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Submission + - Art Project causes Atlanta Police to close Highway & Call Bomb Squad (ajc.com) 2

McGruber writes: Yesterday, a ridiculously huge commotion and massive traffic jam occurred when Atlanta Police closed the downtown connector (Interstates 75 & 85) and called out the bomb squad to detonate a "suspicious device" taped to a bridge. Today, Georgia State University officials announced that the suspicious device was a student camera, "one of 18 used by students in an art project and deployed at various locations in the city.” (http://www.ajc.com/news/news/georgia-state-student-project-closed-downtown-conn/nj3xc/)

PetaPixel has (http://petapixel.com/2015/02/02/looks-like-someones-solargraphy-camera-just-got-blown-atlanta-bomb-squad/) additional information about Solargraphy, the style of pinhole photography apparently being done by the Georgia students.

Submission + - Hundreds Apply for FAA Drone Licenses (itworld.com)

itwbennett writes: The Federal Aviation Administration has issued eight more commercial drone licenses, the latest approvals for several hundred applications it has received. The newest licenses went to companies planning to use drones for video and TV production, aerial photography and surveying and inspecting flare stacks in the oil, natural gas and petro-chemical industry.

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