The Beginners Guide to Drones
The Beginners Guide to Drones So all the drone hype has got you excited, huh? Well, you should be. Owning a drone is a lot of fun. The options are endless. Whether you want to be a drone photographer, get...
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Splash Drone Shipping Dates Announced
Read nowSplash Drone Starts shipping in September. Yesterday we received final confirmation that 50 units of the Splash Drone Pro version will be ready to ship. This was the ($799 Reward) on Kickstarter. We're shipping this batch by air so it...
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Amazon hires pilot-union exec for Prime Air
Read nowIn the latest sign of the importance of its drone program, Amazon.com Inc. has hired the former number-two executive at the Air Line Pilots Association to help with the project. Sean Cassidy, an Alaska Air Group Inc. pilot and former...
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DroneDeploy Raises $9M; In Series A Funding
Read nowDroneDeploy, a start-up that provides cloud-based software solutions for commercial drone operations, announced today that it has raised $9 million in Series A funding led by Emergence Capital, with participation from previous investors SoftTech, DataCollective and Angelpad. The investment...
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Navy’s Long-Range Drone Will Patrol The Oceans Of The Future
Read nowARPA’s latest drone program just took a turn for the better. The Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN) is designed as a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) flyer for the U.S. Navy. Like their avian namesake, TERN will be a sea-based...
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Drones cleared to check power lines in the US
Read nowElectricity firm Commonwealth Edison, based in Illinois, has received permission from the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) to use drones for inspecting equipment, another step in the pilot-less aircraft becoming a mainstream feature of modern technology. For Full Story Click Here...
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Facebook’s first drone tests a success, says Zuckerberg
Read nowFacebook’s first test flights for solar-powered internet drone have been successful, the company’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has revealed. The drones are part of Facebook’s internet.org project, which looks to bring connectivity to the two thirds of the global population...
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VIDEO: Facebook Solar Powered Drone Takes Flight
Read nowFacebook showed off a preview of its Internet service-providing drone at its developer conference. The solar-powered flier will have a wingspan greater than a 737. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-solar-powered-internet-drones-2015-3#ixzz3Vb1D98xk http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-solar-powered-internet-drones-2015-3#ooid=ZoZGY3dDoVTwPeVNsgH8H-kedfmIIFUt
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How It Works: Growing A Biological Drone To Explore Mars
Read nowWhy ship hardware to space when we can just culture it on arrival? NASA is working on a prototype drone that will be able to survey Mars from a modest altitude. But what if instead of shipping a drone to...