The superb DJI Spark is amongst us and can be maneuvered from the palm of one’s hands. With such a tremendous machine looming on the horizon, you simply have to get your hands on it for $499 (price of basic kit). It is a phenomenal selfie drone that ensures seamless portability.
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SUAS have got their hands on what appears to be an internal US Army memo that instructs all troops to stop using DJI drones in the wake of heightened cyber security threats and vulnerabilities. The memo asserts that more than 300 separate releases authorizing the use of DJI products were issued by the US Army. This implies that an overwhelming amount of hardware must be in active use before the issuance of the memo, which dates back to 2nd August 2017.Read More »US Army Bans DJI Drones
The DJI Spark boasts a compact size, small enough to fit into the palm of your hands and can be maneuvered with the help of gestures. This definitely brings positive gestures on DJI Spark drones. The drone can be asked to move in any direction, can be called back to the base station by forming a big Y over one’s head or even have it follow someone or yourself. The drone is about to get advanced functionality through a software update by DJI. The pilots can now start and stop video by raising their arm out at an angle of 45 degrees to the ground.
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Whenever you see multitudes of drones flying together, First Person View technology seems way more fun than usual. What I am not so sure about is how many people can fly FPV drones in tandem without affecting or distracting each other or without having their signals interfere with each other. If digital signals are used, then this won’t be a big issue at all.
Drones can prove to be very handy in emergency situations especially in emergency relief operations and delivery of medical supplies. A professor at the University of North Texas is developing a drone to which a portable communication system can be attached and it starts providing instant cellular coverage in the disaster-hit area.Read More »Drones Provide Instant Cellular Coverage During Relief Operations
Well, to be honest, we can’t live without bees and there cannot be any substitute for them as well. But we also need to be cognizant of the fact that the bee population is significantly declining in certain regions of the world. Against this backdrop, Japanese scientists have come up with flower pollinating drones.Read More »Can the Flower Pollinating Drones be a Substitute for Drones?
