As GoPro shares continue to tumble, the company has decided to delay the release of its highly anticipated Karma drone until the holiday season. The Karma was originally expected in the first six months of 2016. One thing GoPro did release yesterday was its financial statements for the first quarter of 2016. Worryingly, revenue is down 50% from the same time just last year. … [Read more...] about GoPro DELAYS KARMA RELEASE TIL XMAS
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New Drone Shows Can See, Learn From Its Environment
As the FAA scrambles to hold UAV operators responsible for their flights before the holiday buying season is officially upon us, researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich are doing their best to remove the need for such operators all together. The Institute has published a paper and a video demonstrating a small drone that can build a 3D map of its … [Read more...] about New Drone Shows Can See, Learn From Its Environment
A Breakdown of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s FAA Hearing on Drone Safety
In what was neither a win for Congress nor the FAA on Wednesday, the House Transportation and Infrastructure committee called in aviation experts for a hearing on Wednesday to discuss the FAA's lack of progress. In the face of the increasing popularity of drones, especially with the holiday season around the corner, the committee voiced concern that the FAA has done nothing to … [Read more...] about A Breakdown of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s FAA Hearing on Drone Safety
Video of the Day 9/29/15: 3DR’s Life After Gravity
On Tuesday, 3D Robotics announced Life After Gravity, a sci-fi web series shot entirely with the 3DR Solo. According 3DR, Life After Gravity is "a thriller on a global scale—intergalactic, really—about the blessings and poisons of extraordinary power, the many conflicts of its pursuit, and the birth of a new era for our civilization when we’re suddenly relieved of the … [Read more...] about Video of the Day 9/29/15: 3DR’s Life After Gravity
Video of the Day 9/24/15: Building a Bridge
This is my new favorite answer to the question, "But why do we really need drones?" To build bridges, obviously! Researchers at ETH Zurich have been working on this aerial construction project since the summer of 2012 and this month they shared their progress with the world via YouTube: That is some serious coordination of software and hardware. The drones have to … [Read more...] about Video of the Day 9/24/15: Building a Bridge
