Drone News
Agricultural Drones Increase Crops and Reduce Costs
When you think of farming, you typically think of horses, plows, and tractors, right? Today’s farms are becoming high tech centers. It is predicted that the use of agricultural drones will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 30 percent between 2016 and 2022. This means that drones may well outnumber tractors on the farm one day soon. Farmers are utilizing drones equipped with infra...
New Mount Lets Solo Shoot 4K VR Video
For 3D Robotics Solo pilots who want to shoot immersive VR video from the air, JK Imaging Ltd., the worldwide licensee for Kodak Pixpro Digital Cameras and Devices, announces a new SP360 4K accessory pack, featuring a made for Solo Dual Camera Drone Mount. This mount will allow Solo pilots to shoot full 360 virtual reality video from the air using their Solo as the platform. To experience full sph...
Growing Drones Using Chemistry
To design and build a drone today takes thousands of man hours as well as complicated engineering and manufacturing techniques. However, if BAE, the British aerospace defense company has their way, we may someday be able to grow unmanned aerial vehicles in vats of chemicals using a process called “chemputing”. This process uses chemicals with electronics embedded in the body of the air...
Commercial Airliner Collides With Drone
This past Sunday at 12:50pm, a British Airways passenger jet is reported to have collided with a drone during landing in London. The aircraft was an Airbus A320 and was returning from Geneva, Switzerland to London, England when the incident occurred. The 132 passengers and 5 crew members were not injured and the plane landed safely. Despite the safe outcome this time, this is still a serious remin...
Hacked Nintendo Glove Controls Drone
Ever wanted to play a video game in real life? Engineer Nolan Moore used the Nintendo Power Gloves as the basis for a gesture-based controller for the a consumer drone, allowing him to pilot device around with small motions of his hands. He replaced the original electronics in the gloves with with much more modern control boards, Wi-Fi transmitters, and flex sensors. This mix of reality and virtu...
