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13 epic videos made with drones

Okay, most are really just taken by RC multicopters, but still a lovely compilation of Vimeo aerial videos from Buzzfeed, master of the Top N list.

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Added by Chris Anderson on May 14, 2013 at 2:30pm — 9 Comments

Man refuses to stop drone-spying on Seattle woman

From The Atlantic (via Mashable):

Walk onto someone's lawn and you're trespassing; …

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Added by Chris Anderson on May 13, 2013 at 3:13pm — 11 Comments

How to hack a GoPro Hero 3 for FPV

From Hackaday:

The GoPro line of HD cameras seem like they were…

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Added by Chris Anderson on May 13, 2013 at 2:55pm — 9 Comments

Sticky drone perches on ceilings

From Gizmag:

Micro UAVs that have the ability to slip into tight spaces, including inside buildings, have wide ranging military and search and rescue…

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Added by Chris Anderson on May 10, 2013 at 7:30pm — 3 Comments

Advanced ornithopter uses independent wing control for acrobatics (and gets attacked by a hawk)

From GizMag (hawk attack is at 1:50 in the above video):

Researchers from the University of Maryland have built a new micro air vehicle dubbed Robo…

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Added by Chris Anderson on May 6, 2013 at 6:51am — 5 Comments

Slate: What the history of helicopters tells us about the future of drones

A thoughtful piece from Slate, pointing out that much of the fevered imagination about domestic drones (I'm as guilty of that as…

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Added by Chris Anderson on May 5, 2013 at 8:02am — 4 Comments

Robots Podcast interviews Harvard insect-drone team

The great Robots Podcast is especially worth listening to this week. From the description:

Robots: Controlled Flight of Insect-sized Robots -…

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Added by Chris Anderson on May 4, 2013 at 1:21pm — 2 Comments

Cal State Design, Geography and Archeology departments collaborate with APM 2.5 drone

From the team's page:

The Industrial Design senior class is working on a project…

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Added by Chris Anderson on May 3, 2013 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

DroneShield: Indiegogo project to detect drone audio signatures

From the IndieGogo project, which has already passed its $3,500 goal:

DroneShield: A low-cost, easy-to-use device that alerts you to nearby drones.

DroneShield is a…

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Added by Chris Anderson on May 3, 2013 at 7:36pm — 9 Comments

Hidden camera investigation finds illegal commercial drone use in US

From an Indiana TV station. There is some really bad stuff here, including this: "When he did not know he was speaking to a reporter, Spencer said he could fly at any altitude that a customer would want.  He said he "wasn't supposed to" fly above 400 feet,…

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Added by Chris Anderson on April 25, 2013 at 10:30pm — 16 Comments

EFF proposes dummy towns for FAA drone testing

From Mashable:

Last year, as part of Congress' mandate to prepare the American airspace for the…

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Added by Chris Anderson on April 24, 2013 at 10:12pm — 4 Comments

HBR: Don't Let Politics Shoot Down Potential of Domestic Drones

Good piece from Harvard Business Review. Excerpts:

Mass-market drones clearly hold…

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Added by Chris Anderson on April 23, 2013 at 9:20am — 5 Comments

Parrot AR.Drone app removed from Apple App Store due to patent issues

From sUASNews:

French manufacturers of the worlds most popular UA have plainly run into problems.

They issued a statement yesterday:-

AR.Freeflight 2.2 was…

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Added by Chris Anderson on April 10, 2013 at 8:45am — 38 Comments

PETA getting their own drones

I'm sure this will end well...

From …

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Added by Chris Anderson on April 8, 2013 at 5:26pm — 9 Comments

AUVSI: "There's nothing unmanned about unmanned systems". Huh?

I'm a loyal AUVSI (Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International) member, but this is just sad. In an effort to distance the industry from public perceptions around the word "drone" at a congressional hearing last week, …

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Added by Chris Anderson on April 7, 2013 at 4:00pm — 21 Comments

The OpenRC project (3D-printable RC components)

From TechCrunch:

If you’re into 3D printable stuff, or into remote-control cars, then the OpenRC Project is for you. A gentleman in Sweden named …

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Added by Chris Anderson on April 6, 2013 at 9:54pm — 8 Comments

"San Diego and Tijuana Work Together To Become Global Drone Hub"

From ABC News:

San Diego is joining forces with Tijuana to become the center of the burgeoning drone…

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Added by Chris Anderson on April 5, 2013 at 10:18am — 1 Comment

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Season Two of the Trust Time Trial (T3) Contest has now begun. The fourth round is an accuracy round for multicopters, which requires contestants to fly a cube. The deadline is April 14th.

A list of all T3 contests is here

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