Swedish police launched a search last weekend for a large-sized drone that was spotted over the largest nuclear power plant in the country. The unmanned aerial vehicle was sighted from a police helicopter but disappeared from view after some time. There were also reports of drones over other nuclear power plants last week. The incident has been linked to increased tensions between Russia and NATO...
Drone photography platform from the very beginning Dronestagram has been acquired by the French drone stock image provider HOsiHO. Dronestagram founder Eric Dupin reports this in an email to the users of the platform. The takeover will give new life to the already moribund photo platform, which was founded in 2013. Online Community for Drone Photography Dronestagram was the world’s first...
Check out this cinematic video that was shot on the DJI Mavic 3 of the island of Madeira, Portugal. The beautiful video was made by Denis Barbas who recently spent a little more than a week in what he calls one of his favorite places on Earth. Barbas said: “We only spent 8 days on this beautiful and majestic island but I think it’s safe to say that it is by far one of my favorite...
Gone are the days that Billy Kyle reviews and explains smaller drones like the DJI Mavic series. He upgraded to the DJI Matrice 300 and in a series of videos, he will explain all the details about this commercial, enterprise-grade workhorse of a drone. DJI Matrice 300 First Flight and set up guide This is Billy Kyle’s first video in a series in which he will be covering the DJI Matrice 300...
Delivery drones are held back by wind and rain, said UPS Chief Executive Officer Carol Tome earlier this week, according to Bloomberg. This photo shows a Matternet M2 drone, which was used in test flights in a hospital delivery network. Transport and logistics company, United Parcel Service has been testing with unmanned aircraft to make deliveries of packages to customers in their UPS Flight...
Dutch drone company AirHub offers a Secure Data Mode option that enables enterprise users to safely fly DJI drones without concerns of any data possibly being leaked to China.
In 2021, no less than 46,053,212 miles were flown with DJI drones. This corresponds to 192 times the distance from the earth to the moon.
Back in 2017, I went to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City to have a look at the exposition from DJI that showed the history of drones. The expo was titled, 'Is The Sky The Limit' and it exhibited how unmanned aircraft were used and developed over time.
The winners of the SkyPixel 2021 Creative Video Contest were recently announced. The top prize was won by Italian filmmaker Sergio Mota. With his entry TUSCANY through ART, he single-handedly introduces a whole new genre of drone video, namely an ode to classical painting. The result is a flashy journey through a colorful fantasy world.
The Japanese pest control company Duskin Co. has come up with a new way to safely remove wasp nests. The company developed a drone with a vacuum cleaner on board, with which the insects can be safely sucked out of their nest. The nests are then much easier to remove by pest controllers.