You’ll want to read this crash course in basic aircraft terminology, and how it relates to your drone’s controls.
Baals 2016 - Little Behind the Scenes
Cutting Edge of Drone Tech
A team of researchers deployed some of the most advanced drone technology available outside of the military this Wednesday — in Plainfield, a central Vermont town of just over 1,200 people.
The engineers, armed with the map, will then be able to make smarter, faster and safer repairs to bridges running over the stream than if they used conventional surveying methods to gather data.
Amazing Photos from the Sea
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High-tech Tools Raise Quality of Real Estate Listings
According to the National Association of Realtors, 89 percent of all homebuyers use online tools and resources in their home search. Technology has changed nearly every aspect of the way we live, so it is only natural that it affects the way sellers and their Realtors market and sell homes. With so much high-quality media online, the bar has been raised for online real estate listings to really "wow" buyers.
Unmanned aerial vehicles, more commonly known as drones, can be used to take aerial photos of your home and the surrounding property. New drone technologies can help your agent market your home in a way that may have been cost-prohibitive in the past.
By using a few of these tools, you can make your home’s listing more appealing to buyers. Contact a Realtor today to see how these tech tools can be used to successfully sell your home.
7-Eleven Now Delivering by Drone
7-Eleven and drone startup Flirtey made the very first consumer drone delivery in the United States, according to Tech Crunch.
The convenience store chain successfully delivered Slurpees, a chicken sandwich, donuts, hot coffee, and candy to a family on July 10 using a drone built by Flirtey.
We are living in the future
Ohio Drone Meetup
If you are interested in getting started on drones, and near Ohio, this is a meetup for you.
Saturday, July 23, 2016
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Murphy Company
455 W Broad St, Columbus, OH
Drone Racing Tips to Get Every Beginner in Gear
Our new vlog series, How to Race Drones, features Mashable Creative Producer Sam Sheffer diving into the growing world of drone racing as he prepares to compete in the Liberty Cup drone race on July 30.
In the first episode, two drone experts teach Sheffer what it takes to move from a beginner to an advanced drone extraordinaire.
From building a drone to flying one, Sheffer learns it all.
World's Fastest Consumer Drone, Made by a Kid
George Matus was 11 years old when he flew his first drone. "I was immediately hooked," the young man tells me with a grin. By age 16 he was competing as a professional drone racer and acting as a test pilot for new aircraft. Now 18, he recently finished high school but decided to defer college, opting instead to pursue a fellowship offer from tech billionaire Peter Thiel. He used that money to start his own company, Teal, which today is launching its first product, a consumer facing drone that a beginner can easily fly with an iPhone to capture 4K video. The difference between Teal's first drone and the competition is that this unit can also perform like a racecar, reaching speeds of 85 miles per hour while flipping, diving, and performing barrel rolls.
Drones Helping to Sell Big-ticket Real Estate
Drones are the next step in high-end real estate sales, say local Realtors, an innovation that eclipses two-dimensional still photography. Having a drone in your real estate arsenal also signals that your firm is cutting edge, says Joe Houlihan, managing partner of Houlihan & O’Malley Real Estate Services in Bronxville.
Drone Photography Changing the Face of Real Estate
Agents and vendors are turning to emerging technology in video, 3D-imagery and drone photography to show prospective buyers properties from a whole different angle.
Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are increasingly being used to provide a better overview not just of the property, but also of the surrounding area.
A Drone Could be Getting You Better Phone Connections
Now they could be providing a modern, constantly connected society with a lifeline in dire situations.
US network AT&T is looking at using drones to extend data networks through venues under heavy use such as at concerts and sports events.
The idea would be to have a drone tethered to the roof or top of the venue and for it to repeat the signal coming from a nearby cellular tower that might be just too out of reach for the phones in use there.
Drones to Save Endangered Ferrets
The US government is set to unleash drones that fire vaccine-covered M&Ms in a bid to save the endangered black-footed ferret, a species that is facing a plague epidemic across America’s great plains.
An Aerial Drone from a Century Ago...
Grown Man Cheats at Pokémon Go with Help from Drone
Rediculas, but also brilant.
The Pokémon Go craze is real, and it's forcing ghastly pale nerds like me who have never felt the kiss of Earth's sun to catch some dang virtual pokémans. (Other plural forms of Pokémon include Pokémen and Pokésmons.)
An unexpected side effect of Pokémon Go has been accidental exercise, as shown in this Gizmodo article documenting dozens of players reporting sore legs from walking around. One Pokémon Go player found a sneaky way around this pandemic, by strapping his Android to a DJI Phantom drone and mirroring his phone screen on his laptop using a program called AirDroid.
Look at this Cheaty McCheaterface, who asked Reddit if this MacGuyvered Pokémon Go setup was cheating, knowing FULL WELL WHAT IT IS:
Um, absolutely it is cheating! And yet I understand his infringing of the tacit rules of pokémon husbandry. When the game requires you trek all over town to hit up pokéstops and gyms and wander around aimlessly hoping for a rare pokémon other than a Doduo or Rattata to show up, it gets old fast. The egg incubator which tracks how much distance you've walked also won't count toward hatching your egg if you're in a car or train. A drone could fly slowly enough to trick the phone to think you're walking, so this solution is actually hilariously ingenious. And a cheat — let’s not forget it’s a cheat.
Yes, I am aware this is a franchise originally created for children, and a grown man devising a dastardly "Team Rocket scheme to capture pokémon" in a game meant to unify people IRL is shameful. But you know what? I don't care. Games aren’t just for kids anymore. Games are for adults too: cold, unfeeling, dastardly adults.
Read the Artical on The Verge
Three Rivers Festival Chalk Walk
We love our city, and this is one of its great events.
3D Map of an Abandoned Scottish Mansion Using Drone
As Mark from the Abandoned Scotland YouTube channel has shown in his latest video, you can also use a drone to do some pretty cool 3D mapping.
Using a combination of Agisoft Photoscan, Drone Deploy and Phantom 3 Professional, he's able to create a 3D model of Cambusnethan Priory — an abandoned mansion.
Story Told by Drone
Interesting articl, made even more interesting with the aid of the drone.
Extreme Photo of the Week 2016
National Geographic's photo of the week, captured by drone.
Beautiful Drone Photography
