There are drones you can attach a GoPro to. And then there’s the 3D Robotics Solo. The Solo, its controller and optional Solo Gimbal — a motorized three-axis camera stabilizer — are the culmination of a couple of years of work and a partnership with GoPro. A partnership that has resulted in a drone with …
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OnePlus Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus has announced a flying drone, the OnePlus DR-1, calling it a “game changer.” The DR-1’s product page spouts impressive lines such as “innovating a whole new way of thinking about drones” and telling users to “push the envelope” with this flying machine. Except it’s just 70mm wide. You might be thinking that the DR-1 is …
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Facebook’s Chief Technology Officer, Mike Schroepfer, talking about Facebook’s drone program. Facebook It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…a giant Internet router? That could be the reaction later this year when Facebook gets its high-flying, wide-wingspan drone off the ground. At its F8 conference on Thursday, Facebook revealed that it had made a first test flight of an unmanned aerial …
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Amazon has been granted FAA permission to test its aerial drones for delivering packages. Amazon Amazon’s ambitions to use drones to deliver packages may get off the ground yet. The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday issued an “experimental airworthiness certificate” to Amazon, allowing the Internet retail giant to conduct research, development and crew training for its Prime Air delivery drones. …
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Perceptiv Labs Having auto-follow capabilities on a drone means that it can chase after a subject without assistance from a pilot, essentially giving you your own private flying camera operator. We saw it featured a lot at CES 2015, but in its current state, it doesn’t allow for a lot of creative control — something Perceptiv Labs aims to solve …
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The next time you’re headed to the park to play a game of ball, forget about the ball. A new startup called Zyro wants to replace tennis balls, soccer balls, hockey pucks and frisbees with a special aerial drone designed for sports and multiplayer gaming. Zyro’s creators — a team of engineers, drone enthusiasts and rugby players — recently launched …
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Now playing: Watch this: FAA’s proposed drone regulations have Amazon grounded 2:46 In this tech-roundup: The Federal Aviation Administration proposed new rules for unmanned aircraft that could hurt Amazon’s “Prime Air” delivery service. A developer edition of Sony’s Google Glass competitor will be available for purchase soon. Apple may have been forced to remove key health features from the upcoming …
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A drone waiting tables at Timbré’s al fresco restaurant. Infinium Robotics Singaporean restaurant-bar chain Timbré is employing a fleet of flying drones as waitstaff for its live-music eateries. Earlier this month, the restaurant chain and robotics company Infinium Robotics jointly unveiled a new experiment at the al fresco venue Timbré @ Substation, to showcase the reliability of commercial drones bringing …
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Drones like this Inspire 1 could become a much more common sight in the skies in the near future. Getty The Federal Aviation Administration took an important step Sunday toward legalizing and regulating routine use of commercial drones — though don’t expect a delivery drone to bring you a fresh pizza anytime soon. The agency released its proposed requirements for …
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DJI’s Spreading Wings S900 drone has a camera mount, but an alliance with camera makers could make it easier to take high-quality aerial photos. DJI Attention photographers: mainstream drone products with high-end cameras appear to be readying for takeoff. That’s because DJI, maker of the popular Phantom series of camera-toting drones, has joined Olympus and Panasonic in the Micro Four …
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