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The X8+ is less than half the price of the Inspire 1, DJI’s latest drone. Read more »
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The X8+ is less than half the price of the Inspire 1, DJI’s latest drone. Read more »
The $2,899 Inspire 1 has a camera that can turn 360 degrees and the ability to easily fly indoors. DJI also announced a software developer kit to adapt DJI drones to new applications. Read more »
The new workers will help Amazon test its delivery drones both indoor and outdoor, according to job ads — but the “outdoor” bit will remain tricky under current rules because of… Read more »
It’s not just driverless cars — now Google is paying lobbyists to bend lawmakers’ ears about its unmanned aircraft too. Read more »
Drones will be more than delivery vehicles or cool cameras, said 3DRobotics CEO. Expect to see them in industries in the next two years. Read more »
The new “Dronecode Project” will make it easier for developers who want to build systems or tools for unmanned aircraft system to have access to a common platform. Read more »
Drones are popping up everywhere from movie sets to sports games — now a club in France is holding competitions that invoke the pod races of Phantom Menace, and wants other… Read more »
A man this week shot down a small drone flying over his property. He was arrested but a recent legal paper suggests his action may have been justified under privacy and… Read more »
The movie and TV industry will finally be able to fly drones on set, but the FAA has imposed conditions that may make doing so more trouble than it’s worth. Read more »
Hundreds of companies in Canada are putting drones to work in industries like farming and TV filming. They are getting a leg-up in an important new aviation industry as US rules… Read more »