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Unlike many large fixed-wing drones, which are flown under remote control by ground-based pilots, a modified K-MAX flies autonomously along a programmed course using GPS to navigate via specified way points.
ECONOMIST: Autonomous helicopters
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As it stands, it's unclear whether anyone, including Brennan, knows what negative consequences are emerging on the ground because of remote drones.
CNN: Bring drones out of the shadows
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He is also developing a remote-controlled Parajet, which will allow skydivers to dive out of a para-motor, leave it flying by itself and then remote control it back to the ground.
CNN: Flying 'Parajet' takes off
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Data are also streaming in from other sources: remote sensors operating as fixed sentries, sensors on ground vehicles and sensors on the equipment that soldiers carry around with them (some have cameras on their helmets).
ECONOMIST: Artificial intelligence
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The company plans to continue building the OnLive management team in key categories as the company delivers on its mission of breaking new ground in cloud services both for games and remote application delivery to thin devices, legacy platforms or any platforms with a fast connection.
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Samuels is a Department of the Army civilian, working as a research chemist studying remote sensing technology at Edgewood Chemical Biological Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
WHITEHOUSE: Champions of Secure Energy
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Meanwhile, at least 30 Pakistani soldiers and nearly 100 militants have been killed in fierce fighting in a remote, northwest valley over the past four days following a ground offensive launched by the army, military officials said Monday.
WSJ: Pakistan Court Orders Musharraf to Respond
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But like radar technology, ADS-B currently relies on ground stations to relay information, making it useless over remote areas.
BBC: The key to preventing lost planes
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The images beamed by five remote sensing satellites excluding TES are being received and marketed from nine international ground stations across the world.
BBC: India's spy satellite boost
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The technology processes remote-sensing data, including data from the LANDSAT and RADAR satellites, in combination with ground truth data provided by a ground penetrating radar and other information drawn from geological, hydrogeological, geographical, hydrological and climate data and, when dealing with deep aquifers, seismological data.
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