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Unmanned Aerial Vanity – The Selfie Drones are Coming

For a long time, the consumer drone industry was a complicated world restricted to skilled pilots and super-keen aerial photographers. But as the idea of a flying camera becomes more and more mainstream, the market is taking a turn and appealing to a wider range of people than ever before. …

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Can PrecisionHawk Tame Drone Traffic in the Sky?

PrecisionHawk’s LATAS delivers an innovative air traffic control system for drones, but it’s one of several that depends on the not-so-imminent success of all aircraft using ADS-B. QuickTake THE FACTS: This past week, the FAA granted PrecisionHawk a waiver from Part 107.31’s visual line of sight (VLOS) limitations, which gives …

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Drones Bring to Life “Dead Inside” Music Video

Guest Post – Courtesy of DJI Drones are becoming commonplace in the music video world, and typically capture aerial footage. But in filming the “Dead Inside” music video, a hit song from Muse’s Grammy-winning album Drones, producers turned to leading drone manufacturer target=”_blank”>DJI to achieve a different kind of creative …

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PrecisionHawk Receives First Waiver to Fly Beyond Line of Sight

Leading commercial drone company PrecisionHawk has announced that they have received the first Part 107 waiver for BVLOS flight (beyond visual line of sight.) PrecisionHawk has been working with the FAA to establish the safety case for BVLOS flight as part of the Pathfinder program, designed to help the FAA …

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Insect-inspired Research May Improve Rescue Drones

Image Credit: EPFL / Alain Herzog) Insects may help a renowned Swiss research institute envision ways to improve drone navigation while also saving some lives in the process. Darius Merk, a physics student at École Polytechnique Fédérale in Lausanne has developed an algorithm that could help drones better avoid obstacles …

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