(Source: wsj.com) Communities across the country are grappling with a surge in drone use that’s raising safety and privacy concerns—and thorny legal questions—about a slice of sky official... Read more
(Source: wsj.com) Four actors jump between rooftops and sprint through sheets drying on clotheslines while a camera tracks them from above, hovering close enough to see their faces. The se... Read more
(Source: Wall St Journal Blogs) Google has scrapped its initial drone design because it was difficult to control and is now working on a new version, according to Astro Teller, head of the... Read more
(Source: wsj.com) French authorities Tuesday were trying to hunt down the pilots of drones that were spotted flying over Paris landmarks and high-security buildings including the U.S. emba... Read more
(Source: wsj.com) Federal regulators proposed long-awaited rules for commercial drones in the U.S., a landmark in the nation’s aviation policy that is expected to lead to a new era in whic... Read more
(Source: wsj.com) Construction-equipment maker Komatsu Ltd. has plans to solve a potential shortage of construction workers in Japan: Let drones and driverless bulldozers do part of the wo... Read more
“The FAA is where innovation goes to die.” These were the words of Forbes contributor Greg McNeal at November’s UAS Commercialization Conference in Washington D.C. He was r... Read more
(Source: Wall Street Journal Online) Highly anticipated federal rules on commercial drones are expected to require operators to have a license and limit flights to daylight hours, below 40... Read more
(Source: Wall St Journal Blogs) The rapid rise in demand for consumer drones has made China’s SZ DJI Technology Co. a global brand in short order. But this is only the beginning, says foun... Read more
Drones are poised to be a blockbuster gift this holiday season. Weird Al is singing about them, South Park is joking about them, and some people spend their entire day researching and writin... Read more
(Source: Wall St Journal Blogs) Heavy regulation in the U.S. for drones hasn’t stopped venture capitalists from backing startups that make the small flying robots. Deborah Gage reports for... Read more
That which we call a drone… On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal ran a story called “Why Some Drone Makers Hate the Word ‘Drone.'” It’s a well-written piece tha... Read more
(Source: Wall Street Journal Online) At a drone conference in Washington, D.C., last year, the trade group running the event sent a not-so-subtle message to the journalists there: The Wi-F... Read more
(Source: Wall St Journal Blogs) DroneDeploy, a startup that makes it possible for just about anyone to fly small drones and analyze the images they capture using a tablet or smartphone, ha... Read more