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These Special Birdhouses Will Recharge Amazon Delivery Drones
Watercooler covers offbeat news, zealous speculation, and outlandish rumors on robotics and drones. Delivering goods for miles at a time can be tiring, even for drones. Luckily, Amazon has designed...
View ArticleThis Pokémon Go Drone Is Inconceivable
When you’ve gotta catch ’em all but you’re too into drones, there’s the Pokédrone. Designed by TRNDlabs, a company that markets faddish consumer gadgets like drones and headphones, the Pokédrone is a...
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Facebook’s Audacious Plan For Drone-Powered Internet Takes Off
Roughly 4 billion people around the world don’t have access to the Internet. Up to 1.6 billion of those people live in rural locations where broadband networks don’t exist due to the challenges and...
View Article7-Eleven Delivers Slurpees To Customer’s Home Via Drone
7-Eleven and drone delivery startup Flirtey have partnered up to make convenience stores all the more convenient. Earlier this month, Flirtey delivered a customer’s 7-Eleven order by drone to their...
View ArticleHow To Watch The National Drone Racing Championships On ESPN
It was announced back in April that ESPN and Drone Sports Association (DSA) would enter a partnership to deliver drone racing to the masses. The new sport, which has captivated hobbyists, venture...
View ArticleZipline To Deliver Medicine And Blood With Drones Inside The U.S.
A drone that can deliver essential medical supplies 16 times as fast as a human-operated vehicle is life-saving technology. California-based startup Zipline speed delivers medicine and blood via...
View ArticleThe White House Doubles Down On Drones
Watercooler covers offbeat news, zealous speculation, and outlandish rumors on robotics and drones. On August 2nd, 2016, the White House hosted a workshop on drones and the future of aviation. With the...
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The Uber For Drone Insurance Is Finally Here
Buildings, trees, flagpoles, powerlines, and even people. These are all obstructions your drone doesn’t agree with. Luckily, there’s drone insurance for pilots keen on keeping their drones protected...
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DJI’s Sci-Fi-Esque Drone Arena Opens Doors In South Korea
DJI announced plans for their drone arena earlier this month. Today, they’ve opened the doors to the facility for quadcopter enthusiasts to hone their flying skills. The 1,395-square-meter arena is...
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Parrot’s Disco Drone Launches Next Month With A $1300 Price Tag
After trial and error with lackluster quadcopters, Parrot is taking another jab at the consumer drone market with Disco. Revealed earlier this year at CES (Consumer Electronics Show), Disco is the...
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Thanks To New FAA Rules, Drones Are Now Open For Business
Flying drones for business just got a whole lot easier thanks to new rules set into effect today by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The slew of new rules, known as Part 107, were announced...
View ArticleeBee SQ, A High-Tech Drone For Tech-Savvy Farmers
Farmers who want to yield more crops have turned to drones for help. Why? Well, these relatively cheap aircraft can gather tremendous amounts of data relating to a farmer’s crops, land, water, and...
View ArticleGoPro’s Karma Drone Will Be Unveiled On September 19th
GoPro’s long-awaited Karma drone will make its debut on September 19th. That’s according to a teaser video Tweeted out by the company. GoPro’s kept a seal on Karma ever since it was confirmed last...
View ArticleMercedes-Benz Has Ventured Into Drone Delivery With Startup Matternet
Mercedes-Benz has its eyes on drone delivery. The automaker announced today a “multi-million dollar” partnership with drone startup Matternet. The startup has developed autonomous drone logistics...
View ArticleAlphabet’s Project Wing Takes Off With Campus Burrito Deliveries
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has partnered with fast-food chain Chipotle to test out drone delivery, according to a report from Bloomberg. The experiment, set to launch later this month and...
View ArticleDJI teases new drone that will “reshape your world”
Drone maker DJI has teased an upcoming drone in its “Reshape Your World” video. Many speculate the company has a foldable drone, Mavic, in the works amidst leaked images that surfaced earlier this...
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GoPro’s ultra-compact and versatile Karma drone takes flight for $799
It’s finally here. For the action camera giant to enter the saturated market of consumer drones, amongst behemoth competitors like DJI, it is a bold, audacious play. But GoPro’s Karma drone may have...
View ArticleUPS enters the drone delivery race with startup CyPhy Works
Delivery giant UPS and drone startup CyPhy Works have teamed up to make drone delivery a thing. The announcement comes today as UPS has begun testing drones to fulfill “commercial deliveries of...
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DJI’s Mavic Pro folds up and fits in your hand and still manages 4K video
Update: It was falsely reported that Mavic Pro’s maximum range is 7 miles. The actual maximum range is 4.3 miles. DJI’s first foldable drone, Mavic Pro, has officially taken off. Announced earlier...
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Flybrix wants you to build your own drone with LEGO
The norm for the drone industry is a to market a finished product. One that is polished and ready to go without assembly. However, San Fransisco startup, Flybrix, has decided to make a business out of...
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