CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Personal anecdote: Over the weekend, I visited metro-Detroit gem The Adventure Park, where I unleashed my inner Tarzan …
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When you take a boat to go whale watching, you hope to at least see one whale out in the blue expanse of the ocean. Sailors on a recent expedition got three times that as a trio of playful whales surrounded their boat. The footage comes from Drones.nc, a French company specializing in drone video shoots, which describes the whales’ …
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Intel just announced a pending acquisition of Movidius, a chip manufacturer focusing on integrated system-on-chip solutions for machine learning and computer vision. It could be a key part towards building a standalone VR headset, and more. Movidius has developed compact chips that already power DJI’s Phantom 4 drones, enabling autonomous piloting. Movidius was also close to releasing a dedicated VR …
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With the Breeze, electric aviation company Yuneec makes the move from professional and hobbyist camera drones into phone accessories. Available now, the $500 quadcopter (approximately AU$660 or £380) is completely controlled with the Breeze Cam mobile app for iOS and Android. The app gives you a handful of flight modes — Selfie, Follow Me, Orbit, Journey and Pilot — and …
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DJI’s camera drones let you capture subjects from incredible heights. Now its Osmo handheld camera can get you closer to things on the ground. The new 7x zoom Osmo Plus camera uses the same 3-axis motorized gimbal that makes video look so smooth from its Inspire 1 quadcopter, but attaches to a handgrip. The integrated X3 zoom camera is similar …
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Drones are increasingly becoming a go-to for both hobbyists and the workforce, with racing and aircraft inspection being two prime examples of how this technology is becoming a big thing. Tokyo’s Vantan High School is now ensuring the next generation is abreast of this burgeoning tech by offering a three-year course on drones. The course offers more than just an …
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An Evangelical church in Sweden plans to use military drones to try to persuade Muslims in Syria to convert to Christianity. But instead of using the unmanned aerial vehicles to drop bombs, Livets Ord plans to drop Bibles — thousands of electronic copies — over the region wracked by religious-inspired violence in recent years. The church, whose name translates to …
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Until now, drone enthusiasts have had to go to parks, lots or, if they’re really lucky, empty stadiums to skylark drone-style. That changes now — at least for those in Korea. Drone maker DJI said this week it’s opening a drone arena in Yongin, South Korea, later this month. The 1,395-square-metre venue will be kitted out with an LED-lit racing …
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This is what the upcoming GoPro Karma drone looks like, according to self-proclaimed “GoPro addict” Konrad Iturbe. The teenaged Madrid resident tweeted the photo earlier this week, snagging it from the GoPro subreddit where it had been posted earlier. The original post and the user were subsequently deleted, Iturbe told CNET in an email exchange. As Mashable’s Raymond Wong points …
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What if a drone could provide you with better network? Drones could provide enhanced networks according to AT&T. Daniel Terdiman/CNET That is what AT&T intends to do in the future. The carrier wants to use drones as a way to temporarily boost LTE networks, said John Donovan, AT&T’s chief strategy officer, in a blog post Wednesday. While it is not …
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