IBM is giving away 1,500 free drones for disaster relief

IBM’s Developer Drone Drop 2019 contest is officially underway. Now, through June 16th, the company will be giving away 1,500 drones to developers who enter. IBM hopes coders and developers will use them to deliver AI-powered solutions to the problems caused by natural disasters. The contest started a couple of weeks ago, but there’s still …

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Dutch Scientists Create World’s Smallest Autonomous Drone

Scientists at TU Delft have developed what is claimed to be the smallest autonomous racing drone in the world. The drone is very small with a diameter of 4-inches and weighing in at 72 grams. It used a single camera and little onboard processing to fly autonomously. However, this feat involved some serious innovations in …

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