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Viral drone date video on TikTok may not be so romantically spontaneous after all
Remember that TikTok video that went viral last week in which the twenty-year-old freelance photographer Jeremy Cohen shows how he lands a date with a ‘quarantined cutie’ by sending his drone over with his phone number attached? Well, it turns…
Calvert County Sheriff’s Office puts DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise drones to fight Coronavirus
In Maryland, the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office puts DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise drones to use during the Coronavirus outbreak. Calvert County Sheriff’s office is not new to the use of drones. Their drone program is not even one year old,…
Pix4D releases a whole new suite of photogrammetry tools
This week, Pix4D released a whole new suite of photogrammetry tools that will address the “modern-day professional challenges”. The four new applications, Pix4Dsurvey, Pix4Dmatic, Pix4Dinspect, and Pix4Dscan, have been developed in close collaboration with customers and partners and the company…
Irish drone startup Manna Aero delivers medicines to self-isolated people during Coronavirus crisis
Earlier today, we posted this story about Zipline planning to make deliveries by drone in the United States to help fight the Coronavirus crisis. Now, we learn that an Irish startup called Manna Aero is planning to provide similar services…
To fight Coronavirus Zipline brings medical delivery drones to the U.S.
To help fight the rapidly spreading Coronavirus, Zipline will bring its medical drones to the U.S. Until now, the company has been most active in a number of African countries, most notably in Rwanda where it has successfully completed over…
DJI teamed up with Moment and Andy To for the ‘Learn It to Earn It’ Giveaway
DJI teamed up with Moment and Andy To for this ‘Learn It to Earn It Giveaway’. A total of $2,500 in gear will be given away. The winner will be announced on April 7th, 2020. Here’s what DJI announced: Moment…
Launch DJI Mavic almost certainly delayed because of Coronavirus
Not too long ago, when I was still working for another news outlet, we reported on the first leaked photos of what appears to be the successor of the DJI Mavic Air, the DJI Mavic. This drone has been rumored…
First Autel EVO II drones are showing up at customer’s doors
Late last year, Autel Robotics surprised us when an FCC filing showed us the specs of their, at-the-time, yet-to-be-announced EVO II drone. This new Autel drone had the potential to blow the competition out of the water, and it caused…
Drone Racing League and FanDuel announce Fantasy Sports Partnership
Today the Drone Racing League and FanDuel announce their Fantasy Sports Partnership for a player-to-pilot esports tournament. Drone racing pilots from 75 countries around the world entered the 2020 DRL SIM Tryouts, which live-streams tonight at 9 pm EST on…
Swoop Aero operates drone fleet in Malawi remotely from their Melbourne office
Here’s a great example of how sometimes a crisis can speed up the application of new technology. In this case, the Coronavirus outbreak forced Swoop Aero employees to move back from various African countries to their home base in Australia.…
John Mayer’s ‘Drone Shot of My Yacht’ is the right song at the right time!
Two days ago, I came across this article in The Guardian about billionaires, such as David Geffen, who escape the Coronavirus by boarding their yachts and heading off to some tropical destination. Sigh… Wouldn’t that be nice, I thought, to…
Drone videos show deserted streets around the world because of Coronavirus
These drone videos show almost completely deserted streets in major cities around the world. The empty streets are the result of measures to slow down the rapidly spreading Coronavirus and to ‘flatten the curve‘. The aerial footage is shared on…
Police around the world are using drones to warn public of Coronavirus
Police around the world have started to use drones to warn the general public of the highly contagious Coronavirus. We have seen examples already in China, France, Spain, the U.S. and now also in Western Australia. The drones are mostly…
DJI commits 100 drones to US Disaster Relief Program to fight COVID-19
DJI’s Senior Director of Public Safety Integration, Romeo Durscher writes in a post that the Chinese drone maker has already committed 100 drones to 40 police, fire and public safety organizations in 21 states as part of the US Disaster…
Fire experts ask people to not use drones near wildfires
The Minnesota Interagency Fire Center and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ask people not to use their drones near wildfires. In Minnesota, the months of April and May are typically the most active times for such fires, say experts.…
Second man in drone drug drops at Fort Dix surrenders to authorities
U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced that the second of two Hudson County men charged with conspiring to use drones to smuggle contraband into Fort Dix has surrendered to authorities. The contraband that was intercepted from these drone drug drops, includes…
NOAA establishes Unmanned Systems Operations Program
NOAA is establishing a new Unmanned Systems Operations Program to support the rapidly expanding use of these systems across the agency. The new program will promote the safe, efficient and economical operation of unmanned systems (UxS) NOAA uses to collect…
Drone with thermal camera locates missing 73-year-old man in NJ woods
A drone with a thermal camera locates a missing 73-year-old man suffering from hypothermia in New Jersey woods. The man Califon man who went missing from his home Sunday night was found following a police search that included an unmanned…
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