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Air & Space Magazine The Flying Farmhand Air & Space Magazine A metal box about the size of a washing machine sits on the ground at a vineyard, when suddenly its top panel splits open and slides sideways. Riding a lift inside the box, a large quadcopter slowly emerges. Within moments, the drone...

CNET Flying Lego? Drones mimic brick formations in middair CNET Using tiny sensors and gyroscopes, the system also tracks when the (human) controller moves the (Lego) controller, making the swarm of mini drones move in kind. The video demo below shows the quadcopter flock mimicking the shape and...

PCMag Check Out Intel's Winter Olympics Drone Light Show | PCMag.com PCMag Specifically designed for entertainment light shows, Intel's Shooting Star quadcopter drones weigh just 330 grams—slightly more than a volleyball—and feature built-in LED lights that can create more than 4 billion color...

Popular Mechanics The Marine Corps' Latest Weapon Is a Quadcopter Popular Mechanics The U.S. Marine Corps has issued a lot of equipment that became legendary over the years. The Thompson submachine gun, the M16 rifle, and the Osprey tiltorotor have all become iconic parts of the Marine Corps...

Marine Corps infantry squads begin receiving unmanned quadcopters Inside Defense More than a year after Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller called for every infantry squad to be outfitted with an unmanned quadcopter, his goal is taking shape. Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh, deputy commandant for...