QinetiQ demonstrates world's first laser-controlled drone
QinetiQ believe drone strengthens military capability for covert operations.
FSOC included as bi-directional link in its mission communication system.
Airborne un-crewed platforms operated via radio frequency (RF) technologies.
The world's first-ever laser communication system was demonstrated recently by QinetiQ.
The successful demonstration featured a drone being controlled by a laser, which they believe strengthens "military capability for covert, low detection probability operations in the future".
A ground-based operator controlled an airborne Un-crewed Air System (UAS) by sending control commands and receiving sensor information.
Free Space Optical Communications (FSOC) was included as a bi-directional link in its mission communication system, said QinetiQ.
Previously, airborne un-crewed platforms or drones were operated via radio frequency (RF) technologies. The downside, in that case, is that RF is vulnerable to detection as well as interference.
Laser-controlled drones can play a huge role in contested environments where the enemy attempts to sabotage the mission by altering the commands.
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Meta-owned WhatsApp is once again working on a new update for its users, making their experience smooth and better while chatting with their family and friends.
The instant messaging app is releasing a new update through which users can send photos in their original quality, WaBetaInfo reported Friday.
The new update is being introduced through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.23.2.11. This feature has not yet been introduced as it is still under development.
It is also not yet ready to be released to beta testers.
The screenshot above shows that the messaging app "plans to integrate a new setting icon within the drawing tool header which will enable users to configure the quality of any photo".
The users will be allowed to select an option to send the photos in their original quality in the future. Through this feature, users will have more control over the quality of the pictures they are sending, especially when they need to send pictures in their original quality.
The feature will be released in the future update of the app.
Voice notes
Earlier this week, the app tracking website said that WhatsApp is releasing the ability to share voice notes through status updates.
The new update is being introduced through the Google Play Beta Program, bringing the version up to 2.23.2.8. However, this feature is only available to some beta testers for now and users will have to wait for a future update to get their hands on the feature.
The feature would let users "share a voice note as a status update with a certain audience configured within your privacy settings."
Users can share voice notes as status updates by "accessing the feature within the text status section, in case it is enabled for them".
The users can also discard a recording before they share it, hence, gaining more control over their voice recordings. As per the app-tracking website, the maximum recording time for the voice note is 30 seconds.
Moreover, those who want to listen to the voice recordings on status updates need to update their WhatsApp.
Ensuring the privacy of its users, WhatsApp has made the status updates end-to-end encrypted. This will allow users to share the voice notes with the people they choose within their privacy settings.
"Similar to images and videos, voice notes shared via status disappear after 24 hours but users also have the ability to delete voice notes for everyone after they have been posted as status updates: users are always in control over what they share," said WaBetaInfo.
The feature will be rolled out to more users in the coming weeks.
Meta-owned WhatsApp is once again rolling out a new update for its users, allowing them to have a smooth and better experience while connecting with their loved ones.
The instant messaging app is releasing the ability to share voice notes through status updates, WaBetaInfo reported Wednesday.
As it is shown in the screenshot above, users can share voice notes as status updates by "accessing the feature within the text status section, in case it is enabled for them".
Blocking feature
Last week, the tracking app announced that WhatsApp is working on a block shortcut update right within the notification bar.
The new feature will allow users to block someone when they get a notification of their message on their phones.
"WhatsApp plans to introduce a block shortcut within notifications but not always: the block shortcut is visible only when you receive a message from unknown and untrusted contacts," said the app tracking website.
The feature is limited to untrusted contacts as users may tap on the block option by mistake when replying to someone through notifications, accidentally blocking their trusted contacts.
The new feature will be available to users in the future update of the app.
Meta-owned WhatsApp has been introducing newer features and making the application's usage easy for its users.
Despite billions of people using the messaging app, several users are still unaware that WhatsApp has a few tricks up its sleeves that come in handy while texting.
Here are some amazing tricks:
To italicise text:
Users can use underscore ( _ ) at the start and at the end of the text to italicise their text.
Trick 1. — Instagram/genuine.knowledge.ig
Bold fonts:
The users can add an asterisk (*) on both sides of the text in order to bold the text that they want to highlight.
Monospace font:
For the monospace texts, users can add three ("`) backticks at the beginning and at the end of the text.
Strikethrough font:
To make the text strikethrough, add a tilde (~) on both sides.
Combined font:
The users can make the same text bold, or italic and change its font strikethrough. For that, they can use asterisk, tilde, and underscore at the beginning and end of the text.