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Black quadcopter with a Livox Mid-360 LiDAR dome on top and MARS lettering on its frame, hovering in front of blurred mountains

Open Source · Analysis

Purdue's "From Scratch" Drone Flies on a Hong Kong Lab's Planner

A Purdue lab says it built its viral forest drone from scratch. Its telemetry names SUPER and FAST-LIO, open-source code from the University of Hong Kong.

Haye KestelooOct 264 min read

Red 3D printed drone body with anti-torque vanes topped by a single motor and a two-blade hinged propeller hub

Technology

Joshua Bird's One-Motor Drone Flies, but Only in His Bedroom

Joshua Bird's 3D printed drone hovers and steers on one motor and a 45-degree hinged propeller. An infrared beacon keeps it in his bedroom.

Haye KestelooOct 20

DJI Metadata Embedder desktop app showing a 3D flight map with two drone flights drawn as translucent red curtains rising from green terrain beside a lake

Open Source

DJI Metadata Embedder Turns Your Flight Folders Into The Maps DJI Never Built

A security architect built a free, open-source tool that turns DJI telemetry into 3D flight maps, geotagged videos, and sun-position footage verification. Then he asked DroneXL what to build next.

Haye KestelooJul 28

Open Source

Purdue's "From Scratch" Drone Flies on a Hong Kong Lab's Planner

Joshua Bird's One-Motor Drone Flies, but Only in His Bedroom

DJI Metadata Embedder Turns Your Flight Folders Into The Maps DJI Never Built

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