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Drones: Growing danger around airports

The ability of drones to interfere with airliners — and inconvenience their passengers — has now been demonstrated on two continents, and the problem is likely to get worse as the number of small, unmanned devices multiply.
Law enforcement authorities are trying to figure out who flew a drone so high and so close to Newark Liberty International Airport that incoming flights were held up briefly during a peak hour at one of the united States' busiest airports.
Flights resumed within about 30 minutes — much more quickly than after a similar incident last month at London's Gatwick Airport.
Here are some common questions readers have about these incidents and brief answers.
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The pilots of both a Southwest Airlines flight and a United Airlines flight reported seeing a drone around 3,500 feet (1,000 meters) above Teterboro, New Jersey, about 9 miles (15 kilometers) from the Newark airport, on Tuesday.
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Amazon Is Pushing Facial Technology That a Study Says Could Be Biased

… its facial recognition technology to police departments … tech giant, Microsoft, has called on Congress to regulate the technology … YouTube videos showing the technology misclassifying famous African-American … or in products, like drones or police body cameras. …

Silicon Valley believes driverless trucks and drones will quickly transform how we get things — but truckers and warehouse workers disagree

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While Amazon fulfillment centers and other warehouses are full of technology, not all logistics executives and managers are gung-ho about all the automation options out there.

Research shows that 60% of warehouse managers and executives don't have plans to incorporate drones or self-driving cars in their warehouses.
Truckers believe that self-driving cars can never do the job as well as a human can.

Uber and San Francisco-based startup Embark believe they can overhaul the future of freight with self-driving trucks. Starsky Robotics, another San Francisco startup, said they'll have driverless semis at the end of this year.

Amazon has several enterprising patents for drone delivery, including a drone that recognizes human gestures like a thumbs-up or arm waving.

And last year Tesla CEO Elon Musk called his semi-autonomous Tesla Semi truck “badass.”

Silicon Valley believes driverless trucks and drones will soon transform how we get things. But tr..

Drone sighting over New Jersey raises concern for aviation

FILE – In this April 29, 2018, file photo, a drone operator helps to retrieve a drone after photographing over Hart Island in New York. Drone sightings reported by airline pilots over New Jersey renew questions about how to accommodate the popular devices into the nation’s airspace. The ability of drones to interfere with aviation is likely to get worse as the number of machines multiplies. Many store-bought drones come with technology to prevent owners from flying them near airports, but there are hacks, and home-built machines don’t necessarily include those protections. less
FILE – In this April 29, 2018, file photo, a drone operator helps to retrieve a drone after photographing over Hart Island in New York. Drone sightings reported by airline pilots over New Jersey renew questions … more

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FILE – In this April 29, 2018, file photo, a drone operator helps to retrieve a drone after photographing over Hart Island in New York. Drone sightings reported by airline ..

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Drones Force Temporary Ground Stop On Newark Airport Arrivals

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Arriving flights to Newark Airport were temporary prevented from landing on Tuesday because two drones were spotted flying above Teterboro Airport, according to a spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration.

The drones were flying at 3,500 feet above the airport; Teterboro Airport is in class D airspace up to 2,500 feet, and above that, in class B airspace, which means air traffic control would need to grant permission for anyone—or anything—to fly in that space. Further, the FAA says that drones are not allowed to be flown over 400 feet, or 30 minutes after sundown.

The ground stop was issued at 5:30 p.m. Incoming flights resumed shortly afterwards, but there may be residual delays for tonight's arrivals as some flights to Newark were delayed from taking off as well.

Hundreds of flights were cancelled at Gatwick Airport near London last December over reports of drone sightings near the airport. Now that airport is c..

Top technology trends for 2019

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Top technology trends for 2019

Jan 11, 2019 (MarketLine via COMTEX) —

Cicero, the ancient Roman philosopher, is not often quoted in relation to the challenges faced in digital age, but it is perhaps a sign of troubled times that his adage: “The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory” has been included in a New Year message from the Chinese tech giant Huawei.

In a message entitled “fire is the test of gold”, Huawei’s rotating chairman, Guo Ping, described 2018 as “an eventful year, to say the least.”Australia and New Zealand have already barred the use of Huawei equipment in 5G networks on security grounds, joining the US and Taiwan in putting curbs on Huawei’s activities.Japan’s cybersecurity agency has said suppliers deemed high-risk will be excluded from government purchases, hitting Huawei and its compatriot ZTE, while, in the UK, equipment made by Huawei is being removed from the heart of the E..

World Anti-Drone Market & Technologies Report 2018-2023 – ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan 21, 2019–The “Anti-Drone Market & Technologies – 2018-2023” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The Counter-Drone Market & Technologies – 2018-2023 report examines each dollar spent in the market via 5 orthogonal money trails: regional markets, national markets, vertical markets, sub-markets and by solutions market.

The potential threat posed by an inexpensive drone carrying a home-made bomb near an airplane or a football field is now apparent to everybody; however, little has been done to mitigate the issue. Counter-drone technology, also refered to as anti-drone, refers to systems that are used to detect and/or intercept unmanned aircrafts. These systems are also known as counter-UAS, C-UAS, or counter-UAV.

Airports, critical infrastructure, and even stadiums are on the lookout for the growing threat of drones. In the past 2 years, there have been numerous incidents of drones infiltrating secure airspace. Luckily, most ..