Have this article read to you at https://youtu.be/VABnM8SmEnM The sea can be a perilous place. Unpredictable, cruel, and relentless. But the world must go on, and for ship operations, sometimes you need to get a rope across. For example, resupplying a ship with fuel or fresh water can be done offshore, as long as you […]
Have this article read to you at https://youtu.be/pu1Ys8k4kVU As they say, ‘a thing designed to do two functions does neither well’. The ideal aircraft that can land on a dime yet cruise like a plane hasn’t been invented yet, or at least hasn’t been perfected yet. This invention acknowledges the trials and errors of past […]
Have this article read to you at https://youtu.be/wIHeDh74kZ0 The FVR platform is certainly an impressive accomplishment. According to its maker, “The FVR is designed for long endurance, 12 to 18 hours, with an 8 to 22 pound payload capacity.”(https://www.l3harris.com/all-capabilities/fvr-90-airframe) According to the patent, large quad platforms are great at their VTOL thing, but have little […]
Simultaneously competing in the category of Most Versatile and Narrowest Patent, this latest patent application throws the proverbial Kitchen Sink into the drone world. Basing its priority on a 2002 Provisional patent application, having gone through not one, not two, but seventeen Continuation patent applications, this application is a testament to how not to use […]