Pix4Dcapture iOS: new supported devices, flight missions, and mission settings

Today, Pix4D’s mobile flight planning app, Pix4Dcapture, introduces new support and features for iOS. The following devices are now compatible with the app: DJI Mavic Pro drone Parrot Skycontroller           All DJI drone pilots can now create circular flight missions, which are ideal for 3D model reconstruction of single buildings or

The Best Way to Showcase your Drone Videos – Interview with AirVuz CEO Mike Israel

There’s no question about it – drone videos are capturing the public imagination. But the videos that make it into mainstream media are just the tip of the iceberg, and not even the best ones out there. If you’re looking for top quality aerial videos, they can be hard to find amidst all the noise and

The 10 Craziest Uses for Drones

It’s official – robots are taking over the world, or at least, the skies! What once was used primarily for military purposes has gone commercial – and now, drone usage is exploding in popularity with hobbyists –and companies alike, that are keen to cash in on some of the business opportunities that drones are opening

Unifly winner of the ‘Best Emerging Drone Company’ award in the EU Drone Awards.

On Tuesday January 24 th , 2017 the first EU Drone Awards were presented at the European Parliament in Brussels. The EU Drone Awards are an organisation of the European Young Innovators Forum (EYIF) and are meant to boost the European drone industry. Out of 50 candidates from 14 countries 9 finalists were selected in

Major Japanese drone company Terra Drone chooses Queensland for home

A major Japanese start-up has chosen Queensland for its regional office after being inspired by the Palaszczuk Government’s drive to advance innovation and entrepreneurship across the state. Deputy Premier and Minister for Trade and Investment Jackie Trad said Terra Drone, Japan’s leading unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) provider, made the decision to come to Brisbane as

Dutch drone start-up nominated for international drone prize

The Dutch start-up Avy has been selected from more than a thousand contestants as a finalist in the international drone competition ‘Drones for good’ in Dubai. The competition selects the best drone and drone-applications with a humanitarian purpose. The winner receives a prize of 1 million dollars. Avy has developed a rescue drone for refugees

Drone Mistakes, Mishaps and Misfortunes: We Always Break our Toys

We’re making drone mistakes everywhere. We’ve only had our grubby little paws on drones for a short amount of time and we’re already royally F-ing it up! Like a monkey being handed an Xbox, people are in awe of their flying eye in the sky. So much so, in fact, they forget to read the

How to Choose a High Quality Camera Drone

Camera drones come in all shapes and sizes. These days, you can get cameras on extremely small micro drones, racing drones, and all the way up to expensive octocopters. But when you’re looking for quality, there are a few attributes you should pay attention to. These attributes define the difference between a quality camera drone

How to Fly a Drone – The Ultimate Guide

Whether it’s amateur racing or professional photography, drones can now do plenty of stuff. They can even move things from place to place. If you’ve got one and you don’t know how to fly it yet, don’t despair – flying a drone isn’t rocket science. It’s not exactly a walk in the park, either. The

Pix4D speaks at UN Panel on Food Security

Today the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) will hold an expert panel meeting on the role of science, technology, and innovation in ensuring food security by 2030. Pix4D’s agricultural business manager Jorge Fernandez will present on drone mapping solutions for precision agriculture, and their potential impact on food security. “The

Chaney Aerospace to Develop Drone Wildfire Strategies with Chloeta Fire

Dallas, Texas, Jan. 24, 2017 – Chaney Aerospace, LLC is excited to announce they will be collaborating with Chloeta Fire, LLC of Jay, Oklahoma to develop wildland fire strategies using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or “drones”). Throughout the spring, Chaney Aerospace will be flying over prescribed burns in Oklahoma and Texas with their Skyhunter UAV

Wide range of conference topics at U.T.SEC – Unmanned Technologies & Security 2017

When the new U.T.SEC trade fair makes its debut in hall 12 of Exhibition Centre Nuremberg on 2 and 3 March 2017, the exhibition will be complemented by a highly diverse conference programme. An initial look at the conference topics shows that future applications for unmanned systems or drones will be wide-ranging. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Meet Up Sonder, the first on-demand drone marketplace for the commercial industry and the everyday person

Up Sonder is ready to soar. The first peer-to-peer on-demand drone marketplace, Up Sonder is ready to help you get up and stay up, leveraging UberRUSH’s technology to deliver drones in New York, San Francisco, and Chicago. Drones have become a part of everyday life, growing far beyond their commercial uses. Up Sonder is connecting

A Spanish startup develops a laser battle toy drone

Droiko is an innovative toy drone developed by a 26 years old engineer from Alicante, Spain. His intention is to show the general public what drone racing is about, because the main goal of Cactus Robotics startup is to make these little unmanned vehicles a reference in competitive and cooperative gaming. Droiko’s main feature is

What is UTM? AirMap Interview with Matt Koskela

UTM, or unmanned traffic management, is one of the key enablers of the drone economy. But what is it? How does it work? Read this interview with AirMap’s Vice President of Product, Matt Koskela, to find out. Let’s start with the basics. What is UTM? “UTM” refers to two things. First, UTM stands for “Unmanned Traffic

Cape Town by Drone

Being my home, Cape Town is a very special place to me. Every day I live here I am astounded by its beauty and inspired to capture this beauty as best as I can. The ultimate goal of this video to firstly to make people proud to live here, and secondly to make people who have

SimActive Used for Coastal Erosion Assessment with UAVs

Montreal, Canada, January 17th, 2017 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) has chosen Correlator3D™ for its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) research. “We assessed photogrammetry solutions to assist our study of river shore line erosion, mangrove habitats and geospatial applications,” said Associate Professor Sr.

