Kelly Shores

In 2016 about 2.8 million drones were sold in the United States with 1.2 million of them being sold around Christmas time. That’s alot of new drone pilots who will soon learn the hard way that flying drones is not as easy as it looks! And while there are certainly concerns about little Timmy losing his biggest holiday gift within seconds of first taking off, there are also bigger concerns ab...

Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of online retail giant Amazon.com, recently discussed his company’s plans for light package drone delivery in more detail. One important element that he mentioned was that customers would participate in the delivery process by printing symbols that the drone would recognize and use as a location beacon to land in the right yard. This, along with remote charging st...

Looking for the best drone you can get for under $1,000 US dollars? Then you will definitely want to check out this list. This list takes you through ten different drones, each ranging in price from $20 US dollars to $999 US dollars and gives you a quick overview of each one, telling why you might like it as well as what its shortcomings are. The video excludes FPV racing drones, but covers toy as...

Sweden has enacted one of the world’s strictest laws regarding the use of drones with cameras. Anyone who wishes to film with a drone must have a permit for video surveillance. This law is supposed to protect citizens’ privacy, but has many up in arms. Sweden’s leading drone company Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) said that up to 3,000 people could lose their jobs as a result of thi...

DJI is leading the way again with the Zenmuse 30 camera lens system which, as the name implies, will give the drones it is mounted to a 30X optical zoom. It also includes a 6X digital zoom. This means that people who use drones for applications like inspections or search and rescue can get much closer to their subjects. Of course the effectiveness of a zoom lens depends heavily upon the steadiness...

If you happy to be in Louisville, Kentucky on a weekend at a local park, you will see the usual people out walking their dogs, playing with their children and enjoying the sun. But it won’t take you long to see another group of people wearing strange looking googles and holding futuristic looking transmitters. These people (mostly guys) are drone racers and they are becoming a more and more ...

If you own a DJI Phantom 4, then you have probably invested some money in spare parts like propellers and batteries. And just like many other technology products, an upgrade to the latest version, say the DJI Phantom 4 Professional, means that you have to buy all new parts and accessories. We were wondering the same thing, so we did a quick experiment to see if the DJI Phantom 4 batteries and prop...

Flir, who has been making military grade thermal cameras for decades, just announced several new consumer thermal cameras at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month. The $999.99 Flir Duo and $1,299.99 Flir Duo R work on any drone that supports GoPro devices. They both have a 1080p visual camera and the ability to synchronize the thermal images to the video. The difference is that the...

If you have ever wondered about how you can get into mapping or 3D modeling with a drone, this video will help you understand the basics. There are many uses for drone mapping including real estate, construction, land surveys, and more. But many people are intimidated by the thought of having to figure out where to start and what tools they will need. This video covers those very basic questions a...

Dr. Karen Joyce once did a Google search for the term “Drones for Girls” and was not very happy with the results that she found. The results were pictures of girls in bikinis flying drones, which was not the image she was hoping. As a scientist and professional drone pilot in Australia, Dr. Joyce is working to encourage girls and women to become involved in science and particularly, dr...

Many news reports have come to light about the possibility of a drone hitting an airplane. The questions remain about what would actually happen to the plane. Would it actually inflict significant damage to the airplane or not? Having experienced a few near misses, U.K. officials, the Civil Aviation Authority (the U.K.’s Federal Aviation Administration equivalent) recently started to study what wo...

When most autonomous sailplanes are launched into the air with a ground-based catapult, they return to the ground in just a few minutes. Now, researchers at the Naval Research Laboratory at the Phillips Army Airfield in Maryland, USA, have developed special software to keep the sailplanes in the air for hours at a time. The software, known as ALOFT, which stands for Autonomous Locator of Thermals,...