Drone

Pocket-sized drones are the new selfie stick — if selfie sticks had tiny propellers and obstacle avoidance systems, that is. AirSelfie Holdings, a team of developers and engineers hailing from Shanghai and Italy, introduced three new aerial cameras at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show: the Air 100, Air Zen, and …

A legal battle in Washington State may define the state’s future approach to aerial rights and drone law. Fort Discovery Inc., developer of a civilian gun range/military and law enforcement training facility in Port Townsend, Wash., has filed multiple lawsuits against Tarboo Ridge Coalition, a group opposing the construction. According …

Autonomous drone company Apollo Robotics is launching an early-bird program allowing professional drone industry players to pre-order new products. The Ventura, Calif.-based firm has launched the Apollo Development Partner Program which will give early access to fully automated, autonomous surveying drone platforms to qualified professionals. The Apollo system combines multi-sensor …

Gatwick and Heathrow Airports have reportedly ordered military-grade anti-drone defences worth “several million pounds”. It comes after drones caused three days of disruption at Gatwick last month. Transport minister Chris Grayling met police, aviation and defence chiefs on Thursday to discuss the issue, The Times reported. The technology is said …

Japanese UAV company Terra Drone’s South African division is partnering with one of the continent’s largest mining companies to get a better look at sites from above. Terra Drone is looking to expand its nine branches all over the world and is focusing on providing UAS solutions to mining, oil …

It’s a little too early for April Fools, so we’re going to go ahead and assume that this is an actual trailer for an actual movie coming out soon. One that actual actors were hired to appear in. The film is called ‘The Drone’. It’s about a DJI Phantom that develops …

Anti-drone ‘military capability’ is removed from Gatwick after airport spends £5million on mystery system to prevent future attacks Drone at airport caused mass disruption to passengers in run-up to Christmas Military hardware deployed to stop drones at Gatwick has now been withdrawn Gatwick said it had spent £5million to prevent …

The UK’s Ministry of Defence has taken the decision to withdraw military personnel and equipment from London’s Gatwick airport. The measures were deployed in the run-up to Christmas after drone sightings near the airfield grounded air traffic and led to 1,000 flight cancellations over the course of 36 chaotic hours. 140,000 …

Military hardware deployed to stop drones disrupting flights at Gatwick amid a total shutdown of the airport has been withdrawn. Sightings of the devices over the busy transport hub’s airfield sparked chaos for hundreds of thousands of passengers just before Christmas. The army was brought in to help bring an …

January 2, 2019 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In this day and age, it can be hard to imagine life without the internet and our smartphones. Most of us depend on mobile apps daily. If you haven’t noticed, many of the apps you use request access …