With upcoming winter weather expected to break almost as cold and wet as last year, what could be cozier or more fun than gathering around a crackling fire with some good friends, tasty cider and a few of your favorite indoor drones? Although many UAVs are specifically designed and tested for outdoor use, a growing number of smaller – toy-class – drones have recently … [Read more...] about 5 Drones Perfectly Designed for Indoor Flight This Winter
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6 Drones That Could Help With Home Maintenance This Fall
Autumn isn’t just about “oohing and aahing” the pretty leaves and breathtaking vistas. For homeowners, fall means it’s time for pre-winter maintenance. Home expert Bob Villa, for example, offers a hefty task list for autumn maintenance, including a bevy of inspections that must be done each year – exterior walls, roofs, gutters and driveways, to name a few. Anyone who’s had … [Read more...] about 6 Drones That Could Help With Home Maintenance This Fall
The 3 Best Drones for Social Media Sharing
Part of what makes drone technology so amazing is the ability to take pictures in HD from an entirely new perspective. Never before have aerial photographs and videos been so easy to capture. The next thing most of us do after taking a picture, this being 2014, is upload it to social media (usually Snapchat or Facebook). So, if you are considering buying a drone, chances … [Read more...] about The 3 Best Drones for Social Media Sharing
Drone Buying Guide: UAV Gift Ideas for the Technologically Inclined Child in Your Life
Experts predict overall holiday retail sales in 2014 to exceed $615 billion- much of which will comprise children’s gifts. And, considering recent reports on the growth of the commercial drone market, it seems retailers can expect to see consumer UAV sales soar into the stratosphere. With an increasing number of kid-friendly UAVs on the market, you may ask “How can I find … [Read more...] about Drone Buying Guide: UAV Gift Ideas for the Technologically Inclined Child in Your Life
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