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eVTOLs: Does Mineral Madness Lurk Beyond Lithium-Ion?
Demand, and mining, for many minerals will dominate the future of transportation
The demand for mined minerals will play a large role in the future of all electric vehicles, including eVTOLs.
Modern eVTOLs Are Coming to Ancient Greece
Tourists vacationing at Aria Hotels in Greece will soon be able to travel to different locales in eVTOLs.
For UAM to Succeed, the Stars Won’t Need to Align, But a Lot of Systems Will
Researchers explore UAM from a System of Systems (SoS) perspective
Researchers at the Hamburg, Germany-based German Aerospace Center, Institute of System Architectures in Aeronautics (DLR), wanted to understand how different fully electric urban air mobility (UAM) aircraft architecture might affect the overall system of systems’ (SoS’) capability. (SoS refers to a complex system composed of multiple systems that work together to achieve what can’t be…
UAVs Take Flight to Save the Sharks
You’re Gonna Need a Drone, Not a ‘Bigger Boat’
As drone technology (design, battery life, video image resolution) improves, it will help save the lives of sharks, researchers, and swimmers.
UAVs Face Headwinds, Tailwinds, and Downdrafts: What’s a Drone to Do?
CalTech Engineers Are Working on the Solution
Researchers are teaching drones how to adapt and stay on course in different wind conditions using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
A Win for Drone Journalism
Victory in UAV litigation in Texas
A Texas judge ruled it is legal to use drones for newsgathering and to publish their photos.