HOVERAir has announced the UK launch of its new X1 Smart, a 99-gram self-flying camera designed to make aerial content creation easier for everyday users. The ultra-light aircraft launches from the user's hand, follows subjects automatically, and captures hands-free video without requiring traditional piloting skills. According to the company, the launch completes HOVERAir's … [Read more...] about HOVERAir’s UK Launch Raises a Bigger Question: Who Will Serve America’s Consumer Drone Market?
GoPro Karma
GoPro Karma Gets GPS Tracking Update
There was plenty of criticism levelled at GoPro's first drone in the weeks after its release. Its flight time was down compared to the Mavic Pro's. And it was incapable of avoiding obstacles. And it kept falling out of the sky. So nothing major. But one omission that was difficult to understand was the lack of a GPS tracking feature - something that almost every advanced camera … [Read more...] about GoPro Karma Gets GPS Tracking Update
5 Things GoPro & the Karma 2 Must Do to Compete With DJI
Manufacturing a decent drone isn't easy. Staying afloat seems to be just as hard. Just ask the founders of Lily Robotics, who received almost $50 million in pre-sales and VC funding and still couldn't deliver to a single customer. Or 3DR, who pumped plenty of capital into the Solo but have now had to retreat from the hardware market. Those are perhaps the extreme cases, in … [Read more...] about 5 Things GoPro & the Karma 2 Must Do to Compete With DJI
GoPro Karma Hits the Market…Again
With much less fanfare than the first time around, GoPro has relaunched the troubled Karma drone. The camera giant has fixed the minor problem that caused previous models to fall out of the sky. A few months ago stories began to circulate that the first batch of Karma pilots were experiencing some pretty serious technical problems with GoPro's new drone. Things were looking … [Read more...] about GoPro Karma Hits the Market…Again
Will Drone Tech Bring Ambarella Back?
Ambarella, a manufacturer of image processing products, is one of those companies almost always named by analysts listing drone related stocks. But in the last year, as Ambarella's stock - which hit a high of about $124 in 2015 and is now about $55 - has fallen and risen and fallen again to end up just about flat for the year, those analysts have tended to add caveats. Part … [Read more...] about Will Drone Tech Bring Ambarella Back?
