When Massachusetts State Police in New Salem tried yesterday to find a knife-wielding man who stabbed a trooper, they looked to the sky for help.
Drones are increasingly a part of the firefighting and crime-fighting arsenals at municipalities across the country. These unmanned aircraft are more nimble and versatile compared with a helicopter, which can cost upward of thousands of dollars to operate per hour.

“As of May 2018, there are at least 900 cities and states that have acquired a drone for public safety purposes,” said Dan Gettinger, co-director at the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.
“The public understands that we’re trying to get our job done and that the drones are used for good,” said Barnstable police Detective Kevin Connolly.
The Barnstable police acquired a $15,000 drone two years ago from a community group and have five operators. The drone is equipped with infrared technology that can detect heat signatures from hundreds of feet up. The department rec..

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HOUSE PARTY GAME GAME NOW UNCENSORED ON STEAM WITH NEW DLC PATCH!

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Players can now enjoy the full House Party game as its developers created it – raw and uncensored!

LOS ANGELES, CA, USA, October 19, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ — Eek! Games today announced that it is releasing a DLC patch available immediately that will unlock the censorship in the core game and experience the game the way it was originally intended to be!

The game was originally available on Steam in its uncensored version but that all changed in 2017 when the developer was asked to censor some of the more graphic components of the game. But Steam, in its understanding of providing gamers with choices, has reversed that and now, once again, players can enjoy this smart s..

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French startup uses 3D technology to recreate destroyed Middle East sites

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Iconem — a French innovative startup that was founded in 2013 — is using drones and 3D technology to recreate cultural and historical sites destroyed by conflict in the Middle East.

Hundreds of thousands of photographs of war-torn countries like Syria and Iraq were taken for digital processing. The company then combines algorithms with artificial intelligence technology to produce the reconstructions of the sites.

Some sites that have been digitally reconstructed include a historic citadel, the Umayyad Mosque and the covered souq-market Al-Madina Souq in the old city of Aleppo, and Libya's ancient amphitheater Leptis Magna that dates back to 7th century BC.

Iconem is currently working with the UNESCO World Heritage Center on the “Revive the Spirit of Mosul” project, which aims to reconstruct par..

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Armed drones: a bright spot in Chinese arms exports

October 17, 2018 12:09 PM (UTC+8)

China makes lots of weapons that few countries want to buy. This is because most Chinese arms are humdrum and hardly cutting-edge. But there are exceptions.

Increasingly, among the most important of these are armed drones, sometimes called unmanned combat aerial vehicles, or UCAVs. More important, Chinese UCAVs are being used regularly in combat, most recently in Yemen, when a Chinese drone operated by United Arab Emirates forces fired a missile at a sport utility vehicle, destroying it and the Houthi rebel leader it was transporting.

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The rise of the armed drone
Drones have several roles and missions, usually those deemed too “dull, dirty, or dangerous” for manned missions. Originally, they were used for surveillance and reconnaissance over enemy territory. Today, aerial drones are also..

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The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) is backing a new drone training course that will train drone pilots for inspection of infrastructure.

Developed by ECITB in conjunction with employers and drone experts, the Industrial Drone Operations Training Standard will train operators to undertake drone activities safely across around industrial sites. As these sites often have specific operational hazards and constraints, specialist knowledge beyond the standard Civil Aviation Authority courses is required. Training will consist of a theory phase followed by practical flight training on rotary and fixed-wing drones of up to 20kgs.

“Drones are becoming increasingly common across engineering construction sites from monitoring and surveying sites to checking wear and tear on installations, such as offshore platforms and wind turbines,” said Chris Claydon, chief executive of the ECITB. “They reduce the need for people to carry out hazardous inspections and make these ess..

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