Published on: 2025-04-21 06:36:41
On February 18, 2024, Ian Laffey posted on X that he and two others he’d just met built a cheap drone at a hackathon that calculated its coordinates simply by using its camera and Google Maps. He and his colleagues, Sacha Lévy and Carl Schoeller, were all engineers under the age of 25. we designed, 3d printed and built a <$500 drone with that calculates GPS coordinates without a signal using a camera + google maps in 24h pic.twitter.com/8P2QoQMNbW — Ian Laffey (@ilaffey2) February 18, 2024
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-21 11:36:41
On February 18, 2024, Ian Laffey posted on X that he and two others he’d just met built a cheap drone at a hackathon that calculated its coordinates simply by using its camera and Google Maps. He and his colleagues, Sacha Lévy and Carl Schoeller, were all engineers under the age of 25. we designed, 3d printed and built a <$500 drone with that calculates GPS coordinates without a signal using a camera + google maps in 24h pic.twitter.com/8P2QoQMNbW — Ian Laffey (@ilaffey2) February 18, 2024
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-22 11:00:00
Spexi Geospatial is launching the LayerDrone Foundation and its decentralized network aimed at encouraging a community of amateur drone pilots to capture ultra-high resolution Earth imagery. Launched a year ago, Spexi said its reward-driven pilots have captured over 10 million images across 2.3 million acres of Earth, and now it’s going to further incentivize them through the LayerDrone Network, a decentralized network that can enable next-generation spatial AI applications ranging from disaste
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-04-23 10:00:00
This highly scalable approach may finally open the skies to a host of commercial drone applications that have yet to materialize. Amazon Prime Air launched in 2022 but was put on hold after crashes at a testing facility, for example. On any given day, only 8,500 or so unmanned aircraft fly in US airspace, the vast majority of which are used for recreational purposes rather than for services like search and rescue missions, real estate inspections, video surveillance, or farmland surveys. One ob
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-06 19:00:46
Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Drones have become an important tool in a creator’s bag of tricks, allowing them to capture aerial footage that elevates their videos. And nowadays, they’ve become more accessible as video quality and features have dramatically improved while prices have dropped. Recent budget-frien
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-07 11:44:27
If you ever call 911 from an area that’s hard to get to, you might hear the buzz of a drone well before a police cruiser pulls up. And there’s a good chance that it will be one made by Brinc Drones, a Seattle-based startup founded by 25-year-old Blake Resnick who dropped out of college to run the company. Brinc, which was founded in 2017 and counts OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as a seed-stage investor, just announced today that it has raised $75 million in new funding led by Index Ventures. This brin
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-08 23:00:01
A drone operator loads a Walmart package into Zipline's P1 fixed-wing drone for delivery to a customer home in Pea Ridge, Arkansas, on March 30, 2023. Zipline, a startup that delivers everything from vaccines to ice cream via electric autonomous drones, expanded its service to the Dallas area on Tuesday through a partnership with Walmart . In Mesquite, Texas, about 15 miles east of Dallas, Walmart customers can sign up to receive orders within 30 minutes, delivered on Zipline's newest unmanned
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The skies around Dallas are about to get a lot more interesting. No, DFW airport isn't planning any more expansions, nor does American Airlines have any more retro liveries to debut. This will be something different, something liable to make all the excitement around the supposed New Jersey drones look a bit quaint. Zipline is launching its airborne delivery service for real, rolling it out in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Mesquite ahead of a gradual spread that, if all goes according to plan
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To defend against Russian aggression Eastern Europe is considering a “drone wall.” The idea is to use sensors, drones, and counter-drone systems arranged along Russia’s border to deter and destroy drones. The project is ambitious and would require unprecedented cooperation from multiple countries to pull off. Rene Ehasalu, the Cluster Manager for the Estonian Defense Industry Association, told Gizmodo that cooperation is key. “We want this to be an international project. The situation in Europe
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-05-19 17:59:30
When there are damages to energy infrastructure, such as electricity pylons or gas pipelines, expensive helicopters are frequently used to inspect them. Drones have begun to replace some of those inspections, but the flight-time for these can be limited. Now a new company has produced a drone with a very long range to fill this task, and, while the company demurred over any “dual-use” application, it’s clear that it could be used in a civilian setting to inspect infrastructure damaged by warfare
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When there are damages to energy infrastructure, such as electricity pylons or gas pipelines, expensive helicopters are frequently used to inspect them. Drones have begun to replace some of those inspections, but the flight-time for these can be limited. Now a new company has produced a drone with a very long range to fill this task, and, while the company demurred over any ‘dual-use’ application, it’s clear that it could be used in a civilian setting to inspect infrastructure damaged by warfare
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Amazon has restarted drone deliveries in two states after a months-long pause, the company confirmed. In January, Amazon halted Prime Air deliveries in College Station, Texas, and Tolleson, Arizona, the two U.S. markets where it's testing the service, as the company rolled out a software update to its drone fleet. Amazon discovered an abnormality with the drone's altitude sensor, caused by dust in the air, that could have caused its system to produce an inaccurate reading of its position relat
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The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is now sending drones out on 9-1-1 calls to do the business that their Candy Crush-addicted human officers are too busy to tackle — and surveilling everyone in sight while they do it. As the cybersecurity news site The Record reports, these "drones as first responders" — or DFRs, as the NYPD calls them — can fly up to 45 miles per hour, filming everything on the block with telephoto cameras that can, per manufacturer Skydio, identify faces and license
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The war in Ukraine is one of robots and horses. It’s WW1-style trench warfare with modern killing machines. As Kyiv is perfecting the art of lethal drones on the ground, sea, and air, Moscow has turned to hauling supplies across the battlefield using donkeys and horses. Aerial drones have long been a critical component of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Both sides employ them to monitor the battlefield and kill the enemy. In the past few months, ground drones have entered the mix in a big way. A new r
