Drones in the News

When the final DJI-associated leak emerged with photos of a small, foldable drone, it turned out to be just about bang on the cash. The Mavic was introduced shortly after and the photographs undoubtedly matched up. Now, simply weeks after we found that DJI has registered a brand new trademark, …

Apple’s large campus building challenge, just lately dubbed ‘Apple Park’, was first introduced by Steve Jobs again in 2006. Work started in 2013, and aerial photographer Matthew Roberts has been monitoring the progress of Apple’s future headquarters in Cupertino, California along with his DJI Phantom three Professional. Apple Park Apple …

As it turns out, the answer is two. A better question might be “how many lightbulbs can a pilot smash while performing a simple task with a drone?” (The answer is about nine) – But that’s not so catchy. Yep, this is another weird and wonderful story from the drone …

Autel’s X-Star DJI, the world’s largest drone manufacturer, says a competitor released a new product that looks “suspiciously” like the Phantom flagship line less than a year after hiring hiring away a target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”>DJI engineer. In a patent infringement complaint filed in August, …

4-H’s National Youth Science Day (NYSD) took place in Washington D.C. yesterday, and included this year’s National Science Challenge: Drone Discovery. The 2016 National Science Challenge was developed by Cornell University Cooperative Extension.   The challenge is a “hands-on engineering design challenge” exploring drone technology and applications to solve real world problems. …

Another day, another leak. On August 15th target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”>DJI trademarked the name ‘Mavic’. That word probably won’t mean much to you right now, but give it a few months and it could well be the most well-known model in the consumer drone industry. Sure, that might sound …