Today’s Tech Sightings:
A young eagle trained to catch drones displays its skills during a demonstration organized by the Dutch police as part of a program to train birds of prey to catch drones flying over sensitive or restricted areas, at the Dutch Police Academy in Ossendrecht, The Netherlands, on Sept. 12, 2016. (AFP)
Eagles Take on Dutch Drones
After months of training and trials, Dutch police now believe the birds they have trained can tackle and take down illegally-operated drones. This is the first project of its kind, and Dutch police are now buying their own eagle chicks to breed and train to deal with drones.
These 3 Silicon Valley Interns Want to ‘Change the Face of Tech Forever’
Computer science students Paul Hammond and Lusenii Kroma, both black, landed summer jobs at Adobe and Apple and couldn’t wait to move to Silicon Valley. When they couldn’t find a way for black tech interns to connect, they created a mobile chat group and called it “Black Valley.” They soon had a hub of more than 540 Black interns working in the area – and they are not done.
3-D Google Exhibit to Tell History of Black America
An interactive history of African Americans will be on display at Washington’s National Museum of African American History and Culture next year, thanks to Google’s 3-D technologies. Visitors will be able to interact directly with works of art to view them from different angles. And in addition to a $1 million grant, Google will provide students with its virtual reality cardboard goggles to allow them to take virtual tours of key events in African-American history:
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