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Image: University of Zurich Compact and foldable, portable drones are great for carrying – but can the advantages of a folding drone be realized during flight? Researchers at the University of Zurich, with others, have come up with a drone that folds during flight to get through tight spaces. Davide …

Latvia has contributed more to the drone industry than you might expect. The country’s most notable entrance to the market has come from Aerones, a startup you might remember for assisting a world record skydive and, more recently, using drones to fight fires and clean windows and wind turbines. Today …

Leave a Comment Posted on November 24, 2018 ANOMALY is a short film combining incredible footage from Iceland with stunning visual effects. ANOMALY was a film dreamed up by Jacco Kliesch who traveled to the ‘Land of Ice and Fire’ in October 2017. With a concept in mind of what …

When you think about organizations using drones for good in Africa, the first that springs to mind is probably Zipline. The California startup has been delivering medical supplies across rural Rwanda and is setting up a similar network in Tanzania. But drone technology is also being harnessed to save the …

You’ll remember that a couple of years ago Zero Zero Robotics launched the Hover Camera Passport, a drone that looked to be the solution to all those stories of people flying indoors to get a selfie and ending up with fingers missing. The drone got so much attention that Apple started selling …

The UK is famous for many things but an abundance of exotic wildlife isn’t one of them. Which means the police have to take special measures to keep what little they do have intact. Lincolnshire Police have a fleet of drones to help with event security, tactical operations and more. …

Breathtaking arctic adventure: our top dronist Florian Ledoux is sharing with us his last summer expedition in Greenland. You will be amazed! I believe drones allow me to capture a brand new style of wildlife image in the Arctic. All the animals I photographed are icons of the Arctic, and because …

Leave a Comment Posted on September 13, 2018 I recently sat down for an interview with my friend Jay Worsley who is an award-winning filmmaker & photographer. Jay just launched a brand new drone cinematography course called Drone Master Class for those looking to up their drone game. I have known Jay for almost …

There are different approaches to flight: fixed wing, quad copter, etc.,  including flight using the same principles that a bird or insect uses to fly. The concept is not new,  Leonardo da Vinci drafted up a concept of bird in flight for human flight.  There have been toys such as …

Drone manufacturer DJI has appointed French aerial photographer and film director Yann Arthus-Bertrand one of three DJI ‘Masters’. The French artist, whose work includes ‘The Earth From Above’ – a United Nations-supported collection of photo essays that has sold more than 4 million copies – has been using DJI equipment while shooting his …