a STEM rich... Read More

 Every year Forbes Magazine puts out a “30 Under 30” list of the most promising young entrepreneurs within a range of economic fields. Among the list of promising individuals under the age of 30 in the consumer technology category for 2018 was 22 year old George Matus from Holladay, Utah. When George was still... Read More

The Chowan River in North Carolina is a slow moving body of water that flows through swamps and wetlands, classifying it as a blackwater river. It has long been a source of fishing for catfish and large mouth bass, as well as being a local recreational hot spot. Since 2019, a harmful algae bloom along... Read More

In the more than 4 billion years since there has been life on Earth, our planet has gone through some dramatic changes. Fossils found in Greenland dating back to 3.7 billion years ago show the earliest known life forms on Earth, simple anaerobic organisms. Around 900 million years ago, life forms began to evolve as... Read More