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Local

Officers discuss future drone usage at Provo Police Coffee (or Cocoa) with a Cop

By Mabel Galvez Laparra
June 06, 2024 12:00 AM
Provo police officers gathered at the Provo Towne Centre Target's Starbucks on May 29 to share snacks and drinks with people walking by.
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Technology

Provo police utilize drones for search and rescue missions

By Wanzhe Li
December 06, 2023 12:00 AM
The Provo Police Department actively uses drones to get to places that are difficult to get to in a vehicle or on foot.
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Technology

Y, Robot: Campus researchers push the boundaries of robotics

By Coleman Numbers
November 14, 2022 12:00 AM
Automated undersea mapping, swarms of computer-piloted drones and self-driving cars — 20 years ago, devices like these would not be found beyond the pages of an Isaac Asimov novel.
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Metro

Farmers turn to tech as key river in US West faces distress

By Associated Press
August 13, 2019 12:00 AM
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A drone soared over a blazing hot cornfield in northeastern Colorado on a recent morning, snapping images with an infrared camera to help researchers decide how much water they would give the crops the next day.
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Technology

States turn to drones to predict avalanches, spot wildlife

By Associated Press
May 23, 2019 12:00 AM
Travis White, Utah Department of Transportation, Highway Incident Management Team, holds their drone at a drone demo Monday, May 20, 2019, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Nation

Government may gain new power to track, shoot down drones

By Associated Press
September 28, 2018 12:00 AM
FILE - In this July 11, 2018 file photo, s drone equipped with a thermal camera flies over the plants at the Pennsylvania Department of Natural Resources' Jennings Environmental Education Center on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 in Slippery Rock, Pa. An aviation bill Congress is rushing to approve contains a little-noticed section that would give authorities the power to track, intercept and destroy drones they consider a security threat, without needing a judge's approval. Supporters say law enforcement needs this power to protect Americans from terrorists who are learning how to use drones as deadly weapons. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
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State

Drone legislation tackles privacy concerns

By Madalyn Mcrae
July 28, 2017 12:00 AM
A bill passed recently in the Utah Legislature is striving to address privacy concerns about the recreational use of drones.
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Technology

Video surveillance threatens privacy, experts say

By Alyssa Nielsen
June 28, 2017 12:00 AM
(photo illustrations by Alyssa Nielsen)
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Campus News

BYU lab creates multi-use drones

By Kaitlyn Bancroft
February 09, 2017 12:00 AM
A multi-rotor test flight is prepped at the BYU Fletcher Building. The multi-rotor creates a map as it flies, and when a student clicks on a previously visited part of the map, it’s able to fly back to that spot without human intervention and without GPS. (MAGICC Lab)
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Business

19-year-old raises $6M for the world’s fastest production drone

By Benjamin Steele
February 09, 2017 12:00 AM
Teal CEO George Matus works at his desk in Salt Lake City, Utah. Teal's new drone may revolutionize the industry. (Teal)
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Business

Updated regulations simplifying commercial drone regulations

By Jeremy Stanford
July 14, 2016 12:00 AM
The Federal Aviation Administration has introduced a much-anticipated piece of legislation that is expected to introduce many new players to the industry.
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Nation

Obama to shed light on US drone strikes with casualty count

By Gianluca Cuestas
March 07, 2016 12:00 AM
President Barack Obama, accompanied by Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen, meets with financial regulators in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. The White House is revealing drone strike casualties for the first time. (Associated Press)
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Local

Police Beat Nov. 6- Nov. 13

By Stacie Faulk
November 16, 2015 12:00 AM
BYU
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Local

New technology makes archaeological discoveries easier

By Jordan Hammond
September 08, 2015 12:00 AM
Archaeologist students and professors working on a Fremont Indian excavation site. Mike Searcy is shown flying the drone above the excavation site. (Savanna Sorensen)
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Nation

Utah professor wants 'drone court' to approve US strikes

January 08, 2015 12:00 AM
An unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan on a moonlit night. Today, when U.S. intelligence agencies believe they know the location of a terrorist in Pakistan and a few other countries, they are largely free to deploy a weapon that's become the symbol of war on terror: an aerial drone. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
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Uncategorized

HB296: Box Elder sheriff speaks up for changing police drone rules

January 01, 1970 12:00 AM
By John Gibbons
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Local

Utah bill attempts to balance privacy and government use of drones

January 01, 1970 12:00 AM
By Miranda Collette
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Local

"Highlight reel" of 2014 Session

January 01, 1970 12:00 AM
By Aaron Butler, Ryan Joyner, Jenna Neeley, Miranda Collette and Bryan Pearson.
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