Entries by William Finn

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New Android Interoperability Capability [FREE DOWNLOAD]

You may not have had a chance to see AMREL’s new interoperability capability at AUVSI, but you can read about it on your free download.  Just as our Flexpedient® technology revolutionized OCUs for UGVs, we think interoperable Small Lightweight Expansion Devices (SLED) will become standard for handheld applications.   Click here.

August 20, 2013 by
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Explosive UGV market growth, Fact or Fiction?

I am very bullish about the long-term prospects for UGVs. As I wrote in “UGVs &UAVs in domestic markets,” I expect UGVs (and their subsystems) to be in demand for healthcare, agriculture, telepresence, logistics, transport, and above all, autonomous automobiles. While these applications may undergo tremendous growth, I don’t expect any of them to become so widespread in the next six years as to cause a 20% annual market increase.

July 15, 2013 by
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Big Brother, We are Watching You: An Opinion about PRISM, New Technology, and Privacy

In addition to broadcasting carefully tailored messages through official media, governments like to hide selected activities in the cloak of secrecy. The Internet, computers, and surveillance cameras have undermined the ability of authorities to control information. Not only do people have greater access to alternative means of communications, governments are finding it increasingly difficult to perform actions covertly. This is true for democracies, as well as tyrannies.

July 9, 2013 by