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One of the best things about being part of the drone industry is the coolness factor: people are always interested.  But if the conversation is going in that direction – new technologies, the changing world – the chances are excellent that “blockchain” has also been mentioned.  If you’re not sure …

The following is a guest post by Andrew Elefant, Director of Policy at Kittyhawk.io, an enterprise drone software company in San Francisco, CA. More Clarity on ULC’s Tort Law Relating to Drones Act The good news out of the Uniform Law Commission’s Annual Meeting is that they approved seven new …

The following is a guest post attorney and drone pilot Andrew Elefant, Director of Policy at Kittyhawk.io, an enterprise drone software company in San Francisco, CA. In anticipation of the Uniform Law Commission’s Tort Law Relating to Drones Drafting Committee meeting on July 25 in Louisville, KY, some of the …

Last week I met in London with Pascal Perrin, Parrot’s Head of Global Consumer Product Marketing, and the French firm’s International PR Manager, Fabien Laxague. They have been on the town to demo Parrot’s newest drone: the 4K-shooting, insect-inspired ANAFI. I arrived with a lot of questions and an open thoughts. …

News and Commentary.  Michael Huerta’s 7 years with the FAA ended this Saturday at midnight.  Yesterday, Dan Elwell, the FAA’s Deputy Administrator, was named Acting Administrator.  If invited to fill the put up completely, Elwell will begin a 5 yr time period able that many Americans have by no means …

By Cargyrak (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 ] 2017 was an enormous yr for drones: the trade noticed unprecedented development, progress in rules, and new makes use of and applied sciences virtually each week.  With 2018 upon us, DRONELIFE requested three trade thought leaders for his or her predictions about …

A visitor submit by Part 107 Pilot and author Kara Murphy. Year after 12 months, vital enhancements in drone expertise make them extra accessible to creators in any respect talent ranges. Photographers and filmmakers that started off working from ground-level, or chartered helicopters for aerials pictures, are more and more …

IntelligentUAS It’s that point of 12 months once more – time to evaluation what you possibly can (and can’t) do with a drone for Thanksgiving dinner prep.   That’s proper, there are YouTube movies on the best way to hunt a turkey, prepare dinner a turkey, and even make mashed …

One factor that everybody can agree upon is that there’s been so much occurring within the drone trade in the previous few weeks.  One of the massive information items has been the introduction of the LAANC (Low Altitude Airspace Notification Capability) system in a restricted kind.  The LAANC system might …

There’s a lot of hype about AI within the drone business.  Applications labeled “AI” provide a vast number of evaluation and sense-and-avoid capabilities.  But Boston-based Neurala offers drones (or automobiles, cameras, and toys) with one thing extra vital than these functions: a mind. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine studying are …