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Tech News January 5, 2016 •

Tech News January 5, 2016

  • Battles Over Net Metering Cloud the Future of Rooftop Solar

    Nevada’s reversal of net metering fees for solar owners marks a dramatic turn in the fight over solar policies.

    Solar power installer SolarCity, the country’s largest provider of rooftop panels, has exited the Nevada market in the wake of the state’s rollback of the net metering fees paid to residential solar owners. The departure marks an escalation in the war over net metering that is roiling the industry.

  • How Drones May Avoid Collisions by Sharing Knowledge

    Instead of programming drones to know what to do in every single scenario, a Stanford lab is giving them the intelligence to understand their surroundings.

    If the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration allows the widespread use of commercial drones, the skies could soon buzz with swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles–especially in dense urban cores. That means drones will be tasked with autonomously avoiding collisions, as their numbers will be too high to rely on human air-traffic controllers at all times.

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