German Railway Plans To Deploy Anti-Graffiti Drones To Protect Trains

Germany’s national railway operator Deutsche Bahn spends about €7.6 million (£6.5 million or USD$10 million) each year to clean graffiti from its trains. In order to reduce the amount of yearly cleaning fees, lately the railway operator has announced that it has planned to deploy anti-graffiti drones to catch those vandals who deface its trains.

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Drones Being Prepared To Deliver Newspapers In France

Yesterday was April Fool (April 1) day and many people became circumvented by Google’s announcement of shutting down YouTube. But now what I’m going to share with you people is not a prank. It is being planned that drones will deliver newspapers in France. Isn’t it exciting? Keep reading for details.

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New Drone App Will Help ESA Build Autonomous Spacecrafts

Currently, the European Space Agency (ESA) is in the process of developing autonomous spaceships. However, the agency requires huge amount of data for simulation purposes, so that it can later tweak the artificial intelligence accordingly. For this purpose, it is collaborating with Parrot AR.Drone creators to launch an app and crowdsource data from users.

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Air Force Removes Drone Strike Data From Its Website

Drone attacks have been a point of contention for the Obama administration as well as the U.S. anti-terrorism strategy at large. A significant number of Americans, including the lawmakers, seem opposed to these. The Air Force started releasing drone strike data on its website back in October, but has removed that data now.

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Texas Declares War On Drones

The purpose of making flying robots or drones was to keep an eye on the criminals in a more smooth and easy way. But now, besides keeping an eye on the criminals, drones are also used spying upon general people, specially upon US citizens. Many organizations like the EFF and ACLU have tried to raise the issue over people’s privacy concern, but failed to grab government’s attention. But now, Texas has declared war on the drones.

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Bing Maps Reveal What Looks Like Secret U.S. Drone Base In KSA

A secret U.S. drone base was recently discovered to be in Saudi Arabia, a revelation that stirred a heated debate all across the globe. Now, Noah Shactman of Wired seems to have spotted the very same base on Bing Maps. Indeed if the images are accurate, they provide a very close and vivid view of the base.

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