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Andrew Tridgell (Tridge), one of the lead APM/Pixhawk developers, gave aspeech in January on the process of porting the code to Linux, which is now wellunderway (more details soon). This is a great overview of the approach the devteam took on this and what it enables. Oculus Rift head-tracked video on a dronePosted by Chris Anderson on April 27, 2014 at 2:30pm

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Not sure how much stereoscopic effect you can get from the air. We did the same last year with Oculus Rift from a plane (see below), and it justlooked like regular FPV.

CMU's Sebastian Scherer on the path to truly autonomous rotorcraftPosted by Chris Anderson on April 27, 2014 at 11:25am

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KMel Robotics presents a team offlying robots that have taken up newinstruments to play some freshsongs. The hexrotors create music inways never seen before, like playinga custom single string guitar hookedup to an electricRead more

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This is a really interesting lecture on the challenges and progress towards trulyautonomous rotorcraft, which Scherer defines as aircraft that do not follow pre-programmed missions but instead dynamically change their paths depending onobstacle and objectives determined in flight. This is the path that the APM/Pixhawk project is on, too, and the introductionofContinueKenyas new drone program could put a virtual end to poachingPosted by Oliver on April 27, 2014 at 7:30am

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The fight to save the elephants and rhino is going full-on high-tech. Kenyasgovernment, the Guardian reports, is about to deploy drones in all 52 of itsnational parks and reserves."In a pilot, the amazingly effective strategy reducedContinueThe Ardupilot controlled transducer boat part 3Posted by Burkhard rieck on April 27, 2014 at 5:30am

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With the help of several members of this community, I could make the prototypein the torpedo design work and I did a lot of measuring and mapping with it.It went very well, so I decided to build an improved version of the sonar boatwhich you can see in the pictureContinueAdventures with an RC car exercise coachPosted by Jack Crossfire on April 26, 2014 at 9:28pm

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Luke Jones JACKSON, Wyo. - Asgeologists and engineers work to tryto understand a slow-movinglandslide and how they can stop it, acamera-mounted unmanned aircraftis helping keep them informed ofwhats happening on the ground. ButwhileRead more

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Datron World Communications, Inc.(http://www.dtwc.com), a US-basedleading supplier of unmannedsolutions, announced today thereceipt of a purchase order from aU.S. military customer for smallunmanned aircraft systems (sUAS).Our VTOL sUAS platforms are fieldtested and battleRead more

Multispectral Camera Payload onDraganyer Unmanned Aircraft SystemProvides Agricultural and EnvironmentalData Collection

Multispectral imaging has long beenused to collect data-rich imageswhich reveal things not visible to thenaked eye, but equipment for thishas traditionally been bulky, heavy,and expensive. Taking advantage ofthe newly miniaturized TetracamADC Micro camera, DraganflyInnovationsRead more

The RC car came along on Jan 8, 2014. TheContinue67% Funded - MyGeekShow Indiegogo USA TripPosted by Trent at MyGeekShow on April 26, 2014 at 8:54pm

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Getting closer! Just about half way through the time on the USAtrip indiegogo project (link: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/rc-airplane-flight-across-the-usa-mygeekshow), and just past 66%funded. I've addedContinueDrone Videos on a MapPosted by Dave Scheirer on April 26, 2014 at 5:30am

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Ive geolocated my favorite drone videos on an interactive map. These videosare quite popular and have garnered more than 20.2 million views combined.Given the backlash against private UAVs around the world, I created this map toillustrate the value ofContinue3DR X8 RTF Unboxing / TestPosted by Toby Mills on April 25, 2014 at 3:00pm

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A lot of people have bought the RTF 3DR Iris as there is a plethora of info outthere on both performance and modifications.The X8 is the heavy lifting RTF option and is a little less common.I've been an Arduplane fan for about 3 years now, starting with the APM 1 in aSkyfun and working my way up to an APM 2.6 in a Skywalker X8 complete withCellularContinueAmateur drone video of 777 airliner landing leads to investigationPosted by Chris Anderson on April 25, 2014 at 1:48pm

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The Canadian regulators are rightly investigating the above video, which seemsshockingly irresponsible. From Global News:

VANCOUVER More than five months after a YouTube video was firstpublished, concerns are growing

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