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Get Aerial Footage for Your Next Movie

A very cool Video on sound and using a drone for your next film. Film Riot produced a nice little short called Portal Combat, video game player out there will immediately recognize where is this gun came from. Be sure to watch the movie after. The movie short

Aerial Archaeology

While many people use their drones to shoot dynamic videos, I prefer taking still photography. To me the DJI Phantom is the ideal platform to do aerial photography in general and archaeological pictures in particular: Historic ruins are often not very impressive seen from the ground, where all we are left with is a foot […]

Sea Otters Study with a Drone

(Photo by Brent Paull) The beach was clear of ice and snow, and the gray rocks and gravel were drying in the warm sun. Nearby grass was showing hints of green, early for this Alaska spring. Drifting on its back in Kachemak Bay, near the town of Homer, Alaska, a sea otter ate morsels of […]

360fly Panoramic 360° HD Video Camera [VIDEO]

From AMain Hobbies: Introducing 360fly. The camera that misses nothing. And changes everything. 360fly gives you the power to capture and share your life in fully immersive, interactive 360° HD video—then edit, enhance and share content instantly from your mobile device across social media. In a nutshell you get 360° view as well as 260° […]

Homemade Hoverbike!

Really, what could possibly go wrong? Colin Furze is a very brave man or … A few words from the creator: What a creation, it’s a unhinged flying bike/human blender but unbelievably it gets off the ground and actually FLIES. #Unlearn what a plumber can do in a shed eh? Considering the amount of […]

UAV Delivery for $3.00!

This could change the course of Drone delivery services, maybe even speed up the development of drone programing. The future is close! R. Cordova, CA (April 25, 2016) – The Uvionix nSKY service is about to offer $3 UAV deliveries from vendors within 6 miles around you. Deployed directly at your local restaurant or retailer, […]

Exclusive – The Yuneec Typhoon H!

We were lucky enough to get one of the early releases of the Yuneec Typhoon H and we have been having a ton of fun with it. It comes packed with a number of features that will bring out the cinematographer in everyone. We have been putting it through its paces since we got it […]

Into the Volcano

This was published a little over a year ago, but is still one of the best video clips from a drone. Here is the background story on that video clip that you most likely have seen many times. Video technology and science converge on an active volcano in Vanuatu, where explorer Sam Cossman operated camera-mounted […]

Drone Racing now coming to your home.

Well, here is a big announcement that could change the way we watch races in the future, after all why can’t we use FPV (first person view) for all racing events? This deal will also help to organize drone racing in the US. The International Drone Racing Association (IDRA), the leading global organization in first-person-view […]

New York City Drone Film Festival; Architecture Winner

This year we were very honored to be a sponsor for the New York City Drone Film Festival (NYCDFF). This year’s winners are really setting the standard for the type of videography being done with drones in all aspects of the filming industry. Here is the winner for category #2, Architecture WINNER: Greystone Rising by […]