domingo, 23 de noviembre de 2014

La NASA pide patente sobre un diseño de cabinas toroidales [feedly]

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La NASA pide patente sobre un diseño de cabinas toroidales
// Blog.SandglassPatrol.com

 

 

 

En algunos medios ya lo han bautizado como el donuts volante.

 

Cuando hemos hablado sobre el empleo de alas volantes como aviones de pasajeros, siempre encontramos dos problemas. El primero, es la presurización. El segundo, que el avión podría funcionar a pequeña escala, pero al hacerlo cada vez más grande, se hace cada vez más difícil conseguir evacuarlo en el tiempo máximo necesario para conseguir certificarlo.

 

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Sense and Avoid system for UAVs in civilian airspace closer to reality - UPI.com [feedly]

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Sense and Avoid system for UAVs in civilian airspace closer to reality - UPI.com
// unmanned air system: Google Noticias

Sense and Avoid system for UAVs in civilian airspace closer to reality
UPI.com
A proof of concept SAA system was successfully tested in collaboration with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Honeywell in a demonstration of the FAA's Airborne Collision Avoidance System for Unmanned Aircraft. The company also performed the ...

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Drone sales rising and so is the controversy - Detroit Free Press [feedly]

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Drone sales rising and so is the controversy - Detroit Free Press
// unmanned air system: Google Noticias

Detroit Free Press

Drone sales rising and so is the controversy
Detroit Free Press
But the technology continues to raise questions about air safety, privacy and security. And like the dawn of the automobile era, the age of unmanned aerial systems — as they are formally known — is evolving much faster than the laws. In a much ...

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