The latest Amazon Prime Air patent released by the US Patent Office indicates that they may plan to combine drones with trucks, allowing the drones to “hitch rides” on the roofs of their own – and other -trucks and buses. While Amazon’s exact plans for drone delivery have been a closely …

The team at Freefly normally focuses on catering to the demands of media industry professionals and building heavy duty drones for aerial photography. But in a new promotional video designed to show off the power of the company’s latest drone, they may have just discovered a new sport: Drone Surfing. The premise …

Phantom_Glacier: Image courtesy DJI Drone manufacturer DJI is taking a leadership role in the “Drones for Good” movement – ensuring that drone technology is fully utilized for humanitarian projects.  DJI has been on the scene of major disasters across the globe, partnering with local teams to provide drone services.  They’ve partnered with other …

© Above the World -Earth through a Drone’s Eye, to be published by teNeues and available from target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”>DJI in October, US$75. Photo © Cai Dicheng, Location: Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, © 2016 DJI. All rights reserved. www.dji.com DJI has a new item for your Christmas list – …

Sure, drone racing is relatively new to the mainstream media. Even plenty of tech fanatics are surprised at how quickly the sport is taking off. But to assume that FPV racing has come from nowhere does a disservice to the thousands of pioneers around the world who have been organising …

At the InterDrone show in Las Vegas PRODRONE has introduced two drones for industrial use that have unique features for wide range of commercial tasks.They are the PRODRONE PD6B-AW-ARM and the PD6-CI-L PRODRONE PD6B-AW-ARM The PRODRONE PD6B-AW-ARM is a large-format drone equipped with two internally-developed robotic arms, enabling it to …

There is a tremendous amount going on at the InterDrone Trade Show taking place in Las Vegas. Here are a few of the highlights: FAA Administrator Huerta Kicks Off InterDrone FAA Administrator Michael Huerta delivered the grand opening keynote to thousands of attendees at the InterDrone conference in Las Vegas …

News and Commentary.  Recreational drones – once the darling of drone headlines and drone manufacturers alike – may be taking a backseat to the commercial drone industry. When Paul Misener, vice president for global innovation policy and communications for Amazon,  gave a keynote address at the InterDrone 2016 conference in …

The second annual InterDrone International Drone Conference and Exposition opened with a large crowd attending the Grand Opening Keynote Address where FAA Administrator Michael Huerta spoke of the state-of-the-state of commercial drone operation.  Conference attendees and exhibitors were both up in numbers by fifty percent from last year’s event and …

Epson, providers of the Moverio® augmented reality (AR) smart eyewear platform, today announced a partnership with DJI, the world’s leading maker of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), to create new solutions for the Epson Moverio smart glasses and DJI’s suite of products and software development kit (SDK) that enhance the safety, …