(Source: Gizmodo.com) Back in the 1970s, hobbyists like Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak built homebrew computers that eventually fueled the lucrative PC revolution. Now, a new movement of hobbyists is trying to imitate this DIY strategy to jumpstart the drone industry. But can today's calculated drone entrepreneurialism really be considered "DIY" at all? Chris Anderson … [Read more...] about Is the DIY Drone Movement About to Launch a Billion-Dollar Industry?
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Chris Anderson Talks About His New Company, GoPros, And The Future Of Drones
(Source: businessinsider.in) Drone entrepreneur and author Chris Anderson has led an interesting and varied career. He's worked as editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, authored three books, and founded two drone-related projects: DIYDrones, a drone enthusiast website, and 3DRobotics, a drone manufacturing company that sells pre-assembled drones; he currently serves as … [Read more...] about Chris Anderson Talks About His New Company, GoPros, And The Future Of Drones
Linux Foundation Fuels Open-Source Drone Efforts
(Source: cnet.com) The folks who help bring you the Linux operating system today want to bring you better drones tomorrow. The Linux Foundation, which sponsors some development of the widely used operating system, announced the new open-source Dronecode software project. Dronecode brings a formal structure and oversight to two existing open-source drone projects, the … [Read more...] about Linux Foundation Fuels Open-Source Drone Efforts
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
