Hobby Drone Prevents Firefighting Aircraft From Flying Over California Wildfire
A hobbyist flying a drone prevented firefighting aircraft from fighting a wildfire in Southern California Wednesday, a Cal Fire officer tweeted.
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A hobbyist flying a drone prevented firefighting aircraft from fighting a wildfire in Southern California Wednesday, a Cal Fire officer tweeted.
When lifeguards at a popular Orange County surfing spot decided to use a high-tech drone to keep swimmers safe from shark attacks, they got a chilling eyeful.
Concertgoers at Plaza de Toros de Playas posted photos on social media of Iglesias, 40, with blood all over his white T-shirt.
The U.S. Park Police have cited the operator of a small drone outside the White House with violating a federal law that prohibits flying unmanned aerial vehicles over Washington.
There are drones that fight crime, and drones that fight wars. Now, scientists have enlisted drones to plant billions of trees in the fight against climate change.
Silicon Valley fashion week kicked off Tuesday with drones and humans showing off what passes for fashion in the tech industry.
A drone large enough to carry tanks of fertilizers and pesticides has won rare approval from federal authorities to spray crops in the United States.
The agency that manages the Golden Gate Bridge is asking Sen. Dianne Feinstein for help in restricting the rising number of remote-controlled drones that have been buzzing the famous span.
After several community meetings, a San Jose city commission has decided to endorse a controversial police drone. It's an important step for police who hope to convince the public to buy-in.
Drones are pretty good at capturing those spectacular views that is usually reserved for the birds.
"They say they entered a number of homes on Mare Island with hidden cameras, and used drones and infrared heat sensors," Rappaport said.
Amazon scored a victory this week in its battle with government regulators. The company will start testing delivery drones but don't expect that package by air just yet.
San Jose's police department says it will begin field testing cameras on about a dozen officers in September with full implementation a year later. They also said they won't roll out drone technology until 2017.
From lightbulbs to your bloodstream, genomes to Terminator-type robots, Google is involved in every aspect of your life--and even in extending life--and possibly preserving your digital self forever.
Have you ever spotted a drone over San Francisco? If the number of videos posted on YouTube is any indication, there's one up there just about every second of every day. The problem is, most of those videos aren't worth the time it takes your finger to move over and click the play button.
The Berkeley City Council has voted to impose a one-year moratorium on the use of drones by the city's Police Department but authorized the fire department to use them for disaster response purposes.
The Berkeley City Council will consider a proposal by the city's Peace and Justice Commission Tuesday night to impose a two-year moratorium on drones.
The FAA released long-awaited proposed rules for drone use Sunday.
Of all the places to land a drone, one guy picked the lawn at the White House.
A drone overloaded with methamphetamine crashed into a supermarket parking lot in Tijuana, just feet from the California border.
People frustrated by drones flying over their neighborhoods may have a new way to fight back.
Two San Francisco tech executives, a CEO and a COO of different companies, helped nab a suspected drone thief.
A quadcopter owned by the City of San Francisco's Recreation and Parks Department was stolen last Tuesday morning. The drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle, was also equipped with a camera.
For the second day visitors to Coit Tower and Pioneer Park in San Francisco will be turned away as a private company films a corporate commercial using a drone.
The Mavericks break off of the San Mateo Coast is a destination for big-wave surfers, but even they have trouble handling the massive swells outside of Pillar Point Harbor.
