Tag: Drone
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An aerial view from Los Angeles
Aerial videographer Ian Wood has created a cinematic short exploring all Los Angeles has to offer by way of architecture, street art and natural beauty. “I continue to be awe struck by how much of this vast city I have partially or completely overlooked before undertaking this video. And like most voyages of discovery, I’ve realize there’s…
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Toronto Councillors eye permits for drone use
City councillors want to explore the idea of forcing aerial drone operators to get permits and comply with restrictions on flying them over outdoor city spaces including playgrounds. Mayor John Tory’s executive committee unanimously approved Councillor James Pasternak’s motion asking city staff to report back on a “strategy governing the use of drones in the City…
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Solar-powered internet drone completes first test flight
A Portuguese startup that aims to use solar-powered drones to provide wireless internet access to offline areas of the world claims to have successfully completed its maiden test flight. The company Quarkson plans to use the SkyOrbiter drones that will stay airborne for weeks, months or even years at a time and will fly at…
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What You Need to Know Before Flying a Drone
Photography by Photosebia / Shutterstock.com Drones are awesome fun. They can bring out the inner kid in even the most jaded individual, but they can also land people in a lot of trouble. Here are some things every new drone owner should know before taking to the skies. How far you can fly is going…
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The first 4K footage taken from a drone
The Phantom Flex4K camera, which can shoot more than 1,000 frames per second at 4K resolution, weighs 14 pounds without a lens or viewfinder. To get it off the ground, Brain Farm got help from Swedish drone manufacturer Intuitive Aerial to enhance an Aerigon drone with 40 percent more power, according to Popular Mechanics. The…
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Flying a drone is as simple as drawing a picture
What if the process of flying a drone were more simple, streamlined and more automated so anyone, regardless of skill could do it? That is the goal behind Ares, a new drone manufacturing startup. One major advancement has to do with drone flight safety and abiding by FAA regulations. If you happen to draw a…
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Flying a drone is as simple as drawing a picture
What if the process of flying a drone were more simple, streamlined and more automated so anyone, regardless of skill could do it? That is the goal behind Ares, a new drone manufacturing startup. One major advancement has to do with drone flight safety and abiding by FAA regulations. If you happen to draw a…
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Postcards from Pripyat, Chernobyl
Earlier this year Danny Cooke had the opportunity to visit Chernobyl while working for CBS News on a ’60 Minutes’ episode. Described as one of the most interesting and dangerous places he has ever been. The nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl in Ukraine happened in 1986, but the crisis is still with us today. That’s because…
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OK Go!
A new music video from rock band OK Go is a dazzler: One long camera take shows the four band members lip-synching their song “I Won’t Let You Down” while smoothly gliding around on motorized unicycles. They’re joined by more than 2,000 precision-trained Japanese dancers with umbrellas—some of them also riding the unicycles—for a Busby Berkeley-scale dance…
Richelle Sibolboro 