Tag: Drone

Amazon is ending Prime Air drone delivery in California as it eyes Arizona

Amazon is winding down its Prime Air drone delivery program in Lockeford, California — an early testing zone for a service that allowed local residents to order products weighing up to five pounds and get them delivered to their location via drone in 30 minutes. In the same press release, Amazon also announced that the [...]read moreAmazon is ending Prime Air drone delivery in California as it eyes Arizona

Amazon ends California drone deliveries

Amazon confirmed it is ending Prime Air drone delivery operations in Lockeford, California. The Central California town of 3,500 was the company’s second U.S. drone delivery site, after College Station, Texas. Operations were announced in June 2022. The retail giant is not offering details around the setback, only noting, “We’ll offer all current employees opportunities [...]read moreAmazon ends California drone deliveries

DJI’s first power stations can fast charge its drone batteries

DJI just launched its first power stations that feature a new proprietary SDC — aka Smart DC — port that can fast charge (some) DJI drone batteries and supports lots of input and output accessories. The $699 Power 1000 and smaller $379 Power 500 both offer a bevy of AC and DC inputs and outputs with [...]read moreDJI’s first power stations can fast charge its drone batteries

Here’s How An Autonomous Deep Sea Drone Might Have Found Amelia Earhart’s Wreckage After 87 Years

On July 2, 1937, aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. Search and rescue missions turned up no leads, and for 87 years, her disappearance has remained one of history’s greatest unsolved mysteries. That is, unless an underwater drone from Deep Sea Vision is correct, and its [...]read moreHere’s How An Autonomous Deep Sea Drone Might Have Found Amelia Earhart’s Wreckage After 87 Years

Seven killed in Russian drone attack on Odesa apartment block | Russia-Ukraine war News

Separate attacks killed an additional three people in Ukraine as Zelenskyy urges the West to deliver more air defences. A Russian drone attack on an apartment block in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa has killed at least seven people, including a three-year-old and a woman with an infant child, regional authorities said. “Rescuers [...]read moreSeven killed in Russian drone attack on Odesa apartment block | Russia-Ukraine war News