Skydio, a San Francisco-based startup founded by three MIT alumni, is commercializing an autonomous video-capturing drone dubbed by some as the “selfie drone”, that tracks and films a subject, while freely navigating…
Category: Drone
DJI Mavic Air Drone – Ultra Portable, Compact, 3-axis Gimbal, Hands Gesture Control, 8GB on-board Storage
The Chinese Drone company DJI has released a new Drone named as “DJI Mavic Air“. This ultra-portable Drone is marketed as a smartphone-sized drone that can fit in a jacket’s pocket. Mavic…
MIT’s NanoMap enables Drone Navigation in Uncertain Environments
Companies like Amazon have big ideas for drones that can deliver packages right to your door. But even putting aside the policy issues, programming drones to fly through cluttered spaces like cities…
Saildrone to provide valuable ocean data
Ocean research that seeks to monitor what is happening in the ocean environment—counting fish, assessing food resources, monitoring endangered species included—provides vitally important answers. A company called Saildrone is stepping up to…
Drones let researchers monitor changes in volcanoes, plan virtual field trip
Penn State geosciences researchers are investigating an active volcano that could pose a hazard to millions of people in Nicaragua. Masaya volcano is located in an active volcanic and seismic zone and…