The Hightower Report: Look Out, Here Come the Drones

When police and privacy butt heads

"...by the police-industry complex to deploy thousands of domestic drones in the next few years, all of us had..."

Jan. 25, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Drones

Savage punks from the Australian outback

"...Rugged and untamed, the Drones sound the savage poet ravaging through the Australian Outback...."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Good Kill

Ethan Hawke pilots drones over Afghanistan from a trailer in the Nevada desert

"...where weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles – otherwise known as “drones” – stealthily roam on missions to (using the military..."

June 12, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Extreme Days

"...Hannah's unforgivably tedious tale of four fresh-faced young corporate drones-to-be who embark on one last, crazy summer in the..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Future of Food Is Now

From drones to cricket flour to apps designed to make food deserts extinct, social justice is at the intersection of food and technology

"...The answer may be yes: Through the use of drones, farmers can apply fungicides and pesticides with more precision..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

SXSW Interactive Announces Programming

Panels, sessions, meet ups, and more

"...Droning On: Cuddly Drones: When Kids Design Drones Humanitarian Drones: Locating Vietnam Era..."

Oct. 20, 2014 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Letters at 3AM: The Sixth War

America is engaged in hostilities on six fronts

"...War No. 3: We're lobbing missiles and drones into Libya, apparently for a good cause, except that..."

July 15, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

The Common Law

Drone rules – the basics

"...of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly referred to as drones, has taken off. As drones become more affordable, we..."

May 6, 2016 Column by Chris Perkins

Tilling the Soil of Tomorrow

How one design firm is tackling technology gaps to build the farm of the future

"...Wittmann. The idea is to use sensors, satellites, and drones to collect data that can, say, anticipate a pest..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

Too Soon?

We grade some of SXSW Interactive's boldest tech

"...steps to the Six Million Dollar Man. We're in! Drones..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Jessica Luther

Letters at 3AM: An Arbitrary Nation, Part 2

Laws arbitrarily enforced (or not enforced) according to the whims of the authorities are no longer laws

"...departments in Florida, Maryland, Texas, and Colorado are testing drones for surveillance and search-and-rescue missions. ... [The drones range]..."

May 3, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

You Have to Be High to See This Mural

There’s a new 30,000-square-foot artwork on a Domain NORTHSIDE roof

"...or something? Or possible send out some of those drones you’ve been gathering for clandestine surveillance activities?..."

Sept. 14, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Hightower Report

A blanket of PR to make you want to hug a drone

"...authorities, and politicians of both parties to bring military drones to America...."

March 22, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Territory

Inside the war to save the Amazon and its Indigenous peoples

"...use the tools of the modern age – notably, drones and social media – to report incursions and drum..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Unplugging

Technology and a lack of laughs get in the way of this rom-com

"...an unnecessary and unexplained subplot about mysterious, possibly military drones chasing the couple across hill and dale, which may..."

April 22, 2022 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Autonomous Vehicles Are Making Deliveries in South Austin

We have seen the future, and it brought pizza

"...may be more accurate at present to call them "drones with AV potential," rather than true robots. As they've..."

July 16, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Life of a Search and Rescue Drone Pioneer

How retired Air Force medic Gene Robinson found new purpose looking for missing persons

"...Back in 2004, when aerial drones were still synonymous with Hellfire missiles and top-secret military..."

Nov. 23, 2018 News Feature by Cat Cardenas

Human Flow

Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei directs an epic overview of the global refugee crisis.

"...survivors’ tales. It tracks the flow with cameras and drones, but the cascade of humanity rarely pauses for one-to-one..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Black Angels Confront a Violent World

New LP Death Song soundtracks a society on the brink

"...Velvet Underground, Christian Bland laid reverberating guitars over sloshing drones and fuzz on debut full-length Passover in 2006 and..."

April 28, 2017 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

No Badge Required

Your guide to free events at SXSW

"...and SX Create (a space showing off 3-D printing, drones, and other high-tech curiosities). Of course, you can also..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Tucker Whatley

SXSW Q&A: The Church

Anarchistic Aussie bush rangers siege Saturday

"...Go-Betweens, and Died Pretty, or newer bands like the Drones and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. What is..."

March 21, 2015 Music Post by Michael Toland

Help Desk

Fast shipping, resolution keeping, and holiday sensitive emoji in this week's tech etiquette column

"...Have you looked into drones? Amazon, with its incipient Amazon Prime Air program, claims..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Screens Column by Michael Agresta

SXSW Thursday Picks & Sleepers

S.H.I.T. – So Happy It's Thursday blurbs

"...may be gone, the Austin-based duo still creates electronic drones as mysterious as the Twin Peaks persona from which..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

International Day Of Peace

"...should be concerned about our government's increasing use of drones, which are an evil, remote way to kill and..."

Sept. 17, 2013 Postmarks

Dirty Wars

Journalist Jeremy Scahill investigates the stealth operations of JSOC - the Joint Special Operations Command, an elite military outfit that performs targeted kills at the administration's directive.

"...which all Americans should familiarize themselves – especially as drones and airstrikes occur with greater frequency and spread to..."

June 28, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Oblivion

Tom Cruise stars in this science-fiction outing that favors style over substance.

"...a security repairman who cruises the planet servicing the drones that guard the planet and fixing the mining equipment,..."

April 19, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

The Luv Doc: Mittens and Muscleboy

Is it wrong to secretly hope that Romney wins the election?

"...Del Valle, spot welding circuit boards for CIA attack drones. In the post-apocalyptic Romney-Ryan hellscape, attack drones will be..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Column

Is Perry All Hat, No Cattle?

Perry swaggers and stumbles in national spotlight

"...day of his announcement, when Perry called for Predator drones to be redeployed along the U.S.-Mexico border to collect..."

Aug. 26, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM: A Show of Hands

There has never been a war like this

"...Afghanistan when, more to the point, it's about launching drones and raids into Pakistan – as became unavoidably clear..."

July 29, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Luv Doc Recommends: Armadillo Christmas Bazaar

Palmer Events Center, Thursday, December 23, 2010

"...and women in our armed forces who pilot attack drones. Drone piloting surely lacks the glamour of humping it..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Column by The Luv Doc

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