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In a tweet today, OsitaLV shared drawings of a new DJI patent showing a DJI remote controller with foldable sticks. The DJI patent drawings show two different options. One has the sticks folding away downwards into the remote controller. The other option is to push the sticks inwards into the device. Control sticks on a…
DJI, the world’s largest manufacturer of civilian drones, is being blamed for limiting the use of DJI Aeroscope for the Ukrainian military. The accusations are strongly denied by the drone maker. DJI Aeroscope is a drone detection system that provides data about the drone’s location, heading, altitude, speed, serial number, etc. as well as the…
A Ukrainian volunteer drone force consisting of civilians is helping to defend their country against the Russian invaders using DJI drones that...
A three-year-old dog slipped out of his collar and ended up stranded on a steep cliff face. Firefighters used a thermal drone to locate and rescue the animal. The long-haired dachshund Bear fell from a cliff at Capel-le-Ferne in Folkestone in the United Kingdom. “Straight away I just had that horrible sick, sinking feeling in…
Defending against the invading Russian aggressors, the Ukrainian military has developed a Molotov drone. Or more specifically, a DJI Inspire to drop the flammable cocktails. The Molotov drone was developed by the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces and can hold the highly flammable cocktail horizontally before being deployed. The drone that is used for the attacks…
Two women embrace a police officer after being rescued by a drone from a marsh in Birmingham, England, from above. A thermal drone was used to film the sequence. According to West Midlands Police, the drone’s onboard thermal imaging camera was employed to find the two 23-year-old women in the dark. The video depicts the…
The Ukrainian military has released drone video footage of an armored vehicle convoy approaching the capital, Kyiv, being targeted with explosives, reports The Times. The drone footage shows Russian tanks and vehicles being caught in an ambush, with several of them destroyed or damaged by artillery strikes or land mines. The ministry said the convoy…
We received a statement from DJI in which the drone maker acknowledges the DJI Mavic 3 GPS issue and promises a firmware update soon to fix it.
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