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Watch a Murderous Quadrotor Drone Take a Hacky Sack Break

It’s pretty clear by this point that a quadrotor drone’s main mission is to fly through out windows and kill us in our sleep. But what do they do for fun? Just juggle a ball better than I ever could The Swiss cousin of UPenn’s quadrotor assassin, this flying juggler blows off steam at Zurich’s Institute […]

Peeping drone? Seattle woman allegedly spied on by Skyris quadcopter

A Seattle woman called the police after she found an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, hovering outside the window of her apartment, located on the 26th floor. On Sunday, June 22, Lisa Pleiss noticed the drone at around 7:45 a.m. She immediately contacted her concierge who called Seattle Police to investigate. […]

Quadcopter becomes a flying 3D printer

Source: http://www.gizmag.com/flying-3d-printer-robot/31975/ The swiftlet may not look much different than other little birds, but it has one unique ability – it builds its nest out of its own saliva. Inspired by the swiftlet, scientists at Imperial College London’s Aerial Robotics Lab have created a robotic quadcopter that can extrude polyurethane foam while in flight. By targeting […]

Could a quadcopter land rovers on Mars?

Taking a page from NASA’s rocket powered landing craft from it most recent Mars landing mission, the European Space Agency is showing off a quadcopter that the organization says can steer itself to smoothly lower a rover onto a safe patch of the rocky Martian surface. The ESA said its dropship, known as the StarTiger’s […]

Hover Bike Development

Check out the development of this amazing cross between a multi-rotor and a motorcycle. This man carrying vehicle promises to be an amazing new form of ARV (Air Recreation Vehicle). The video tells the whole story complete with RC test vehicle. We would bet, some operator training will be required. But by who? The FAA […]

Taxidermy Rotordrone: Drop-dead Hysterical or Just Plain Creepy?

While this is one of the most original modifications to a quadcopter we’ve seen, it certainly pushes the boundary between humorous and incensitive. Take a look at this article from www.nydailynews.com and let us know what you think in the comments below. Dutch artist turns dead cat into remote-controlled helicopter, dubbed ‘Orvillecopter’ ‘Half cat, half […]

Drone Takes Golden Retriever for a Walk (Yes, Really)

Jeff Myers has created quite a stir with his video showing a dog being walked by a drone. That’s right, a drone. In the minute-long clip titled “Walking Dogs With Drones” that was posted to Vimeo May 13, the dog – a golden retriever – can be seen being attached to the leash, which is […]

Martha Stewart Loves Flying Her Fancy Drone All Over Her Farm

In Vanity Fair, Stewart delights in talking about her drone — a fancy “AR 2.0” model by a French company called Parrot — which she only flies around outside (it would just “bang into stuff” indoors, she says.) Stewart tells Vanity Fair, “It has a little camera. You connect it to your iPhone, and you can control […]

Coke delivered by drones

Coke has taken drone flying to new heights. Delivering Coca-Cola products to workers on very high skyscrapers in Singapore. This is actually kind of a cool story because guess workers (immigrants) make up a significant part of Singapore’s workforce. They received very little recognition for their labors and are often referred to as “invisible workers” […]

Drone-vertising – Really?

As we said before, multi-rotor aircraft or drones are becoming rather popular and can fill a variety of needs, but we didn’t really see this one coming. We found this story on News10.com and they reported that some entrepreneurs can see another use for drones: advertising. Gauravjit Singh on Monday launched a startup that uses […]