Year: 2015

FAA Surprises Fliers with Release of Proposed Small-Drone Rules

FAA Surprises Fliers with Release of Proposed Small-Drone Rules

Today, the FAAย released its long-awaited proposed legislation for small drones, specifying a weight limit of 55 pounds and daytime-only, line-of sight use for the craft, among other requirements. As quadcopters and other small easy-to-fly, self-navigating aircraft have grown with incredible popularity in the past couple years, the community using them has been waiting for the […]

50+ Global Issues Makers Can Solve

Lawrence Berkeley National Labโ€”along with USAID’s Global Development Lab, The Lemelson Foundation, The Schmidt Family Foundation, Dalberg Global Development Advisors, The Good Company and OMGโ€”has put together a list of challenges primed for Makers to solve. They call these “Top 50 Game-Changing Technologies for Defeating Global Poverty.” These are summarized in a 20-page list, and […]