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Google Patents Drone Based Conference System
Google has filed a patent for a system that would use small quadcopters to display the image of virtual conference attendees in a meeting room. For each remote meeting attendee the drone would hover at eye level with an image of that person and a camera allowing for people in the room to interact in a more natural way with them. Of course there are many challenges with this proposed method of meet...
Thermal Imaging Comes To 3DR Solo
The 3DR Solo is an extremely versatile UAV that is designed to serve a variety of purposes. One of the newest applications for the Solo is its ability to mount a FLIR camera on a gimbal and view infrared radiation. The uses for this kind of imaging are very diverse and include applications in construction, inspections, testing and safety. The challenge with this until recently is that, drone pilot...
Science Channel Features New Drone Show
The Science Channel, a division of Discovery Communications, Inc. recently launched a television series called Droned. This series is filmed on location around the world including the United States, Canada, Bahamas, Mexico, Barbados and other locales. The series follows a Fort Lauderdale-based drone customization business Pigeon Vision as they help their clients harness the latest technologies to ...
AT&T Testing Drones to Help Boost LTE Cellular Signals
The telephone and cellular phone provider giant AT&T is testing the use of drones to improve LTE cellular data signals. The idea is that drones can be used to fill in signals in areas where there is not a signal or where existing towers get overloaded. If you have ever been to a festival where there are thousands of people, you know how cellular data signals can diminish. Drones make it possi...
Drone Aviation Makes Unique High-End UAVs
In Jacksonville, Florida, a company called Drone Aviation is building high-end UAVs for a variety of different applications. Drone Aviation’s custom built aircraft cost between $50,000 and $350,000 each. These drones are designed specifically for high-end use for military, public safety and industrial applications. In addition to the propeller drones that carry cameras for surveillance and...
3D Print a Cargo Attachment For Your DJI Phantom
We have all heard about Amazon and Wal Mart’s plans to use drones to deliver goods and packages right to their customers’ front doors. But the prospect of actually attaching a package to your drone is not as easy as it sounds. Sure you could tie something to the landing skids. Or bungee cord it around the airframe to make sure that it doesn’t come off in flight. But how would you...
Drones in a Wind Vortex
Drone pilots are spoiled by the amazing GPS and stabilization hardware and software in modern UAVs. But that does not come without a cost. This video shows the amazing lengths that developers go to in order to understand how wind and currents push drones to their limits! Check out the video here.
DJI Elios Will Revolutionize Flying In Tight Spaces
DJI has teamed up with a Swiss technology company, Flyability, to create a new drone design that is very durable and crash tolerant. They are calling this the Elios drone and it integrates DJI’s Lightbridge 2 technology, a reliable image transmission system to send clear signals through tight industrial spaces like steel pipes and cement structures, Elios is designed within a unique physica...
Dedrone Announces A Complete Drone Detection System
Drones are here to stay. As the technology progresses and takes hold, there will be more and more of them in the sky. Dedrone, a company founded in Germany and now headquartered in California has come up with a system of hardware and software to track drones and deliver real time information about the whereabouts and status of drones in your airspace. The DroneTracker uses a combination of acousti...
Drone World Announces Cool New Accessories for DJI Phantom 4
If you fly a DJI Phantom 4, you know how well designed this high performance quadcopter is. Despite its amazing design and performance, there has been little in the way of accessories for the Phantom 4 until now. Drone World http://www.drone-world.com is now carrying a variety of new products specifically designed for the DJI Phantom 4. These include carbon fiber propellers, the THOR supercharging...
Four Key Things About the FAA’s Drone Rules
As anyone who flies drones professionally or as a hobby knows, the FAA has been somewhat slow to define the rules around drones and give guidance to the millions of hobbyists who currently enjoy the sport of drone flying. That said, this June the FAA released new guidance that should help to clear up some of the confusion about what the rules will be going forward. The four main takeaways from the...
Amazing Choreography As Drones Interact With Humans
Generally drone pilots fly drones meaning that they push levers and give commands and the drones follow. But some groups are turning that model on its head by making drones interact with humans in a much more interesting way. Using cutting edge localization technology and algorithms, a troupe of eight flying machines has been performing in a Cirque du Soleil Broadway show called Paramour. The dron...