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…
A 71-year-old man from Sweden who suffered a heart attack while clearing snow at the end of last year owes his life to the deployment of a DJI Matrice 600 with an automated external defibrillator (AED) on board. It is…
Dronemaker DJI has expanded its Mobile SDK with support for the Mini 2, Mini SE, and Air 2S. This means that third-party developers such as Litchi, DroneLink, and DroneDeploy can make their apps suitable for use with these drones. As…
To support complex drone operations, mobile drone command centers have become an integral part of the professional field. Such command centers can vary from simple delivery vans with facilities to charge batteries to fully equipped vehicles with computers, radio equipment,…
A 90-year-old Japanese farmer recently passed a drone training and flying exam. Mamoru Tanaka is sick of walking around his rice fields while carrying more than 60 pounds of fertilizer on his back. The goal is to deploy an agricultural…
Dedrone, a San Francisco-based airspace security firm, has teamed with Swisscom Broadcast, a European telecommunications operator, to safeguard Swiss businesses from uninvited drones. The purpose is to defend vital infrastructure, airports, and big event venues using Dedrone’s detection, identification, and…
SPH Engineering, a Latvian engineering business, has created a system that enables the entirely autonomous collecting of water samples using a drone. The concept is built around a customized DJI M300 RTK. The Latvian Center for Environment, Geology, and Meteorology…
What is it that a bird can achieve that a drone cannot? Rest on a branch after perching on it. The Stereotyped Nature-Inspired Aerial Grasper (SNAG), an experimental landing gear that allows a quadcopter to land on a branch like…
Over the past year, we’ve witnessed some amazing FPV drone flight videos ranging from a round of a bowling alley to flights past competitive swimmers and guests at a wedding. FPV drone pilot Gustavo Remor adds an impressive fly-through one-taker,…
Our favorite drone video maker Vadim Sherbakov has put another beautiful new video online: Spirit of Altai. The Altai is a remote mountain region in Western Siberia. The rugged and very sparsely populated landscape is perfect for drone shots. A…
Walmart, an American supermarket chain, has begun an experiment in which orders are delivered to customers via drone. To that end, Walmart has joined forces with the startup DroneUp. The drone deliveries will be tested in three different locations throughout…
DJI introduced the Mavic 3 in early November 2021, with a lot of marketing fanfare. According to DJI, the long-awaited successor to the Mavic 2 boasts a dual-camera system and has been upgraded on several fronts. But how is the…