The Federal Aviation Administration is making it easier for students to fly drones. A memorandum released by the agency on Wednesday states that students will no longer need a Section 333 exemption or any other authorization to operate drones, so long as they follow the government’s rules for using model aircraft. Faculty will also be …
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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. Joshua Goldman/CNET When it comes to quadcopters, very often it seems like you have two choices: sub-$100 models good for bouncing around indoors, …
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If you want your wedding proposal to really soar, call in a drone. A new Wedding Proposal Package from UK drone retailer DronesDirect includes everything you need to get engaged in style (ring sold separately, of course). The kit includes rental of a DJI Phantom 4 and a DJI Inspire One with pilots — the Phantom 4 drone delivers the …
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Nobody with a beating human heart wants to see golfers suffering through 18 holes without a snack — and drones are coming to the rescue. Japanese delivery company Rakuten will shortly be launching the Sora Raku drone delivery service to bring extra balls, equipment or snacks to golfers who are halfway through a round. Due to launch on May 9, …
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A bunch of projects have seen drones piloted using brain activity to control the drone. Now, for the first time, pilots thinking very hard have competed with each other to race their drones. Students at the University of Florida have used Emotiv Insight EEG headsets to read their brain activity, translate it and transmit it in real-time to drones as …
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I’ve wanted to use The Force since I was a little kid. Pull things towards me, push them away, with a mere wave of my hand. This week, I got to try something a lot like that. Don’t get too excited: we haven’t developed human tractor beams quite yet. But remote-control cars, drones and light bulbs could totally be within …
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Dogs love to chase pretty much anything that gives them a chance to run fast. So it makes sense that quadcopters and drones make for perfect canine playdates. YouTube vlogger Jenna Marbles posted footage Wednesday of her cute dog Kermit running after a drone in a field. Kermit is a celebrity in his own right. The dog has more than …
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Humans take and upload endless photos of their felines to the Internet. Fish need love, too; it’s just harder to capture a really great fish picture. Unless you have a Submariner Camera, a small remote-controlled submersible with a camera on board. The remote control lets you take videos or just snapshots. It also lets you move the device up, down …
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Now playing: Watch this: Meet the 16-year-old world drone-racing champion 1:43 Drone racers hope their sport could go mainstream. Hit play on the video above to get an inside look at how first-person view (FPV) drone racing works, and what its star pilots hope the future has in store. “I really think the sport’s just going to keep growing and …
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Last September, DJI introduced the Zenmuse X5 and X5R for its Inspire 1 drone, two stabilized camera systems made for professional video. Last year also saw the release of the company’s Osmo battery-powered handgrip that turned the original Inspire 1 camera, the Zenmuse X3, into a handheld camera with 3-axis stabilization. And now it’s bringing all of that stuff together …
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