Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, has told about the first fruitful drone delivery of his company in his recent tweet. After being ordered, a package has been shown in the video to be supplied in merely 13 minutes using Prime Air. Amazon has devised a new delivery system known as ‘Prime Air’ that is aimed to…
Tag: Drones
DARPA’s FLA Program Drone Can Autonomously Navigate Indoors At 45mph
Drones are becoming an amazingly active and common component of our lives. Be it the military that uses them for reconnaissance missions or for engaging the enemy or be it the civilians who make use of drones for either entertainment or for accessing areas that are otherwise hard to get to. However, drones are unable…
Check Out Winners From 2015 Drone Aerial Photography Contest
It wouldn’t be long before you look up and find the skyline dotted with drones, each working on a different assignment. We have seen them used for gaming and for technological advancements, and now we have come across another fun activity that drone-stars have taken up as a hobby. Never to stay far behind in…
Parrot’s Hydrofoil Drone Works In Water Too
French dronemaker Parrot’s latest creation turns a flying machine into an engine for a boat. The boat-drone hybrid is called a hydrofoil- a boat already designed to lift most of its body from the water and travel instead through the air, just skimming the surface of the sea. By attaching the drone perpendicular to the…
New Study Reveals Drones Can Monitor Forest Restoration Progress
As drones become the talk of the decade, scientists are busy evaluating just what they can use these babies for. The possibilities are countless. We’ve seen gaming, and we’ve seen medicine, and now we are seeing forest conservation! Dr. Leighton Reid at the Missouri Botanical Garden Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development has been studying…
Real Life Star Wars Pod Races in Woods
Every star wars fan, is amazed by the high-stakes pod races, featured in Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, and will know how much can watching such a spectacle means. A group of drone pilots have performed the task marvelously. This event was first of its type and was held by Airgonay drone club. After its…
Guardian Angel – Drones in Peru to Spot and Guard Archaeological Sites
Drones soar in the blue sky with their bird’s eye view scanning the ground below; looking into the irregularities and any secrets the landscape presents. Peculiarly so, these drones do not imply to US military missions but to explore the amazing land of Peru. Equipped with high-tech cameras, they are searching for archaeological sites and…