When you think of drone-giant DJI, the words “whale snot” do not usually leap to mind. However, the Chinese UAV manufacturer is teaming up with Ocean Alliance to better study and help whales in Mexico – using snot. The biological mission, known affectionately as Snotbot, deploys drones directly into the …

Photo via Komatsu. Equipment manufacturer Komatsu will as early as this fiscal year roll out a service in the U.S. using drones to cut down on the labor required for excavation and earthwork on construction projects, according to a report in the Nikkei Asian Review. The service, which goes by …

When drones encounter animals they normally end up on the losing side. Just look at the eagles being trained to take down stray UAVs, or what happens when an antelope takes a disliking to being watched from above. The bottom line is that most of the time, drones and wildlife …

Guest post by Michael Plambeck, Dronethusiast.com — Once you have the drone that you have always wanted and have been enjoying taking it out to shoot as often as possible, you’ll begin to realize just how important it is to protect it from getting harmed. Weather, safe travels while moving …

Sentera, LLC, has announced the addition of autonomous UAV flight planning to its AgVaultTM 2.0 Mobile app. The added capability works with the DJI drones including the Phantom 4, Phantom 3, and Inspire families of products, providing the agriculture industry with a solution they describe as “an end-to-end normalized difference …

A new tech contest may shape up to be a perfect marriage of two emerging technologies. Last week, drone giant DJI and 3D printing service Shapeways announced a contest that challenges designer to create 3D printed accessories for UAVs with a focus on improved search and rescue products. The grand-prize …

Sponsored post by Erin Olsen, Director of Marketing at Skyward Starting a new business isn’t easy: From incorporation to accounting, hiring employees or contractors, investing in software, and setting up your systems, there’s so much to think about. And most of it isn’t directly related to the reason you started …

photo: Near Earth Autonomy Near Earth Autonomy has won a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award to develop Safe50, a software module for drones to guide them safely through the first and last 50 feet of the take-off and landing phases. The software is designed to allow safe drone operation …

(Photo via Sky-Futures.) Sky-Futures, a drone based data collection and analysis company, said they have completed the world’s first trial inspection of a floating production storage and offloading vessel cargo tank by drone without the need for a human having to enter the tank. Working with their technology partners at …

From my very first flight as a 10-year-old, through my years flying helicopters in the U.S. Army, and then as a Life Flight pilot based at the Eugene Fire Department, I have logged each and every one of my flights. To this day, when I take my family or one …