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Intel Sets New Drone Light Show Record at 50th Anniversary P…

To mark the company’s 50th anniversary, technology giant Intel has set a new world record with a drone light show…again. This time, 2,018 LED-carrying drones took to the skies above the company’s base in Folsom, California. The results were pretty spectacular. This is What 2,000 of Intel’s Shooting Stars Look Like …

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EPFL Researchers: Your Torso is More Precise Than Joysticks …

Ever donned a pair of VR goggles and flown your drone from a true birds-eye perspective? Researchers at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) are taking that immersive feeling to the next level, designing a system that can control a drone with precision by registering the torso movements of the …

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Conservation: Using Drones to Stem The Plastic Tide

An environmental group in England is utilizing drones and synthetic intelligence to assist measure plastic waste on the world’s seashores. In the final 10 years, there was a 250% enhance of plastics washing up on the world’s seashores. Of the tens of millions of tons which might be dumped in …

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Intel Drone Boss Anil Nanduri Joins NASA Advisory Council Ae…

Vice President and General Manager of Intel’s Drone Group, Anil Nanduri, has been appointed to the NASA Advisory Council Aeronautics Committee. Nanduri has beforehand labored with the FAA on the UAS Aviation Rulemaking Committee in an effort to develop rules to securely combine drones into the nationwide airspace. His new …

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DJI Postpone ‘See The Bigger Picture’ Event and Delay New Dr…

The drone business’s {hardware} chief DJI has delayed the launch day of its newest product. ‘See The Bigger Picture’, the occasion that had initially been scheduled for July 18, has been pushed again indefinitely to make sure the corporate can “exceed customers’ expectations for our technology by the time of …

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12 Ways AI is Shaping the Drone Industry

“AI” is a time period used freely in the drone business: nevertheless it’s makes use of differ from racing to rescue operations.  Drone professional Jake Carter has rounded up 12 use circumstances to show the ways in which AI is shaping the business. Guest publish by Jake Carter, drone fanatic, …

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Greenpeace Uses Kamikaze Drone as Political Protest Tool

We’ve seen many issues within the drone business thus far: drones that catch whale snot; drones that carry out aerial gentle exhibits; a drone that assists skydives. But we haven’t but seen a drone dressed as Superman intentionally flown right into a nuclear energy plant. At least not till this …

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Autonomous Racing Drones Showcase Computer Vision Developmen…

In the previous couple of years drone racing has taken off. Pilots that have been flying for enjoyable on makeshift tracks of their spare time are instantly travelling the world on skilled contracts. Racing organizations like DRL are signing multimillion-dollar sponsorship offers with a few of the largest names in …

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Aquila: Facebook Shuts Down Internet Delivery Drone Project

Facebook has quietly introduced that it’s going to now not be persevering with with its Aquila venture, an enormous drone designed to fly at excessive altitude and beam down web connectivity to distant areas. In a weblog submit written by director of engineering Yael Maguire, the corporate admitted that rising competitors …

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