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photo: 7-11 and Flirtey Forget the drive-through – convenience retailer 7-Eleven is now introducing the Slurpee drone. Drone delivery pioneer Flirtey said recently that residential delivery would happen within a year – and with the announcement of a Slurpee delivery, it seems to be a reality. The two companies partnered last …

image: Facebook Facebook’s solar drone, designed to deliver internet connectivity to underserved regions of the world, has taken flight. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced that the solar drone Aquila completed a 96 minute test flight at the end of last month.  This puts the social media giant one step ahead …

MELVILLE, N.Y., July 25, 2016 — BZ Media LLC announced today the fourth in a series of critical examinations of the hype and reality behind certain vertical commercial drone markets, “The Truth About Drones in Mapping and Surveying.”  The free report was commissioned by BZ Media and written and produced …

Guest post by Kay Wackwitz, Drone Industry Insights — Last year we published the initial Drone Market Environment Map and it was so successful that we updated and enlarged it to visualize the current evolutionary stage. This map provides the most comprehensive picture of the global drone ecosystem, making the …

There’s a new drone startup making waves in the world of crowdfunding, and this time, it looks like speed is the top priority. California-based Tanky Drone has launched a crowdfunding campaign to bring its FPV racer to the wider public, which comes ready to fly and has, in testing at …

Features should appeal to Esri users, but will they appeal to non-Esri users? QuickTake THE FACTS: In February 2016, Esri released an application called Drone2Map for ArcGIS. Drone2Map (D2M) takes raw image data from drones and creates digital surface models, orthomosaics, 3D-point clouds and 3D PDFs that can be shared. …

DRONED premieres on July 22 at 6PM on the Science Channel (PRNewsFoto/Science Channel) The Science Channel is conducting a not-so-scientific experiment to find out if drones and reality TV can mix into a ratings reaction. On Friday, July 22, the network premieres Droned, a reality series that “follows a drone …

Michael Vadon/CC by-SA 2.0 Commentary.  While the country discusses the effect that either candidate might have on the economy, at DRONELIFE we’re focused on the drone industry.  Making a few projections based on the direction that the party and Mr. Trump have taken, here’s our take on the  what a Trump presidency might …

Credit: NOAA Fisheries, Vancouver Aquarium. Taken by UAV from above 90 feet under Fisheries and Oceans Canada research permit and Transport Canada flight authorization. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is at the forefront of the fight to save the planet – and they’ll use any tool available to …

Students in a South Carolina County academic program received a firsthand view from above of how drones are changing the game for public-safety agencies. This month, the Horry County Fire Rescue showcased the department’s drone program to a local middle school project, the Summer Scholars Program. Part of an overall …