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In 2018, self-taught developer Pedro Cruz entered Call for Code, IBM’s worldwide developer competition that seeks technology solutions for natural disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. A resident of Puerto Rico, which had recently been devastated by Hurricane Maria, the challenge felt particularly important to him. Cruz decided to create a …

Enabling the Next Generation of Enterprise Drone Solutions NEW YORK, May 28, 2019 — (PRNewswire) — DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, announced Manifold 2, an ultra-compact onboard supercomputer for DJI drones that enables the next-generation of autonomous aerial robotics solutions. With the additional compute …

Image copyright DJI Drone-maker DJI has pledged to add plane and helicopter “detection” features to its consumer drones, to reduce the risk of collisions. Some of DJI’s industry-focused drones already have the feature built in but it has now pledged to add it to all drones weighing more than 250g …

While the world watched in shock as part of Notre Dame cathedral burned, few realized the surprising roles machines played in the incident. Sadly, a possible computer glitch may have been responsible for the fire. But technology was also crucial to the recovery efforts. French firefighters used DJI drones to …

Amid severe labor shortages, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to perform human tasks is sure to grow, and DJI, the world’s biggest drone-maker, is ready to respond, the firm’s Japan head said. Drones for industrial uses ranging from agriculture to infrastructure maintenance and security are becoming more popular, said …

GEO 2.0 will be phased into DJI’s European drones later this month, with the firm asking customers to update their flight control apps and aircraft firmware to ensure the updates are implemented. Estonia, Croatia and Greece are among the new countries to be added to the system, which already counted …

DJI’s Aeroscope mobile unit in use. (DJI) Chinese drone-maker DJI, which holds a 70 percent market share in the worldwide civil drone market, advocates a local-broadcast identification solution to the issue of integrating unmanned systems into global airspace. Local-broadcast technology provides law enforcement and governments with the ability to track …

SHANGHAI: The world’s largest maker of consumer drones, China’s SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd, expects losses of more than 1bil yuan (RM607.75mil) for 2018 due to internal corruption, the state-run China Securities Journal said on Jan 18. The newspaper cited an internal company report on corruption, which said that more …

The Drone Manufacturer’s Alliance (DMA) an advocacy group of leading drone makers founded by DJI, Parrot, 3DR, and GoPro, has published a letter to President-elect Trump praising his nonimation of Elaine Chao for Transportation Secretary and asking Trump to support the drone industry. Chao is Trump’s choice to replace current …

A recent firmware and app update to the Parrot Bebop 2 delivers follow me functionality to Bebop operators. It is free to try in the upgraded FreeFlight Pro app for 15 days but after that you’ll have to pay to take advantage of the functionality. Parrot touts the follow me …