A drone spent hours swarming around Rio’s iconic Christ statue to show a cheap way to capture highly accurate 3-D scans. The 30-meter tall statue of Christ overlooking Rio de Janeiro from a nearby mountain was under construction for nine...
Alabama’s largest home insurer could soon provide assistance from above. State Farm is the first insurer in the United States to receive FAA permission to test Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for commercial use. The decision provides the insurer the opportunity...
Drones are more than just flying robots designed for buying Crocs. Despite some lingering suspicion from consumers, unmanned aircrafts have been deployed for social good too. They can aid rescue missions, navigate tough regions and even ArchAerial's new drone mission...
On Friday the FAA granted Section 333 authorization for commercial use of 3DR drones to two companies, BNSF Railway and Build Imagery. The exemptions will not only allow these companies to use 3DR drones for business purposes, but will also...
Over the last two years DJI has emerged as the world's most popular consumer drone maker, at least by revenue. And The Verge has learned that the company is currently in talks with Silicon Valley's top venture capital firms to...
By 2017, the economic impact of integrating unmanned aerial systems into the U.S. economy will exceed $13.6 billion and add 70,000 new jobs, according to forecasts by the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. By 2025, this will increase to...
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) says it is being inundated with an unprecedented number of applications to commercially operate drones. For full story click here
A lightweight LIDAR designed for use in UAVs has finished it's development phase and was successfully test flown. The Velodyne LIDAR VLP-16 "Puck" can be carried by most consumer grade UAVs, opening a whole range of possibilities for inexpensive...
