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Engineers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created the world’s smallest optical gyroscope, a sensor that could be used in smartphones and drones. The optical gyroscope resting on grains of rice (Credit: Ali Hajimiri/Caltech) The tiny device, which is smaller than a grain of rice, determines its position …

Wildfires have turned whole neighborhoods in Santa Rosa, California, to ash, based on drone footage The Association Press posted Tuesday.  The video reveals still-smoldering properties burned to their foundations, blackened bushes, and automobiles that appear like they have been destroyed in warfare. Standing out within the rubble are the charred …

Yuneec’s entry into the flying camera space, the Breeze Flying Camera, is likely to be a home run this holiday season. Priced at $495 at Amazon, this small but powerful drone packs a boatload of technology into less than a pound.  It’s convenient, compact, easily portable, and simple to fly. …

Drone-management firm Kittyhawk is hoping to live up to its aviation pioneering namesake with the launch of a new UAV air-traffic app. Partnering with Airmap, an airspace information service provider, San Francisco-based Kittyhawk has developed an iOS app that will allow users to receive live air-traffic alerts without exiting the …

As the holidays approach, many enthusiasts and photographers may want to bring their drone with them as they travel.  But traveling with an expensive piece of equipment takes some thought – damaging your drone, losing your images, or -even worse- being kicked off your flight or having your drone confiscated …

CEO Chris Anderson presenting BIM capabilities at 3DR offices In advance of a new product announcement scheduled for today, Chris Anderson, CEO of 3DR, hosted a media event yesterday in which he provided an overview of 3DR’s primary focus going forward, performed a demonstration of capability, and fielded questions. In …

Sponsored by DroneBase – If you have been around the drone industry, you know DroneBase, the leader in connecting drone pilots to great flying opportunities. With three years of platform experience and now with a follow-on investment of $3 million dollars led by savvy tech investor Fred Wilson from Union …

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Not that long ago, the end of 2016 looked as though it would be a defining point for consumer drones, the time for them to truly go mainstream. In September, GoPro made its highly anticipated move into the drone space with the launch of the Karma. Industry leader target=”_blank”> target=”_blank”> …

Flying drone cameras have risen from a little-known hobby to a major force in the world of visual art and nowhere is that more evident than the 2016 Flying Robot international Film Festival. Billed as “an open competitive drone film festival focused on aerial cinema created from the perspective of …