Showing posts with label Drones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Drones. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Portuguese Cup soccer ball delivered via flying man on hoverboard


The Portuguese Football Federation had a surprise to those attending the final of the Portuguese Cup at the Jamor Stadium, using a "flying postman" riding on a drone platform to deliver the ball.


Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Amazon is already using drones for deliveries in the UK... for 2 single customers


What began like a seemingly funny joke is becoming a reality far sooner than expected, as Amazon is already making deliveries via drones in the UK - though for now limited to only two customers serving as beta testers.

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

GoPro recalls Karma drones


Looks like 2016 will be the year of the tech recalls, as GoPro is also joining the group and recalling its just launched Karma drone.

Friday, April 29, 2016

Hover Camera is a foldable mini drone that can follow you automatically


Drones are becoming the commodity item in the last half of the 2010's, and now there's one that makes these aerial devices even more desirable to an end user: the small and foldable Hover Camera - that can automatically track people and objects.

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Pocket Drone flies your GoPro into the Sky


We've all seen just how amazing action-cam footage can be, going where no other video camera would dare to go. But soon, you'll be able to record even more amazing videos with your GoPro thanks to this Pocket Drone project by AirDroids that has just hit Kickstarter.

This Pocket Drone is almost literally a flying drone you can carry around in your pocket thanks to its ingenious folding structure and propellers. Even though it can fit into a small pouch roughly the size of a 7" tablet (although thicker), it can carry around a GoPro camera into the air for about 20 minutes.To be so compact, this drone ditches one engine and becomes a tri-copter instead of the most common quad-copters, and thanks to its foldable structure it's also more likely to survive any crashes, with the foldable arms absorbing most of the impact.

The Pocket Drone can be controlled via remote control or an app running on your smartphone or tablet, and it can also automatically follow a preset route. If you're interested, it's only $495 away from you, and it seems like a lot of people think it's a good deal, having surpassed the $200k mark even though they were just looking for $35k dolars. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in July - if there are no delays, as it almost always happens in these crowdfunded projects.

Monday, December 2, 2013

Amazon Prime Air user flying drones to deliver in 30 minutes or less


We live in a era where we can send a data packet all the way across the world in a few milliseconds. We can call anyone and expect them to pick up immediately, or answer a text in the next couple of seconds. However, when you press the "buy" button on the online shop, you still have to wait days (or more) to get the delivery at your door. Amazon wants to change all that... with its sci-fi sounding: Amazon Prime Air.

Amazon has been pushing for faster delivery of items to your door. First with 1 day delivery, and then with the same-day delivery in certain areas. But this Amazon Prime Air takes it even further, by using flying autonomous drones to deliver packagers up to 5 pounds to a radius of 10 miles in under 30 minutes. Just imagine it... you click "buy now"... and in less than half an hour it might be right at your doorstep - or not, with such a system, one can envision items being delivered to wherever you are - even if you're at the beach or at the park.

But for now, this project is still in its infancy and there's a lot to be done to make that future come true. But dreaming is always the first step, and then it's just a matter of time for it to become science reality rather than fiction. Anyway... just keep in mind there are bound to be more UFO sighting over the next couple of years, as drones cross our skies ever more frequently - which, on the other hand, will also educate people to better identify them and perhaps... make UFO sighting less "unidentifiable".

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