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Microsoft wants to bring law enforcement into the “cloud” and drones can help lift them to new heights. On Monday, the software giant demonstrated Microsoft Cloud for Government at the International Association of Chiefs of Police in San Diego. The software bundle provides secure cloud computing to government agencies and …

Can’t decide between a target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”>DJI drone or GoPro’s new Karma? Well, you might just be able to have the best of both worlds. At least that’s the unlikely conclusion of a joint competition sponsored by DJI and 3D-printing service Shapeways. The two tech giants challenged designers to combine …

Photo: Lynn Greyling The British Ministry of Defense (MoD) will pay £250,000 (about $304,000) to have drones deliberately smashed into passenger jets, the UK’s Daily Mail reports.  The crashes are part of a  testing program that the Daily Mail calls “secretive,” designed to show what would happen if a drone collided …

Mike Winn, the CEO of DroneDeploy, recently spoke with DRONELIFE.com on a variety of drone matters. We first discussed GoPro’s announcement of the Karma. Winn described the Karma launch as “exciting.” With the Karma, GoPro has created an “interesting product. The bundles they have recreated are part of a system. …

Since the last couple of decades, technology has continued to reshape our lives. The invention of Drones has given a completely new perspective to various fields of marketing, broadcasting and even in military defense. Specifically, the drones with cameras have really influenced top-notch retail organizations to invest in them and …

wp-image-15371″ src=”http://dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/319792.jpg” alt=”passenger drone” width=”346″ height=”193″ srcset=”//dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/319792.jpg 400w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/319792-300×167.jpg 300w” sizes=”(max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px”/> The Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) and the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) have partnered with Chinese drone manufacturer EHang to test the passenger drone at Nevada’s FAA UAS Test Site. EHang introduced the …

wp-image-43139″ src=”http://dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Zipline-Zip-Outbound-1024×506.jpg” alt=”delivery drone” width=”377″ height=”186″ srcset=”//dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Zipline-Zip-Outbound-1024×506.jpg 1024w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Zipline-Zip-Outbound-300×148.jpg 300w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Zipline-Zip-Outbound-768×380.jpg 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px”/>San Francisco based Zipline drones have begun regular humanitarian drone deliveries to hospitals in rural Rwanda. Through an agreement with the Rwandan government, the company will begin to delivery blood, plasma, and coagulants to hospitals across …

In early 2016 Zero Zero Robotics came from nowhere with the announcement of the Hover Camera, the first drone/flying camera from a company that had secretly raised millions of dollars of funding while staying in the shadows. Back in April, Zero Zero Robotics tentatively predicted that it would be ready …

Hurricane Matthew has hit hard, causing severe damage and flooding in Jamaica, Haiti, and the US.  As disaster response teams work to coordinate relief efforts, some teams will be using drones – an effective new tool in dealing with extreme weather.  Here are 5 ways that drones help us to …

Guest post by Lynette Farinas, Nvidia— Flight and robotics have always been Marc Gyongyosi’s biggest passions. At age 15, he built a flight simulator modeled after a Boeing 737. Four years later, he joined BMW’s Advanced Robotics R&D department in Munich. Now the college senior is founder of a startup, …