Tag Archives: Drones

Recently a UPS drone has been spotted flying 3 miles dropping a asthma inhaler to a summer camp on a island in the Atlantic. While this is not new technology, as amazon and other company’s have carried heavier items further and for longer than eight minutes. The trial was a test drive by UPS with the intent for a drone that provides ...

Well known action camera manufacturer GoPro is reportedly working on its very own line of drones according to people close to the matter. The Wall Street Journal reports that these drones will be aimed at regular consumers and will come equipped with high-definition cameras. Pricing should range from anywhere between $500 and $1,000, so we’re going to be looking at ...

The Federal Aviation Administration approved six photo and video production companies for unmanned aircraft flights. The decision that basically made flying Drones legal for movies and TV purposes was cited Thursday by US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. Up to this point, it was illegal for anyone to fly drones above US soil. A special mandate allows the companies to use drones, or unmanned ...

Drones have been all the rage lately, with the Amazon Prime Air drones, Google’s Project Wing and DHL’s Parcelcopters. Facebook is getting in on the business, but with a much more interesting cause driving the company. Facebook will use the unmanned drones to deliver an internet connection to areas where people don’t have access to it. Facebook plans to implement ...

Google is working on Project Wing currently, which would employ drones to make deliveries around the U.S. and Amazon has already disclosed that it, too is developing the Prime Air drones that would deliver the products Amazon customers order the same day the order was placed. The concept of drones making deliveries has been debated a lot and there hasn’t ...