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The war in Ukraine has brought drones to the forefront of modern warfare, creating a surge in demand for counter-drone systems. However, legacy solutions to counter drones, such as ground-based defense systems and cyber warfare, often come with a hefty price tag. For German startup Alpine Eagle, these solutions fall short: When now-ubiquitous $500 first-person view (FPV) drones have the capacity to destroy multi-million dollar tanks, cost-effective answers are needed. “We use inexpensive, mass
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In November 2024, a series of unidentified drones appeared over New Jersey. This wasn’t the stuff of UFO enthusiasts or conspiracy theorists. The drones were real, and reported by citizens, law enforcement officers and members of the U.S. military. Within a few weeks, sightings spread into New England, New York and Pennsylvania. Drones started to appear in restricted military airspace. The military said it wasn’t operating the drones but that they didn’t pose a threat. In late January 2025, th
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In brief: The EV wars between BYD and Tesla have taken to the skies – well, sort of. The Chinese automaker is now shipping some of its offerings with a drone system mounted on the roof. Called Lingyuan, it lets you deploy a drone straight from the roof of your ride to capture sweeping aerial views and film follow-cam videos while cruising down the road. The drones can take off and land autonomously from a special housing on the roof while the car is moving at speeds up to 33 mph. Operating the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-03 02:46:00
In brief: The EV wars between BYD and Tesla have taken to the skies – well, sort of. The Chinese automaker is now shipping some of its offerings with a drone system mounted on the roof. Called Lingyuan, it lets you deploy a drone straight from the roof of your ride to capture sweeping aerial views and film follow-cam videos while cruising down the road. The drones can take off and land autonomously from a special housing on the roof while the car is moving at speeds up to 33 mph. Operating the
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Amazon's delivery drones became so disruptive to locals that the tech giant is reportedly giving up on its pilot program in College Station, Texas. As Wired reports, the incredibly noisy aircraft quickly turned into a pest, with local master gardener Mark Smith describing the cacophony as if "your neighbor runs their leaf blower all day long." "It was just incessant," he told the publication. Apart from irking the locals, Amazon's experiment to make last-mile deliveries using drones has run i
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-06 02:53:16
TL;DR: Civilian markets are an economic engine to reshape America's defense industrial strategy. Europe's proactive regulations have enabled drone startups like Ireland’s Manna to build robust, scalable commercial industries that inadvertently prepare them for wartime. By contrast, America's FAA has constrained drone innovation through outdated rules designed for traditional aviation. The U.S. risks falling behind in a crucial technology that could economically transform defense capabilities. A
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TL;DR: Civilian markets are an economic engine to reshape America's defense industrial strategy. Europe's proactive regulations have enabled drone startups like Ireland’s Manna to build robust, scalable commercial industries that inadvertently prepare them for wartime. By contrast, America's FAA has constrained drone innovation through outdated rules designed for traditional aviation. The U.S. risks falling behind in a crucial technology that could economically transform defense capabilities. A
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is a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. EV maker BYD unveiled “Lingyuan,” a vehicle-mounted drone launching system developed in collaboration with DJI that is available for all of the company’s vehicles, reports Chinese state media outlet Xinhua. The system is only available in China, like BYD’s vehicles, and costs 16,000 yuan (or about $2,197). BYD’s video below, reposted by YouTube channel Sh
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Over the summer, Amazon reduced the number of drone flights. In November, it fully adopted newer, quieter drones in College Station that deliver within a range of about 7.5 miles. Inside his house, with the double-paned windows shut and TV on, Smith could no longer hear the drones. More recently, wet winter weather has further restricted the frequency of flights. (Amazon spokesperson Sam Stephenson says the drones can withstand only light rain and limited temperatures.) But things finally went
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-07 17:58:00
The big picture: Imagine a future where drones can autonomously launch from moving vehicles and pull off intense inspection and emergency response missions in brutal conditions. DJI is turning that into reality with its newly launched Dock 3 station and powerful Matrice 4D and 4TD enterprise drones. The Dock 3 is DJI's first true "drone-in-a-box" solution that supports mobile deployment. The ruggedized dock has an IP56 rating to shrug off dust and water, and it can operate in environments from
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Over the summer, Amazon reduced the number of drone flights. In November, it fully adopted newer, quieter drones in College Station that deliver within a range of about 7.5 miles. Inside his house, with the double-paned windows shut and TV on, Smith could no longer hear the drones. More recently, wet winter weather has further restricted the frequency of flights. (Amazon spokesperson Sam Stephenson says the drones can withstand only light rain and limited temperatures.) But things finally went
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-08 02:00:00
Over the summer, Amazon reduced the number of drone flights. In November, it fully adopted newer, quieter drones in College Station that deliver within a range of about 7.5 miles. Inside his house, with the double-paned windows shut and TV on, Smith could no longer hear the drones. More recently, wet winter weather has further restricted the frequency of flights. (Amazon spokesperson Sam Stephenson says the drones can withstand only light rain and limited temperatures.) But things finally went
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-10 01:00:59
is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2011, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. DJI has announced the third iteration of its drone-in-a-box solution designed for missions like safely inspecting power lines and emergency response. As with previous versions, the DJI Dock 3 is small enough to be transported in the back of a pickup truck, but it’s the first that allows DJI’s new Matrice 4D and Matrice 4TD drones to be launched f
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is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2011, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. DJI has announced the third iteration of its drone-in-a-box solution designed for autonomous missions like safely inspecting power lines and emergency response. As with previous versions, the DJI Dock 3 is small enough to be transported in the back of a pickup truck, but it’s the first that allows DJI’s new Matrice 4D and Matrice 4TD drones to be
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