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Scout Quadcopter Set For First Fully-Autonomous Drone Flight
The USA’s Federal Aviation Administration has approved Marlborough, MA-based American Robotics’ fully-autonomous drone for flight this week, a first-ever for the aviation industry. When the drone (the brand’s Scout Quadcopter) takes off, …
Hover Camera Deluxe
$350.00
Unlike a drone, the Hover Camera Deluxe—a flying camera with facial-recognition technology—doesn’t require FAA registration. The device’s built-in camera can take 13 MP photos and 4K video and do so with gesture commands. …
Testing DJI’s Mavic 2 Pro
We take the new and improved camera drone for a few flights
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University of Tokyo’s Dragon Drone Transforms While Midair
Calling the University of Tokyo’s new drone the Dragon doesn’t just reference its form, the name is also an acronym short for “Dual-rotor embedded multilink Robot with the Ability of multi-deGree-of-freedom aerial …
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Photographer Gives Mountains Halos
Photographer Reuben Wu’s latest project “Lux Noctis” gives mountains halos, thanks to his clever use of tech. Using drones and long exposures, Wu creates these angelic details that are inspired by “19th-century …
Via wired.com
The Flying Car from Airbus Makes its First Flight
For 53 seconds an autonomous air taxi rose up and hovered at roughly 16 feet above ground. It was a milestone moment in the race to develop and release an un-piloted flying …
DJI’s Portable, Powerful Mavic Air High-Resolution Drone
The company's most dynamic three-axis gimbal device shoots videos in 4K
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Unveiling (Part Of) Bell Helicopter’s Self-Piloting Air Taxi for Uber
Texas-based aviation experts Bell Helicopter had a CES unveiling pertaining to the passenger drone they plan to supply Uber with, for self-piloting flights. For those paying close attention to the developments, this …