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Boeing patents system for airborne drone charging

This will allow for an expansion of drones in the market place, very cool stuff. By Victor Barreiro Jr. MANILA, Philippines – Boeing received a patent Tuesday, June 2, for system that would allow drones to be recharged while they’re in mid-air. The patent, titled, “Autonomous aircraft with disconnectable tether,” describes a system in which […]

Drone video, Svalbard, The High Arctic

Photographer Peter Cox captured these stunning images of the high Arctic—the location’s high latitude made it difficult for Cox to use the drone’s GPS functions. Nonetheless, we are sure you will agree that the resulting footage shows a Beautiful landscape that many will never be able to visit. Enjoy Svalbard, The High Arctic—Peter Cox Svalbard […]

Drones could make Amazon’s dream of free delivery profitable

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/3/8719659/amazon-prime-air-drone-delivery-profit-free-shipping-small-items Amazon is famous — perhaps infamous — for creating a huge core business, with brutal margins, that produces little to no profit. Yet it announced yesterday that it would roll out free shipping to all its customers on items that weigh 8 ounces or less with no minimum order size. At a glance, it seems like […]

Verizon, NASA plan to make US commercial drones a reality

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/verizon-nasa-plan-to-make-us-commercial-drones-a-reality-2015-6 Amazon, Google, Facebook… there’s no shortage of tech giants looking to get into the commercial drone business. But before a flying robot can deliver your next Prime order, the government has to first figure out a way to track all of the drones in the air to prevent collisions and accidents. That’s where an unexpected […]

Drone catches cheating students in ‘world’s toughest exam’

by Nick Summers | @nisummers | June 3rd 2015 at 1:55 pm Source: http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/03/drone-students-cheat-exam/ If students want to cheat their way through one of China’s most difficult exams, they’ll now need to thwart a patrolling drone. The National Higher Education Entrance Exam, known as “gaokao,” is held each year and determines whether youngsters will get into the top universities. It’s been […]

Alaska researchers study sea otters with unmanned aircraft

This is a very good use of a multirotor by researchers. by Sue Mitchell Watching marine life to gather data about behavior and abundance can be tedious and time-consuming for researchers, but recent studies indicate unmanned aircraft may offer a way around such obstacles. University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists conducted two field studies to see […]

Rookie Drone Roughnecks

This is a very cool story by LAUREN ZANOLLI Drones could soon be a regular addition to the silhouette of onshore and offshore oil rigs on the horizon. Strict — but loosening — regulations on commercial drone operation in the US mean that drone inspection services for oil rigs have been slow to take off. […]

Great Drone Video of Koh Yao Noi

Filmmaker Philip Bloom’s aerial drone captured this stunning footage of Koh Yao Noi, an island in Thailand. As he explains in his blog, Bloom didn’t originally plan to include children in the video—but the local children were so excited to see him with a drone that they flocked to the places where he was filming. […]

Vulcan 1200mm Raven Octocopter review

When I think of a raven, I picture a large, heavily built crow with black plumage or something rapping on Edgar Allan Poe’s chamber door. Alex of VulcanUAV has a different idea: a monster octocopter that can lift almost any size camera you dare to put in the air. But it is still black. The […]

Can UAVs Save the Elephants?

Here is a great story from Air & Space Magazine (July 2015) By mark Betancourt. Sentinels in the sky are hunting the poachers. Biologists predict that within 10 years, rhinos and elephants could be extinct in the African wild because of poaching. Wildlife rangers patrolling millions of acres of land are mostly helpless to stop […]