(Source: Huffington Post) Firefighters in an upstate New York town were caught on video apparently blasting water at a drone that was photographing the scene of a house fire. The footage above shows the drone flying over the town of Montgomery when it appears to get sprayed (at about the 12-minute mark) by a firefighter on the second floor of the home, and again (at … [Read more...] about New York Firefighters Blast Drone With Water At Fire Scene
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“Weightless” is an Awesome, Time-Lapse Drone Video
Marconi Union - Weightless (Official Video) from Richie Johnstonline on Vimeo. From Huffington Post: English electronic trio Marconi Union enlisted Richard Johnston to create the video for their song "Weightless," yielding a hallucinatory robot ballet that's surprisingly mellifluous. Johnston created the video using a time-lapse technique, copy and pasting the drones' … [Read more...] about “Weightless” is an Awesome, Time-Lapse Drone Video
HuffPo’s Drones in GIFs
via The Huffington Post Unmanned drones have gotten a bad reputation in recent years. And with good reason, especially when the U.S. government is using them to kill people in distant countries with arguably little accountability. But more recently, they've also let us gain a new perspective on the world -- literally. By attaching cameras to unmanned flyers, filmmakers … [Read more...] about HuffPo’s Drones in GIFs
Why Drone Enthusiasts All Over The U.S. Are Getting Arrested
from Huffington Post Last fall, a Brooklyn man was arrested after his drone struck two Manhattan skyscrapers and crashed 20 feet away from a pedestrian. In April, an Ohio man was arrested while filming the scene of a car crash because his drone blocked a medical helicopter from landing, police say. And on Monday, two men were arrested in New York City on charges of … [Read more...] about Why Drone Enthusiasts All Over The U.S. Are Getting Arrested
Drones Go to School
Combining the explosive growth of the drone industry with the fact that drone pilots can earn up to six figure salaries is yielding the perfect storm for academia. Over the past five years, dozens of American colleges and universities have begun to offer more classes and even some degree programs in drone-aircraft piloting and technology. The trend may be the beginning of a … [Read more...] about Drones Go to School
