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EU to vote on new drone rules
The European Parliament today will vote on new rules for flying drones in EU airspace. Their use could account for 10 percent of the bloc’s aviation market in a decade’s time....
Iceland – A Breathtaking View From Above
Back in May of last year I travelled all the way around the world from Australia to Iceland to go on an epic 9 day road trip. To begin with Iceland...
The Awards for Genius NY Drone Pitch Competition Are Nearly $3 Million
The second annual Genius NY drone pitch competition will conclude with its Finals Night on April 9 in Syracuse, New York. This is the world’s largest competition to award drone developers...
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Drone Privacy: EPIC v. FAA Tossed by D.C. Circuit Court
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has been doing battle with the FAA over drone privacy since 2012, but suffered a loss this week. The D.C. Circuit (the United...
senseFly Moves North American Operations to Research Triangle: Joins Growing Drone and Tech Cluster...
Leading commercial drone manufacturer senseFly is moving to Raleigh, North Carolina – and joining a growing cluster of drone and aerospace business, including commercial drone solutions provider PrecisionHawk. With excellent educational...
WATCH FLAMETHROWER DRONES FRY JUNK OFF POWER LINES
Power lines are virtually everywhere, and since they’re so high up in the air, various airborne objects sometimes have a tendency to get tangled up in them. This is often harmless...
Amazon files patent for a JELLYFISH drone that could be used in its warehouses
Amazon has increasingly been moving towards automatizing its supply chain, and new publicly released patents show a strange drone with airbags and claws.The patent for the 'Collaborative Unmanned Aerial Vehicle For...
Fountain Police say using drones helps keep officers safe
The Fountain Police Department is expanding its drone program it established near the end of 2017."It started off as this little golf ball of an idea, but then it exploded...
New Thermal Imaging Software Helps Drone Operators Keep It Cool
Drone software company DroneDeploy recently announced the launch of its Thermal Live Map, a thermal mapping tool that allows drone operators to see temperature variability on the ground in realtime. The...
Execs from DJI, 3DR and Skydio to discuss drones at Disrupt SF 2018
Just how big are drones? According to Gartner, industry revenue topped $6 billion last year and is on track to hit $11.2 billion by 2020. Unmanned aerial vehicles are a huge...
WSJ includes two drone businesses on the “Tech Companies to Watch 2018” list
The Wall Street Journal has put together their list of “25 emerging leaders in hot corners of the tech industry.” The companies that were selected for the list had to show...
DJI’s Shiny New HQ Has a Sky Bridge for Showing Off Drones
The Chinese drone juggernaut DJI has outgrown its current headquarters and is now building a giant new complex for its future. The twin towers will also be located in Shenzhen, Guangdong,...
It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No it’s a drone!
Look in the sky—is it a bird? Is it a plane? No—it’s a drone! Over the weekend, Southern Maryland was host to the inaugural RaceX Maryland International First Person View (FPV)...