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  • Virginia Tech Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science

    NASA conducts the toughest test yet for drone traffic control

    by 
    Jon Fingas
    Jon Fingas
    04.24.2016

    If you think piloting a drone is tricky, try managing a swarm of them in the sky at once -- it'll be a small wonder if there isn't a collision. However, NASA and the FAA managed just that. They've completed the most complex test yet of a drone traffic management system, handling 22 drones at once (24 total) in several locations over the space of 3 hours. As if that weren't enough, the testers also put "dozens" of virtual aircraft into the fray.

  • Sand Glass traffic light concept: it's about time

    by 
    Thomas Ricker
    Thomas Ricker
    11.18.2010

    Did your little internal design chimp just say, duh? Ours sure did. What you're looking at above is the Sand Glass LED traffic light concept from designer Thanva Tivawong. Obvious... unless you're colorblind.