Understanding The 2017 Drone Landscape

The drone market showed incredible growth in 2016 and Drone Dispatch expects more of the same in 2017. The reasons for the unrelenting rise of drones in everyone’s day to day life are far stretching and all encompassing. We are going to highlight many of the key factors contributing to the rising tide of drones

Why the New Transportation Secretary Will Be Good for the Drone Industry

On Wednesday this week, President-elect Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Transportation, Elaine Chao spoke to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee about her plans to tackle America’s infrastructure problem. Chao, the former Secretary of Labor under President George H.W. Bush, stated during her hearing that the federal government has not kept pace with emerging technologies, including such advances

Call for Speakers at ASCEND Drone Business Conference in July

Waukesha, WI – (January 12, 2017) – Experts in the application of UAS technology for business are invited to join the line-up for the upcoming ASCEND Conference & Expo to be held in Portland, OR, July 19-21, 2017. ASCEND aims to give professionals in multiple business markets practical information about using drones to improve processes.

Start the New Year Right – Learn to Fly Like a Pro

So you found the drone of your dreams under the tree this year – or maybe you saved up for months and bought it for yourself with all the great holiday sales going on. And now you’re wondering how to really get flying the way you’ve always dreamed. There are lots of ways to improve

How a Sensor Gimbal Improves Efficiency of an Aerial Mapping Mission

Introduction Demands on fixed wing drones are growing continually. Other than copter drones, fixed wing platforms are generally used to cover large areas (hundreds of hectares) in a short amount of time. Standards on flight endurance and efficient area coverage are growing throughout different industries such as surveying, agriculture, mining or surveillance. To create a

How To Easily Register Your Drone or Quadcopter with the FAA

With new laws and restrictions hitting the airspace due to the spike in drone ownership, you are now required to “register” your aircraft. Don’t be intimated. That word makes it seem so much worse than it is, but it’s actually very simple! As long as you’re just flying for fun (not for business purposes), then

Drones Will Transform Economic Development And Construction Projects

As 2016 rounded off, the year marked a significant economic increase in construction projects. Within the first 10 months, the US Census Bureau reported $972.2 billion construction dollars spent. The growth was slow and steady, bumping up project expenditure by 4.5% from 2015. In addition to the explosive immersive reality development, there are some exciting

Commercial Drone Jobs – Risk, and the Pressure to say Yes when you need to say NO

If you are operating your drone for hire, the FAA designates you, the holder of the Remote Pilot certificate, as the Pilot in Command of the aircraft, which means you are directly responsible for and have the final authority over the operation of the drone (FAR 107.19 (b)). This can have serious legal ramifications down

Brinc and Incubio Announce Selection of Semi-finalists for Reimagine Drone Incubator

(JANUARY 10, 2016 — BARCELONA) — Ultra hands-on emerging technology hardware accelerator Brinc and Incubio , a leading corporate incubator in Barcelona, today announced the semi-finalists for its drone services incubator, Reimagine Drone. In various stages of development, the 11 startups selected for the pre-incubator phase of the program are from all over the world,

7 Commercial Drone Predictions for 2017

Many experts saw the 2016 rollout of Part 107 from the FAA as a watershed moment for the commercial drone industry as a whole. For a long time, organizations of all sizes stayed away from fully exploring UAV technology because of the hurdles and uncertainty associated with securing a Section 333 Exemption. Under Part 107 though,

DJI Drone Cameras – The right camera for the job, and why I use the X3

I am biased. Since I began flying drones about two years ago, I have been flying DJI products the entire time, and because of that, I am only going to write within my scope of experience (because we’ve got enough clowns out there writing about things that they know nothing about!), which is to say,

Bird’s eye view of winter storm in Knoxville, TN

It’s not very often you get to see snow covering Knoxville, let alone from a bird’s eye view. This video shows Knoxville’s winter storm on January 6, 2017 captured from a drone. Check out the Neyland Stadium, Regal Cinema’s Christmas Tree, South Gay Street, and the Sunsphere covered in snow in Downtown Knoxville.

Best 5 FPV Goggles

Hello and welcome to another great article here on DroneBlog. Today we bring you something that may interest beginners and experts in FPV (First Person View) drone flying! We bring you the best FPV goggles in the market. These goggles will enhance your flight experience, allowing you to watch in real-time HD live video of

Yuneec International Expands Commercial UAV Offerings with All-New H520

ONTARIO, CA (January 5, 2017) — Yuneec International, a world leader in electric aviation, today announced the expansion of its commercial UAV offerings with the unveiling of the H520, an advanced six-rotor drone for commercial applications. The H520 builds off Yuneec’s proven six-rotor platform and incorporates industry-first commercial-grade cameras and applications for high-end commercial use.

Top Ways Drones Will Shape Your Future

The marketplace for drones is exploding with growth. According to PriceWaterCoopers House, the commercial and hobbyist drone market will expand to over $127 billion by 2020 – an absolutely staggering figure when the current market valuation – $2 billion – is taken into account. What can possibly account for a predicted 6000% growth spike? Simple.

Keyshare Technology Introduces Kimon Drone to US Market

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW, LAS VEGAS, NV – January 3, 2016 – Keyshare Technology announced today the launch of their Kimon “selfie” drone in the US market. Selfie drones have been hovering on the horizon for some time now. The Kimon, which was successfully introduced in China in July 2016, is the first to deliver on

5 Tips for Buying Drones for Children

Children are always fascinated with anything that flies in the air and that includes RC toys such as small drones. For parents looking to buy a toy drone for their kids, some factors need to be considered. Drones are available in a variety of shapes and sizes and not all of them are ideal for