(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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Drone Sales Figures for 2014 are Hard to Navigate
If there’s one thing a DRONELIFE reader should have learned by now, it’s the fact that the UAV industry is smoking hot -- on fire (maybe not the best metaphor for drones?). In fact, 2014 may go down in industry history as the benchmark year when the drone-sales curve began its upward ascent. However, trying to nail down precise sales figures of domestic drones this past year … [Read more...] about Drone Sales Figures for 2014 are Hard to Navigate
U.S. Already Lost the Drone Race to a Japanese Farm in the 1980s
(Source: Market Watch) Whenever someone approaches me as I’m flying a drone, the first thing they ask is, “so, are you trying to spy on someone?” Every time. And every time, my answer is no. Unlike your surprisingly stealthy iPhone camera, drones are too large to not see. They’re also too loud to not hear. Have you heard one? They sound like a pack of bees. “New … [Read more...] about U.S. Already Lost the Drone Race to a Japanese Farm in the 1980s
