Drone

With mining industries growing in scale and competitiveness, companies are digging into drone tech to unearth any advantage available – and it seems to be working. In South Africa, drone deployment in area mines is on the rise as companies view UAVs as a way to restructure their cost models. …

If you’re into aerial photography, you may have come across a website called Dronestagram. “Website” doesn’t quite do it justice actually. Dronestagram is a social media site dedicated to drone photography; it’s a place where like-minded pilots can view, share, and be inspired by each others’ work. For the past …

QuickTake: Hivemapper’s 3D Earth Maps for Drones App It’s innovative, but will companies embed it for their mission control? THE FACTS: Last week Hivemapper introduced its 3D earth maps Android app for drones. The preview I received a week earlier was impressive. Hivemapper is a mapping and navigation tool for …

Its enterprise drone is fit for construction, mining, and insurance companies, but the question is whether companies already catering to those audiences and adding drone capabilities will win out over this well-funded newcomer. THE FACTS: In June 2016, drone manufacturer Kespry announced the close of a $16 million Series B …

Image public domain Just under the wire, leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee have announced they have “reached a bipartisan, bicameral agreement” on an FAA Reauthorization extension that will take them through another year to September 30, 2017. Transportation and Infrastructure …

Guest post by Terry Holland — Farmhouse and Villa After flying my Phantom 4 for several months it’s time for a follow up on my initial dronelife.com review. While my major reservation with the craft is that the media quality of the Phantom 4 doesn’t match the micro four thirds …

SwarmX, the Singapore-based drone startup offering the HiveMind OS, has received an undisclosed amount of private funding from one of India’s most active angel investors, TV Mohandas Pai. T.V. Mohandas Pai, chairman of Manipal Global Education and former CFO and HR head of Infosys, has been an active investor in many …

The constant barrage of negative publicity facing the drone industry is more often than not down to two things. The first is the media, which often enjoys taking situations way out of proportion and sensationalizing news to sell papers and drive traffic – how about the plastic bag that ‘collided’ …

Image public domain The extension of the FAA Reauthorization Bill of 2012 runs out at the end of next week, but Congress has not been able to come up with a replacement. The drama began last spring, as the House Transportation committee, led by Rep. Shuster, introduced the AIRR Act …

We just released a new research study titled “The Truth about Drones in Construction and Infrastructure Inspection.” The free report is the second in series of studies sponsored by BZ Media that looks objectively at each major commercial market for drones and drone technology. In the report, we show how …