Help protect model aircraft hobby and access to flight for all
The FAA and a few members of Congress want to remove the law, passed by Congress and signed by President Obama, that insures that hobbyists can continue to fly model…
San Francisco proposes to ban tech company free lunches
San Francisco has proposed banning company provided cafeterias and meals as a way to force workers to use independent restaurants. The ban would grandfather existing company meal services but new…
FDA hit with one quarter million fake comments to proposed rules
More than a quarter million comments submitted to the Food and Drug Administration about flavored vapor products were fake, according to a watchdog group. Source: FDA hit with bot-generated wave…
FAA restrictions may make flying difficult or impossible for many #drones #quadcopters
Note – this post is from 2018. Much has changed since then. The FAA began using LAANC to get authorizations, where possible, for flight within various controlled airspace scenarios. Since…
Survey says Americans want a Federal agency to regulate all aspects of robotics
Younger Americans are more open to the idea of creating a federal agency to oversee robotics than older Americans. Source: What Americans think about a new federal agency to oversee…
Consumer #quadcopters seen as a National Security Threat #Drones #Drone
Authorities seek authorization for government agencies (including local police) to electronically disable quadcopters, potentially shooting them down electronically or kinetically. Source: Security Experts Say Drones Pose a National Security Threat…
UK Parliament to consider new #drone laws, today #drones #quadcopters
Existing 400 foot height restriction applied to drones weighing 250g to 7 kg (note the odd use of both English and Metric measures!) 1 km exclusion zone around all certified…
Commercial #Drone Alliance (Google, Amazon, CNN, etc) asks Congress to require all hobby Radio Control aircraft operators to be Federally licensed, have transponders on models #Drones
Source: COMMERCIAL DRONE ALLIANCE CALLS FOR CONGRESS TO REPEAL SECTION 336 OF THE FAA MODERNIZATION AND REFORM ACT OF 2012 — Commercial Drone Alliance To put this in a different…
Loyalty Cards are used to spy on your purchases, and not just with the vendor
The story of how that Sudafed ad got to me begins at Walgreens. As I bought tissues and Afrin, I keyed in my phone number so I could get loyalty…
Within 20 years, a majority of today’s jobs may be automated
Study finds that 2 in 3 jobs in Las Vegas may be automated by 2035. That’s just the headline. The real story is that 50% or more of jobs in…
Social media, confirmation bias and its use in marketing #FakeNews #Propaganda #SocialMedia
(I originally posted this on May 24, 2014, about 2 1/2 years before “fake news” became a popular meme. Since then, social media has become a friction-less platform for the…
Facebook, Google and Verizon want to track everything you do
Facebook, Google and now Verizon are instead accelerating their tracking efforts, despite privacy concerns appearing consistently in the top reasons for using an ad blocker. They are in fast pursuit…
“Study: Social media users shy away from opinions”
Study: Social media users shy away from opinions | Technology | KATU.com – Portland News, Sports, Traffic Weather and Breaking News – Portland, Oregon. Study suggests people post what they…
Health Care and Insurance Fees to Consume 1/3d of typical family income by 2022
Look for insurance savings – San Francisco Chronicle. By 2022, the typical family will pay 1/3d of their income to the health insurance and health industry industrial complex: It is…
Digital Rights Management and … 3D printing
Digital Rights Management and 3D Printing. What happens when we can download an object design and create a copy with our 3D printer? That calls for digital rights management of…