Drone

photoHilmi Hacaloğlu, public domain A college student at Staffordshire University in the UK has designed a disaster relief drone that will set up an emergency communications network. The drone concept was exhibited at the New Designers exhibit in England last month.  Luqmaan Patel, the designer of the drone, said that he was inspired …

DroneDeploy, the leading cloud software platform for commercial drones, announced today that they have raised $20 million in Series B financing led by Scale Venture Partners.  The new investment brings DroneDeploy’s total funding to $31 million. DRONELIFE spoke with DroneDeploy CEO Mike Winn and SVP of Marketing Darr Gerscovich about DroneDeploy’s explosive growth, …

Consumer drones have been stuck in a holding pattern for a while now. They are either toys or sophisticated flying cameras that take a bit of skill to master. The latter market, largely dominated by DJI, has seen little change in its fundamental form factor – a four (or six) …

Amazon’s secret drone test site has been found – and photographed – by a journalist for Business Insider, after both Amazon and UK government officials refused to disclose its location. Amazon announced last month that after months of struggling with the FAA it would open testing for its PrimeAir delivery …

In recent weeks the world has been subjected to another wave of viral nostalgia. Pokemon Go has well and truly brought the old series back into the mainstream, and the craze doesn’t look like ending anytime soon. Which makes us wonder whether retro gaming does have a future, at least …

Japan plans to use drone delivery to serve “depopulated areas” by 2018, and to offer drone delivery in Tokyo by the time the 2020 Olympic games are held there, the Japan Times reports. A source from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration says that the Japanese government is working quickly to …

For many drone enthusiasts, a passion for aerial photography is what got them into flying in the first place. For the rest, it’s an inevitable result of being able to attach a camera to a UAV. But whether you’re shooting for fun or using a drone for business reasons, improving …

Intel, moving rapidly to solidify their position in the drone and robotics business, has unveiled Aero, a “ready to fly” drone. Don’t expect to buy it at a big box store as a Christmas present. Intel introduced the new quadcopter at the Intel Developer Forum on Tuesday, which is appropriate – the …

Image: CNN CNN has announced that they are officially launching a media drone program, CNN AIR (Aerial Imagery and Reporting.) CNN will now have two full-time drone operators to capture aerial footage that will be used by CNN and other Turner Broadcasting and Time Warner businesses. CNN first announced a …

photo: Ken Kistler, public domain While the commercial drone industry seems poised for takeoff, drone manufacturers across the globe are struggling to launch.  Investors and consumers are worried about their money as several companies miss launch date after newly revised launch date for widely hyped new drones – proving that drone manufacturing …