Bridger Cup Announces Open Call For Drone Short Film Entries
Posted by Sheena Haydon on 8/10/2015 to
The first annual Bridger Cup is a competition, exhibition and celebration of drones held in Bozeman, Montana, September 18th – 19th, 2015. The Bridger Cup is hosted by Bridger Enterprises, Ascent Vision, and the City of Bozeman, Montana, along with other sponsors identified at:
http://www.BridgerCup.com.
The Audience Awards, along with the Bridger Cup Drone Film Festival, is hosting a video contest where filmmakers from all over the world are invited and encouraged to submit short drone films. The primary goal of The Bridger Cup event is to raise awareness of the beneficial and productive applications of the drone technology as promising tools to be embraced and welcomed by all members of the public. This Film Festival is proudly presented and sponsored by the Montana Film Office and Birds Eye of Big Sky LLC. The films are to be 120 seconds or less. Any videos about drones, or filmed partially with drones are eligible to compete.
Submit your short drone film here: http://goo.gl/KsVBzX
The Audience Awards, along with the Bridger Cup Drone Film Festival, is hosting a video contest where filmmakers from all over the world are invited and encouraged to submit short drone films. The primary goal of The Bridger Cup event is to raise awareness of the beneficial and productive applications of the drone technology as promising tools to be embraced and welcomed by all members of the public. This Film Festival is proudly presented and sponsored by the Montana Film Office and Birds Eye of Big Sky LLC. The films are to be 120 seconds or less. Any videos about drones, or filmed partially with drones are eligible to compete.
Submit your short drone film here: http://goo.gl/KsVBzX
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The Secret Advice I Have Been Giving About Pilot Licenses & Section 333
Posted by Adele Scholl on 8/5/2015 to
I am finally letting the cat out of the bag.
For more than a year now, I have been telling potential clients who call me about filing a Section 333 Grant of Exemption with the FAA about a wonderful “workaround” if they don’t have a pilot’s license and don’t want to get one.
For more than a year now, I have been telling potential clients who call me about filing a Section 333 Grant of Exemption with the FAA about a wonderful “workaround” if they don’t have a pilot’s license and don’t want to get one.
NASA imagines a drone of your own
Posted by Adele Scholl on 8/3/2015 to
Forget getting the latest, greatest cell
phone. The next indispensable tech tool may be a drone of your own. And
daily life may never be the same.
"I see a time when every home will have a drone. You're going to use a drone to do rooftop inspections. You're going to be able to send a drone to Home Depot to get a screw driver," said Parimal Kopadekar, manager of NASA's Safe Autonomous System Operations Project at Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif.
And this won't happen in some long-distant future. "This is in five or 10 years," Kopadekar said Wednesday.
"I see a time when every home will have a drone. You're going to use a drone to do rooftop inspections. You're going to be able to send a drone to Home Depot to get a screw driver," said Parimal Kopadekar, manager of NASA's Safe Autonomous System Operations Project at Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif.
And this won't happen in some long-distant future. "This is in five or 10 years," Kopadekar said Wednesday.
First successful drone delivery made in the US
Posted by Sheena Haydon on 7/27/2015 to
Everyday delivery moves one step closer as Federal Aviation
Authority-approved drone successfully deposits medicine to rural health
clinic
The first US government-approved drone delivery has successfully transported 4.5kg of medical supplies to a rural health clinic. The drone, made by Australian drone manufacturer Flirtey, took part in the demonstration, which was approved by the Federal Aviation Authority, in partnership with Nasa on Friday.
The first US government-approved drone delivery has successfully transported 4.5kg of medical supplies to a rural health clinic. The drone, made by Australian drone manufacturer Flirtey, took part in the demonstration, which was approved by the Federal Aviation Authority, in partnership with Nasa on Friday.
DJI brings on leading drone lawyer Brendan Schulman
Posted by Adele Scholl on 7/18/2015 to
DJI, the world’s largest drone company, has hired lawyer Brendan Schulman as its vice president of policy and legal affairs.
Like many players in the emerging drone industry, DJI is undergoing rapid growth, but regulations and negative public opinions surrounding drones could hinder its future.
Like many players in the emerging drone industry, DJI is undergoing rapid growth, but regulations and negative public opinions surrounding drones could hinder its future.
Drone maker 3D Robotics sees the future, and it is apps
Posted by Adele Scholl on 7/17/2015 to
SAN DIEGO -- What separates a drone from a smartphone? Well, other than the fact that your iPhone can't fly (yet), drones don't have an equivalent app store.
At least not for the moment, says Jordi Munoz, co-founder of the largest US commercial drone operation, 3D Robotics.
Consumers Energy Looks at Drones to Help Monitor Power Lines
Posted by Sheena Haydon on 7/13/2015 to
Consumers
Energy launched an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) near a Jackson County
electric substation on June 22, 2015, to help determine whether the
emerging technology can improve how the company serves Michigan
residents. U.S. Sen. Gary Peters talks with Mary Palkovich, Consumers
Energy’s vice president of energy delivery, at the launch site.
Band of drones can play music better than your average human
Posted by Royce Rabanal on 7/3/2015 to
You've never heard Strauss performed quite like this. The team at KMel
Robotics has assembled a band of hexrotor drones that "have taken up new
instruments to play some fresh songs." That "fresh" description isn't
exactly serious, as each of the three pieces performed date back either
multiple decades or hundreds of years. After kicking off the
three song setlist with "Also sprach Zarathustra," the drones move on to
"Carol of the Bells" and close with "The Star-Spangled Banner." And the
end result sounds surprisingly great.