A Russian startup is hoping a $30,00 crowdfunding campaign will advance drone education in the classroom. Copter Express Technologies (COEX) recently created an Indiegogo campaign dubbed the... Read more
Today, Barcelona-based BonaDrone has launched a crowdfunding campaign to bring the world’s first 3D-printed, customizable, and modular drone to the consumer market. Alongside 3D-printed merc... Read more
As drones continue to take the investment world by storm, UAV entrepreneurs are finding almost as much investment capital away from Wall Street and Silicon Valley down in the grass roots. In... Read more
Did you hear the one about two Latvia drone enthusiasts who climbed a mountain and came back with a drone idea? For Ivan Tolchinsky and Igor Zhydanov, a desire to deploy a fully autonomous,... Read more
The term ‘flying camera’ gets thrown around quite a bit in the drone industry. But the new Fotokite Phi, launched on Tuesday on Indiegogo, might be the first true flying camera o... Read more
While the drone industry is fast becoming the darling of the venture-capital startup world, another investment genre is fueling a fresh infusion in UAV expansion – crowdfunding. We have cove... Read more
Look — we all agree that micro-drones are cooler than Samuel L. Jackson in a freezer. So what could UK-based Extreme Fliers come up with to make diminutive drones even cooler? How abou... Read more
After conquering the real-estate, videography, agriculture and sports markets, drone makers are flying into a new frontier – your pocket. And if crowdfunding support is any indication, ownin... Read more
In the fast-paced world of UAV start-ups, March Madness isn’t played out on the court. It’s happens high above the rim (but below 400 feet to avoid a technical FAA foul). Crowdfunded drone c... Read more
What if you could combine a pocket-sized, smartphone-driven nano-copter drone with HD photo capabilities and a fully hackable platform? Well, you’re too late. The Indiegogo-fueled ELF is alr... Read more
In a month already rife with UAV investments , a new Indiegogo concept could add a new dimension to GoPro capable drones. Israel-based tech startup Percepto is developing a camera and integr... Read more
Crowdfunded drones flew to new heights in 2014 as evidenced by the millions of dollars invested into new UAV prototypes and manufactured models. Whether it be emergency-response drone networ... Read more
(Source:Â techcrunch.com) Â Chris Hawker, the creator of the Powersquid, and some of his buddies at Trident Design have created a new flying drone, the Carbon Flyer. The Flyer is an ultraligh... Read more
When Crowdfunding Fails – What Can the Drone Industry Learn?
It’s becoming a familiar news story in the drone industry: ‘Successful Crowdfunding Campaign Ends in Disappointment.’ You’ve probably heard about one that fits the de... Read more