Imagine driving a car from a third-person point of view, as seen by a drone hovering in the sky. It sounds fun but dangerous, like a computer game made real—which is why Tom Scott decided to try it out in real life.
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JFK’s Oldest Brother Died Testing First US Drone Programme 70 Years Ago
Navy Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. — the older brother of the 35th president of the United States — died 70 years ago Tuesday testing the United States military’s first drone programme during WWII.
Commercial UAS Market to Take off in China
Commercial use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is an emerging line of business in China, is set to be worth billions of yuan within a few years as more companies show interest in entering the market, with a Shenzhen-based UAV company having posted explosive growth since its establishment in 2006, Guangzhou’s 21st Century Business Review reports.
Google Launches Droneview in Brazil
Brazil’s first interactive Real Estate website campaign made with RPAS technology was launched on Tuesday. The campaign is a collaboration between Google and Rossi, and the launch was opened by a presentation by Google’s Igor Lima, Head of Industry – Real Estate. Continue reading
Drones and Smartphones
Unmanned Aerial Systems, Incorporated has announced a new project to develop a software application that will downlink drone imagery to a customer’s laptop or smartphone. The developer has launched an Indiegogo campaign to provide funding for the writing and testing of the software, as well as making hardware adjustments on the latest commercial drone aircraft. Continue reading
Longest Turkish UAS Flight
The Bayraktar, a tactical UAS indigenously developed by privately owned Turkish joint venture Kale Baykar achieved a new feat last week, breaking the national record for the longest flight by a UAS. It flew for a total of 24 hours and 34 minutes becoming the longest flying nationally produced drone called the ‘Bayraktar Taktik İHA’. Continue reading
Drone-Vertising – Only in Russia
Russian creative agency Hungry Boys created a new advertising technique for noodle company Wokker, which incorporated unmanned aerial vehicles. The aim was to draw potential customers’ attention and raise the number of orders from a number of local business centers. Continue reading
Pakistan Air Force UAS Crashes in Punjab
An unmanned plane of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed near Sargodha town of Punjab due to technical reasons, SAMAA reported. Continue reading