Despite being integral to aviation for more than a century, propellers have changed remarkably little since the Wright Brothers. A team at MIT’s Lincoln Lab has developed a new propeller shape that ...

This paper by TSAW Drones discusses the need for less noise in UAVs, how these toroidals can benefit the drone industry, how these propellers came to be and how exactly they reduce the noise. Also, in ...

Over the past few years, labels such as DJI have pushed drones into the mainstream. If you look closely, you'll notice that a majority of them have four propellers, while helicopters have fewer of ...

The Federal Aviation Administration fields thousands of complaints each year about the characteristic loud buzzing produced as drone propellers slice through the air. In fact, a 2017 NASA study showed ...

Amazon drone delivery has taken flight in the West Valley of metro Phoenix with its new Prime Air service. The online retail giant is now offering drone delivery to select Phoenix-area residents ...

The propellers of the world's ships and boats create a constant drone that disrupts ocean life. New propeller designs based on loops could one day quiet that drone and be more fuel efficient. Sharrow ...

A few months after ending its drone-based delivery program, Prime Air, in California, Amazon says that it’s begun making deliveries to select customers via drone in Phoenix, Arizona. Starting today, ...

Abdulghani Mohamed is a researcher at RMIT university who receives funding from a few companies for undertaking aerodynamic optimisation. The basic configuration of traditional propellers has not ...

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