DroneDeploy, the cloud-based drone software platform, today unveiled its new flight logs solution, available now with partners: Airnest, Drone Complier, Drone Logbook, Healthy Drones, Kitty Hawk, NV Drones and Skyward. Direct access to actual flight logs enables operators to eliminate the manual data entry process for capturing flight data, and …
Read More »Startup IFM Raises the Roof with Indoor Drones
Guest post by Lynette Farinas, Nvidia— Flight and robotics have always been Marc Gyongyosi’s biggest passions. At age 15, he built a flight simulator modeled after a Boeing 737. Four years later, he joined BMW’s Advanced Robotics R&D department in Munich. Now the college senior is founder of a startup, …
Read More »DJI Goggles – Will FPV be the Mavic’s Secret Weapon?
While it was easy to get swept up in the buzz surrounding DJI’s latest launch event, the Mavic Pro wasn’t the only product announced. The Chinese drone giant also launched the company’s new first-person view goggles – handily called target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”>DJI Goggles. Previously DJI pilots have needed …
Read More »Verizon to Launch Drone Data Plans
Telecoms network Verizon is planning to launch data plans for drone pilots, which will see consumer and commercial drones given access to the same data offered to mobile phone users. The move could be the first glimpse of a future in which drones are increasingly connected to the internet for live streaming …
Read More »Sense and Avoid for Drones is No Easy Feat
But development is vibrant, and you’ll see it work first in prosumer drones QuickTake THE FACTS: “Sense and avoid” for drones is a popular topic in the press right now, but the phrase can mean different things in different contexts and people. To clarify, there is a difference between solving …
Read More »Huge Step for DRL as Drone Racing Hits the Mainstream
There was a time when FPV drone racing was little more than a YouTube phenomenon. At one point it was just a few French guys flying around a forest. From there it progressed to parking lots and abandoned warehouses, before a hardcore community began to spring up all over the …
Read More »Drone Racing League Heads to UK in Million Dollar TV Deal
For a while there things had all gone very quiet at the Drone Racing League (DRL). After a couple of revolutionary races in New York and Miami, we were starting to get wonder what was going on. There were rumors of races taking place, but nothing substantial coming out. Now …
Read More »Freefly Invents New Sport: Drone Surfing
The team at Freefly normally focuses on catering to the demands of media industry professionals and building heavy duty drones for aerial photography. But in a new promotional video designed to show off the power of the company’s latest drone, they may have just discovered a new sport: Drone Surfing. The premise …
Read More »3DR Improves Overall Enterprise Drone Solution with Integration of Sony R10C Camera
3DR, the North American based manufacturer of drone technologies for commercial and industrial use, today announced that Site Scan, 3DR’s fully-automated flagship aerial analytics platform, is now available as an integrated bundle with Sony’s UMC-R10C camera. The bundle represents 3DR’s top-of-the-line solution for the construction, infrastructure and survey industries. The …
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