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Who Are the New Commercial Drone Pilots?

In the United States, Part 107 has been a welcome law for drone pilots who want to fly for commercial purposes. The law is clear and gives people a path to study, get a background check, take a test, and become certified to fly drones for hire. The question is, who are the people doing this and what kind of piloting do they intend to do after they get their certifications? This article explores th...

MIT Develops Shock Absorbing Plastic For Drones

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed a shock absorbing material that could help to make drones and other robots more resilient. As any pilot who has ever crashed their quadcopter knows, it’s not the fall that damages the drone, it’s the impact when it hits. MIT Is using 3D printing to allow engineers and designers to taylor exactly what material go into certain...

Drone Events In 2017

If you are a part of the drone community, you might want to meet with your fellow drone enthusiasts in 2017. The good news is that there are plenty of great events that you can attend and learn more about drones, business and technology. The trick is to find an event that is close to you and has the content that you are interested in learning. Skytango has helped us out by putting together this ex...

German Lifeguards Test Drones To Rescue Swimmers

The biggest challenge in rescuing someone who appears to be struggling in the water is the time that it takes to get to them. Swimmers in distress often panic and this makes the situation worse. The German lifeguard association is testing drones to see if they can be deployed quickly and efficiently to drop an inflatable flotation device to swimmers in trouble. This gives the rescuers more time to...

Check Out the Waterproof QuadH2O

There have been some early attempts to build or manufacture waterproof drones with mixed results. A company called Waterproof Multirotors has brought some interesting offerings to the market. They offer a quadcopter and a hexacopter, called the QuadH2O and HexH2O respectively. Their web site shows a variety of uses that their customers have come up with for these unique drones. https://www.quadh2o...

Amazon Testing Delivery Drones In England

Because of regulations in the United States about drone flying being “line of sight” and under certain altitudes, Amazon has had to move to the English countryside to test their delivery drones. This testing is taking place in the tiny town of Worsted Lodge, England and is showing promise. And Amazon is not alone in testing drone technology in different corners of the world. In New Zea...

The FAI Establishes Rules For Drone Sports

On 10 June 1905, Count Henri de la Vaulx, Vice President of the Aero Club of France, Major Moedebeck of the German Airship League and Fernand Jacobs, President of the Aero Club of Belgium, gave a presentation to the Olympic Congress of Brussels on their proposal for a “Fédération Aéronautique Internationale” (FAI), which would govern the rules for air sports. This includes aerobatics, ...

Uber Planning To Offer Drone Rides

Speaking at a conference this fall, Uber head of products, Jeff Holden, said that Uber is planning to offer transportation via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) some time in the foreseeable future. While drone technology is advancing rapidly, Holden admits that there are still many technical, legal and logistical hurdles that the company must overcome in order to make this vision a reality. This vis...

DJI is Leading Innovation in China

In 2012 DJI developed, announced and released the DJI Phantom 1. This release changed everything for DJI and some could say, for China as well. While the general consensus before this release was that companies in China were good at imitating innovation, they were not innovative themselves. DJI is changing this. DJI is the leader in UAV technology and is the company that everyone else copies. Ther...

Drones Used At Construction Sites

Drones are supposed to gross upwards of $82 billion US dollars and create 100,000 new jobs by the year 2025. With this massive potential, many companies are beginning to use drones today for a wide variety of tasks that would have been difficult or expensive to accomplish before. This shift towards technology means that drone skills will be a very marketable job skill in the near future. A company...

Guide to Traveling with LiPo Batteries

If you are planning to travel this holiday season with your drone, quadcopter, or any other device that requires a lithium polymer battery for operation, it would be a good idea to check out this video to understand the rules. Lithium polymer or LiPo batteries must be handled appropriately in order ensure that they do not cause a fire hazard on board a pressurized aircraft. This video does a nice ...

15 Amazing Uses for Drones

Everyone knows that drones are useful for aerial photography today. And everyone knows that drones might be the next big method for delivery in the near future. But here are fifteen applications that you might not have considered for drones. Check out what we may be using drones for in the near future! http://www.brainjet.com/random/7016/15-amazing-drone-uses-that-will-make-you-want-one#page=1

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