Drone

QUEENSLAND played host to a global food and agriculture technology extravaganza this week, with almost 1000 people attending day one of the GFIA In Focus Australia innovation fair held at to the Brisbane Conference and Exhibition Centre. Targeted at Australian consumers, agribusiness, investors and farmers, the fair included two concurrent conferences …

The European Commission’s Commissioner of Transport, Violeta Bulc, and the Netherlands’ Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Cora van Nieuwenhuizen kicked of Amsterdam Drone Week today.  The commercial drone conference runs along side the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) annual high level meetings. Before a global audience, Bulc and van …

One of the best things about life on the road is the opportunity to meet new companies and new people stretching the boundaries of what drones can do for communities around the world.  At the recent Commercial UAV Show in London, DRONELIFE had the opportunity to meet Helena Samsioe, CEO …

DRONELIFE at Amsterdam Drone Week, Airbus Prototype Drone Taxi The First UIC^2  – the UAM (Urban Air Mobility) Initiative for Cities and Communities – Forum took place this morning at Amsterdam Drone Week, an international gathering of stakeholders in commercial drones, airspace regulation, and urban air mobility.  Amidst a hall …

Drones have certainly caught on in its popularity over the past few years, where the price has also dropped drastically in order to make it a whole lot more accessible for everybody. Yuneec has come up with an all-new portable folding drone that will be able to respond to voice …

Today SimActive., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software is being use for a large-scale project by First Base Solutions who provides aerial imagery, geospatial data and custom mapping solutions to organizations across North America. The size of each image consisted of MB totaling 40 TB of raw data. As Drones are …

LakeDiamond’s system is working toward producing a laser beam that can shine directly on the photovoltaic cells on the drone’s surface. (Copyright LakeDiamond) LakeDiamond is Swiss based company that manufactures very pure synthetic diamonds for industrial and commercial uses.  They have announced recently that they are developing technology that would …

French drone manufacturer Parrot have released their earnings report for the third quarter of 2018. It doesn’t make happy reading for those with a stake in the company and drone enthusiasts hoping Parrot will continue to push DJI. The main concern is a drop in revenues from Parrot’s consumer drone …

IF you want to sell or rent a home, you need to tell a story. That’s the advice of British expat Peter Walkley, whose high-tech drones capture homes and businesses in ways which could rival Disney. The former pilot set up Nitroshoot Media three years ago after noticing a gap …

Not that long ago military bodies were racing to distance themselves from drone industry leader DJI. The US Army grounded its use of DJI products in a move that was probably justified at the time. The Australian Defence Force quickly followed suit. It looked as though DJI’s days as an equipment …