Drone technology articles
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How It Works: How drone technology is helping Ukraine fight its war
In this week's episode of How It Works, City A.M.'s media, tech, and telecoms reporter Jess Jones sits down with Ricardo Mendes, the chief executive of the aerospace company Tekever.
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Sebastian Steudtner says he has surfed the ‘unsurfable’ after drone technology measures 93.7-foot wave as world record
German surfer Sebastian Steudtner may have broken his own record for riding the biggest wave in history earlier this year. The monster wave in the famed surfing sport of Nazaré, Portugal was provisionally measured at 28.57 meters (93.72 feet), pending ratification. If confirmed, the wave would eclipse Steudtner’s current record of 26.21 meters (86 feet) set in 2020, also in the fishing village of Nazaré. In a post on Instagram, Steudtner described the feat in February as “surfing the unsurfable”...
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What is ‘techno-optimism’? 2 technology scholars explain the ideology that says technology is the answer to every problem – Baptist News Global
Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreessen penned a 5,000-word manifesto in 2023 that gave a full-throated call for unrestricted technological progress to boost markets, broaden energy production, improve education and strengthen liberal democracy.