A drone flown irresponsibly on the Cal campus recently agitated Annie, one of the campus’ longtime peregrine falcons.
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Drone startup abuzz at Berkeley coworking space WeWork
This post is the first in a series of business stories brought to you by WeWork Berkeley. At WeWork Berkeley, there’s an office decorated with empty beer steins, and another occupied by a massive beanbag chair. In yet another, mannequins sport colorful bridesmaid dresses. But Queen B Robotics still manages to make their workspace stand out. “Most of the […]
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Drones, and racing them, a big attraction in Berkeley park
While kites floated silently on the seaside breeze at Berkeley’s César Chávez Park last Saturday, a lone black drone buzzed and somersaulted 30 feet in the air, until it came crashing down back to earth. Several yards away, underneath a pitched canopy, Tom Jacobsen took off his goggles and slowly walked into the field of tall grass in […]
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Council: No drones for Berkeley police for 1 year
The Berkeley City Council voted last week to enact a one-year moratorium on the use or acquisition of drones by the Berkeley Police Department. The Feb. 24 vote came despite the fact that the department had no plans to get or use a drone. “We don’t own a drone. We have no budget for drones. We have no […]
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Drone technology in Berkeley may see further study
Tuesday evening, the Berkeley City Council delved into the sticky issue of drone regulation, and plans to take an even deeper look at the related ramifications at some point in the future. The council held a special work session — with no action planned, and none taken — to hear from three city panels that considered drone technology […]
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Drone battle to come before Berkeley City Council
More than a year after the Berkeley City Council asked three city panels to take a look at the use of drones around town, two starkly different recommendations are slated to come before officials in a special work session later this month. The city’s Disaster and Fire Safety Commission has made a recommendation to allow […]
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Berkeleyside Blotter: Crime in Berkeley, April 3-9
This is a partial list of recent crime in Berkeley, compiled by Berkeleyside, and based on reports to the Berkeley Police Department unless otherwise noted. See recent Berkeley crime coverage here. The following items represent just a sampling of calls, and times may be approximate. From April 3-9, there were 11 burglary reports, 21 auto break-in or theft from a vehicle reports, and eight […]
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Berkeley rejects idea of making city a No Drone Zone
At its meeting last night, the Berkeley City Council rejected a recommendation from the Peace and Justice Commission to establish a No Drone Zone in the city. Instead, the council referred the issue to three commissions — the Peace and Justice Commission, the Police Review Commission, and Disaster and Fire Safety Commssion — with guidelines […]
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Berkeley considers becoming a No Drone Zone
Berkeley City Council will tonight consider a proposal from the Peace & Justice Commission to ban the use of drones — unmanned aerial vehicles — in the city’s airspace. The recommended ordinance would also prohibit the city, or any agency of the city, from purchasing, borrowing, testing or using drones. Hobbyist use is exempted “as long as […]
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Of course you want to build your own aerial drone
Build your own biology lab, make foam swords, devise your ingenious escape the MacGyver way, learn about honey harvesting… these are just a handful of the experiences from Berkeley makers you could have at this Sunday’s East Bay Mini Maker Faire, to be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the campus of Park […]