Category: drone

Drone the World: pay a professional drone photographer to capture your travel memories

Dunja Djudjic

When I first saw a selfie stick, I thought it was quite a strange way of capturing travel memories. And now I’ve discovered another quite unusual way of doing this – and a more expensive one. A London-based company Black Tomato offers you a service of hiring a professional drone photographer. He or she will […]

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Mining company loses 9 surveillance drones – because of eagles

Dunja Djudjic

Earlier this year, we were quite surprised (to say the least) by the information that Dutch police were training eagles to take down drones. And what’s more, it seems that the weird approach against UAVs worked. But it appears eagles in Australia require no training to do it. Because they started seeing surveillance drones as […]

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YI Technology announces the first action camera which will capture 4K videos at 60 fps

Dunja Djudjic

As we’re only days away from CES 2017, YI Technology Company has announced some novelties they’ll introduce at this event. It seems their YI 4K Action Camera is about to get the update. This January in Las Vegas, YI is about to present their new 4K+ Action Camera, which will allow you shooting 4K videos […]

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From zero to drone in one hour is MIT’s vision for drone building

Dunja Djudjic

Have you ever had a problem finding a drone that suits all your needs? If this is the case, then a group of MIT’s students has the invention which could solve your problem. Thanks to their interactive program, it may soon be possible for everyone to build their own drone, even without any technical background. […]

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DJI Continues Its Roll with the Phantom 4 Pro and Inspire 2 Drones

Eric Reagan

Not that DJI wasn’t already crushing the market, but the drone leader continues to pile on with a pair of new drones designed with the pro in mind. The DJI Phantom 4 Pro continues the popular Phantom design and features a 1″ 20MP sensor that offers gimbal-stabilized 4K/60p video. It offers flight autonomy with redundant […]

DJI’s new Zenmuse Z30 drone camera has 30x optical zoom

John Aldred

After recently introducing their first drone camera with optical zoom, the Zenmuse Z3, DJI have now announced the Zenmuse Z30. This camera features a 30x optical zoom, a major improvement over the 3.5x optical zoom of the Z3. Designed primarily for commercial applications, DJI see this camera being used for inspecting wind turbines and cell […]

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GoPro Karma vs. DJI Mavic: By the Numbers

Eric Reagan

GoPro’s Karma drone raised some eyebrows after it was announced last month. Then, DJI came along a few days later and dropped the Mavic drone on everyone and raised even more eyebrows. Now, we have a pair of impressive, compact drones from which to choose. Some of the specs look better for one drone over the […]

How a drone photo on Twitter saved a man and his dog from their flooded home

John Aldred

Hurricane Matthew was the deadliest hurricane in over a decade, killing at least 500 to possibly over a 1,000 people during its run. It also caused billions of dollars worth of damage to property. That devastation included Hope Mills, North Carolina which saw severe flooding. In the aftermath, filmmaker ImSoFIRST took out his drone to survey […]

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