(Source: Market Watch) Call it drone-vertising. Drones have already been used for delivering packages, serving as waiters and photographing sporting events. The next wave of uses for drones? Flying billboards. “People are fascinated with the concept,” said Eugene Stark, founder of Hoovy, a company that hangs banners from three to six foot wide drones and flies them … [Read more...] about Drones Are Turning Into Flying Billboards
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2014’s Top Trends in Drone Technology
It has been just over a year since Jeff Bezos went on 60 Minutes and demonstrated how drones are the next big transformative technology. If you live in Silicon Valley or are a dog, that one year felt like seven and a lot transpired. Drones have gone from "the next big thing" to technology that is so far reaching it has noticeable, quantifiable trends like... Delivery Bezos … [Read more...] about 2014’s Top Trends in Drone Technology
DroneCast Launches Kickstarter To Fund Emergency Response Drones
DroneCast, the company making a splash in the nascent drone advertising industry, recently launched a kickstarter campaign to crowd-fund a medical response application for drones. DroneCast’s previous efforts focused on using drones for promotional reasons. The concept of drone advertising received mixed reviews; most people are frustrated with Internet pop-ups, never mind a … [Read more...] about DroneCast Launches Kickstarter To Fund Emergency Response Drones
Are Drones the Future of Advertising?
from The Daily Dot Last month, I attended a big outdoor music festival just outside of Austin, Texas. While the lineup featured indie rock heroes like Portugal. The Man and Grouplove, along with a blistering performance by Houston rap legend Bun B, there was one thing at the event guaranteed to instantly turn almost anyone in the audience’s attention away from the stage—a … [Read more...] about Are Drones the Future of Advertising?
That Drone Flight Over the Las Vegas Strip? It Violated FAA Policy
from reviewjournal.com When the owners of a Philadelphia company flew an 11-pound octocopter with a 3-by-12-foot advertising banner on the Strip in front of The Mirage’s volcano in July, they violated Federal Aviation Administration policy on unmanned aerial systems. DroneCast drew quite a crowd as the aircraft hovered about 20 feet above the sidewalk for about an … [Read more...] about That Drone Flight Over the Las Vegas Strip? It Violated FAA Policy
