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Dreams of the World: From Fighter Pilot to Drone Advocate
Missy Cummings at the Drones and Aerial Robotics Conference (DARC), recently held at New York University. Cummings was one the Navy´s first female fighter pilots, and is now a Professor of Aeronautics...
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October 20, 2013: Paddling and Kite Surfing East Africa, Reenacting Civil War...
Adventurers always need to prepare for the worst. But Seth Warren hadn’t quite expected things to go quite so poorly as he paddle boarded and kite surfed Africa’s East Coast. (photo courtesy Seth...
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FAA Releases Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Roadmap
Dji´s Phantom. Photo © KIKE CALVO This post is the latest in the Drones and Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Special Series, which profiles interesting drone information Kike learns about during his...
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Dreams of the World: Flight Simulation of Robotic Birds with Cameron Rose, UC...
Dreams of the World: One Dream a Time. This post is the latest in the series Dreams of the World, which profiles interesting people Kike meets during his travels. Drones and Small Unmanned Aerial...
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Dreams of the World: Riley Morgan, Drones for Good Enthusiast
Dreams of the World: One Dream a Time. This post is the latest in the series Dreams of the World, which profiles interesting people Kike meets during his travels. Drones and Small Unmanned Aerial...
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The Vibrant Marine Ecosystem of the Arctic Polar Night
The irradiance of the sun stretches above the mountains at noon in the Arctic Polar night. Photo by Jóhann Garðar Þorbjörnsson. Fresh snow crackles under my feet as I step out of the airplane onto the...
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March 9, 2014: Racing the Iditarod With Twins, Time Traveling to a Black Hole...
A black hole, formed when a star collapses, pulls matter from a large neighboring blue star. (image by NASA/CXC/M.Weiss) Every week, embark with host Boyd Matson on an exploration of the latest...
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Why Don’t Octopuses Tie Themselves in Knots?
The common octopus has a knack for staying tangle-free. PHOTOGRAPH BY JUNIORS BILDARCHIV/ALAMY They have eight arms lined with suckers that can latch on to just about anything, yet octopuses never seem...
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October 5, 2014: Climbing Into Volcanoes, Swimming the Seven Seas and More
George Kourounis, armed with his heat and fire resistant suit, has endured some of the planet’s hottest places, including volcanoes and the “Door to Hell”. (photo by Chris Johns/National Geographic)...
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Snake Robots Crack Mystery of How Reptiles Climb Dunes
Climbing a sand dune is no easy task, even for the most nimble of humans—yet some snakes can climb them with ease. Now, a new study of sidewinders and robotic versions of the snakes has discovered the...
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