Earlier we were 1st borough to deploy new Met Police drone to search for a High Risk Missing Person – useful piece of kit! #GDTeamC pic.twitter.com/VNpsHBMdA6 — Hackney Police (@MPSHackney) September 12, 2017 Police in the London borough of Hackney became the first in the capital to use a drone to search for a high-risk …
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Amazon’s controversial 1-Click patent opens with a summary that’s decidedly dry. It reads: “A method and system for placing an order to purchase an item via the Internet.” Despite its stiff language, that US patent, which was granted in 1999, helped open the internet to droves of shoppers by allowing customers on Amazon.com to buy stuff with — you guessed …
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The man who made the Pebble watch is back on Kickstarter again, but this time he’s making an iPhone case. It sounds ridiculous, but according to Eric Migicovsky, there are greater things down the road, and he’s partnering with a former co-founder of Avegant and an engineer at Pebble to do it. Migicovsky last year sold his smartwatch company, Pebble, …
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When Hurricane Harvey lashed out at Texas and Louisiana last week, the wireless networks stood their ground. Cellular service held up better during Harvey than in past storms, which is surprising given the scope and size of the disaster. Harvey devastated hundreds of miles of coastline from Corpus Christi, Texas, to Lake Charles, Louisiana. The flooding covers an area that’s …
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DJI makes a lot of fine adjustments to its camera drones. Much of the time these are done through firmware updates that unlock new features or enhance existing ones, but it also takes an existing drone and tweaks it. At IFA 2017, it announced it would do both. The Phantom 4 Pro is now available in matte gray. DJI The …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Now playing: Watch this: Parrot Bebop 2 is a smaller, lighter, safer drone for… 1:03 The Bebop 2 …
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Remember those awesome battling Star Wars drones from Propel? An X-Wing, TIE fighter and Imperial Speeder Bike were revealed last year with hints that a Millennium Falcon drone would follow — and now we’ve learned that the Falcon will take flight alongside next summer’s Han Solo spin-off movie. Propel’s Battle Quad drones fight each other, shooting enemy drones out of …
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The Federal Aviation Administration is warning drone operators not to fly their devices over the Houston area as rescue efforts continue in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The FAA said Tuesday that unauthorized drone operation over the disaster area could interfere with rescue and recovery efforts currently underway in areas inundated by epic floods brought on by the deadly storm. …
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