UNJAMMABLE POCKET-SIZE DRONE TO DESCEND ON US AIR FORCE (VIDEO) (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Saturday, October 25, 2014, 20:49

The US military is to get a new drone, small enough to fit into a uniform pocket. The Extreme Access Pocket Flyer, weighing a mere 80 grams, can fly for two hours, transmitting HD-quality video back the whole time without resorting to Wi-Fi.

Developers behind the drone are CyPhy Works, a technology company headquartered in Danvers, Massachusetts. One of their main issues was to get rid of batteries for the small drone to keep it light. But without constant connection to power the drone would stay up for mere 20 minutes.

"That's about enough time to go into a building and find a person, and then 'Oh, our robot went dead,’” CyPhy Works founder and CEO Helen Greiner told IEEE Spectrum media outlet.

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