You might remember the British teenager who led a team to a $250,000 win at a drone racing event in Dubai back in 2016. Well, he’s still flying. Luke Bannister has just set a new …
An environmental organization in England is using drones and artificial intelligence to help measure plastic waste on the world’s beaches. In the last 10 years, there has been a 250% increase of plastics washing up …
Vice President and General Manager of Intel’s Drone Group, Anil Nanduri, has been appointed to the NASA Advisory Council Aeronautics Committee. Nanduri has previously worked with the FAA on the UAS Aviation Rulemaking Committee in …
You might have seen commercials about Amazon Prime Day, which seems to be the latest addition to the festive shopping calendar. However you might feel about that, there’s good news for drone pilots. DJI is …
The drone industry’s hardware leader DJI has delayed the launch day of its latest product. ‘See The Bigger Picture’, the event that had originally been scheduled for July 18, has been pushed back indefinitely to …
“AI” is a term used freely in the drone industry: but it’s uses vary from racing to rescue operations. Drone expert Jake Carter has rounded up 12 use cases to demonstrate the ways that AI …
We’ve seen many things in the drone industry to date: drones that catch whale snot; drones that perform aerial light shows; a drone that assists skydives. But we haven’t yet seen a drone dressed as …
Photography specialists PolarPro have put together a quick tutorial for drone pilots who want to have a go at shooting a hyperlapse. If you’re unaware of the term, it’s essentially the same as a timelapse …
In the past couple of years drone racing has taken off. Pilots that were flying for fun on makeshift tracks in their spare time are suddenly travelling the world on professional contracts. Racing organizations like …
Facebook has quietly announced that it will no longer be continuing with its Aquila project, a giant drone designed to fly at high altitude and beam down internet connectivity to remote areas. In a blog post …
Last week I met in London with Pascal Perrin, Parrot’s Head of Global Consumer Product Marketing, and the French company’s International PR Manager, Fabien Laxague. They were in town to demo Parrot’s latest drone: the 4K-shooting, …
The concept of delivery drones buzzing around our skies hasn’t yet come to fruition. Amazon, other retailers and logistics specialists are still perfecting their technologies and awaiting regulatory approval. But one application gaining publicity and …
Researchers at the University of Tokyo’s JSK Lab have developed a modular flying drone capable of adapting its shape to suit its environment. It’s called DRAGON, which conveniently stands for Dual-rotor embedded multilink Robot with the …
Chinese manufacturer Yuneec will release an upgraded version of its Typhoon H drone next month. The new Typhoon H Plus comes with a new camera, a new noise-reducing frame and Intel’s RealSense technology as standard. The original …
