from BBC
Two Silicon Valley start-ups are hoping to change the way sports enthusiasts capture their best moments on camera.
The Hexo+ and the Airdog drones autonomously follow the user from the skies, tracking their position from either a smartphone (Hexo+) or a wrist-worn device (Airdog). Each has a camera-equipped stabilising rig, can fly for about 10-15 minutes on a single battery and can travel up to speeds of around 40mph.
Both drones have smashed their investment targets in a matter of days on the crowdfunding website, Kickstarter.
But how safe are drones which have little or no user-intervention?
The BBC’s North America tech correspondent Richard Taylor took the Airdog for a whirl – and met its Latvian founder and chief executive Edgars Rozentals.
Alan is serial entrepreneur, active angel investor, and a drone enthusiast. He co-founded DRONELIFE.com to address the emerging commercial market for drones and drone technology. Prior to DRONELIFE.com, Alan co-founded Where.com, ThinkingScreen Media, and Nurse.com. Recently, Alan has co-founded Crowditz.com, a leader in Equity Crowdfunding Data, Analytics, and Insights. Alan can be reached at alan(at)dronelife.com
AirDog is so cool! So much looking forward to bring this in BC, seems super easy to use and I like the no remote, no extra device approach! Backed it up!