(Source: Market Watch) The retail world is coming upon its most lucrative time of the year: the holiday season. But move aside Disney Frozen Elsa dolls, you have a competitor. For the first time, drones are among the top autofill responses when users type “I want to buy” on the Google Inc. search bar, joining regulars such as “house,” “car,” and “stock” and replacing … [Read more...] about Drone Demand Sizzles Heading into the Holidays
3D Robotics
Regulation Clips Wings of U.S. Drone Makers
(Source: Wall Street Journal Online) In four years, Service-drone.de GmbH has emerged as a promising player here in the rapidly expanding commercial-drone industry. The 20-employee startup has sold more than 400 unmanned aircraft to private-sector companies and now is pitching its fourth-generation device. Over the same period, Seattle-based Applewhite Aero has … [Read more...] about Regulation Clips Wings of U.S. Drone Makers
An Interview with “The Drone Lawyer,” Brendan Schulman
(Source: 3drobotics.com's Roger Sollenberger) Brendan Schulman, “the drone lawyer,” is Special Counsel in the Litigation Department at the law firm Kramer-Levin, where he heads the firm’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems practice. He successfully defended Raphael “Trappy” Pirker in the first-ever federal case involving the operation of a commercial drone in the United … [Read more...] about An Interview with “The Drone Lawyer,” Brendan Schulman
Future Scope: Chris Anderson and Helping Drones Colonize the World
(Source: gelookahead.economist.com) The U.S. government is expected to allow commercial drone operations in 2015, which has already helped to spark a burgeoning market for small, cheap robotic aircraft. Chris Anderson, former editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, has been at the forefront of the industry, first by starting the popular DIYDrones.com website, and now as … [Read more...] about Future Scope: Chris Anderson and Helping Drones Colonize the World
3D Robotics Secures Investment from Richard Branson
3D Robotics officially announced on Monday that celebrity businessman Richard Branson is the company’s latest investor. The announcement comes after Branson spilled the beans on the investment last week on the Virgin blog. The announcement came alongside a few new features for the 3D Robotics Iris+, such as the ability to have the quadcopter follow a GPS-equipped watch. One … [Read more...] about 3D Robotics Secures Investment from Richard Branson
