Tynker And Parrot Create Online Drone Curriculum For Kids
Creative-computing company Tynker is rolling out a new U.K. school curriculum that includes a course on drone programming, which will be executed in partnership with Parrot.Besides the new drone course, the new curriculum – to be offered for the 2017-2018 school year – adds JavaScript and ...
The Commercial Opportunity for Drones in 2017 and Beyond
Over the next three years, Goldman Sachs Research forecasts the drone industry market opportunity will reach $100 billion, with industries such as construction, oil and gas, and agriculture expected to see significant growth. The passing of the FAA’s Part 107 rule in mid-2016 led to booming ...
Texas Instruments Technology Extends Flight Time And Battery Life Of UAS
Texas Instruments today introduced two circuit-based subsystem reference designs that will help manufacturers add flight time and extend battery life to quadcopters and other non-military consumer and industrial drones used to deliver packages, provide surveillance or communicate and assist at ...
Safety Precautions for UAS Aerial Mapping in Urban Environments
QuestUAV Addressing Safety Standards in Urban EnvironmentsDrone mapping is growing at a rapid rate in almost every country in the world. Unfortunately, incidents with drones are also growing at the same time. Just like any other aircraft, drones not only need to be flown ...
NOVAerial Robotics Procyon 800E Enters Limited Production
NOVAerial Robotics is pleased to announce that the Procyon 800E drone helicopter has finished it’s prototype and testing phases and is beginning limited production and delivery to commercial companies worldwide.The first customer to place an order will be using it to carry a sling-load ...
DroneStock.com Launches Marketplace With New Creative Solution
On the surface DroneStock.com is just another stock image website. You can buy royalty-free stock video clips and use them in your film and video projects. Photos too, for print ads and website use. But where this site differs is, all the imagery for sale has been captured by drones.With ties ...
Pumpkin Cannon vs Drones
As you might have heard, the bright-orange X‑Star Premium drone is lovingly referred to as the “Flying Pumpkin.” In the spirit of the Halloween season, the Autel crew put some drones in costumes to see how they’d hold up against some real flying pumpkins.We headed out to Thompson’s ...
