Tag Archive for: Drone

Parrot Mambo

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The Parrot Mambo minidrone is full of surprises! Whether you equip it with the Cannon or the Grabber, it’ll turn the sky into an amazing playground. Speed or skill races, acrobatic challenges or tricks… take on any aerial combat. Highly robust and easy to handle, it’ll rise to all your challenges.

Solo or in a team, it’s now time to head off on a combat mission. Attach the Cannon to the Parrot Mambo and let the game begin. Target your opponents’ drones or try games of skill, such as firing at a pyramid of beakers or bringing down light-weight targets. You can load up to six balls. They’re harmless, so give it your all to win the match!

Fancy doing something out of the ordinary and surprising everyone? Attach the Grabber to the Parrot Mambo and use your imagination: anything is possible… The grabber can pick up objects (up to 4 g), carry them up into the air and put them down wherever you want.

To buy your own Parrot Mambo please click here *Controller from image not included click here!

Download the Parrot app here Apple / Android

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Cheerson CX Stars

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Producer Bill has been honing his drone flying skills with the ultra small drone (QuadCopter) the Cheerson CS Stars!

  • Ultra compact tiny design for the world’s smallest Drone/miniature quadcopter.It can be carried in your pocket with you and you can now enjoy and practice piloting anytime anywhere.
  • Three speed modes switch: Equipped with high / medium / low speed switch, providing the excellent experience for both newbies and experienced players. It is such a little tough quadcopter you crush it,hit it to the wall or get it assaulted by your cat. It will remain functioning.
  • Press down the left control stick three times, the remote control will make a “beep” sound for three times, and it will enter the Headless Mode, no need to adjust the position of aircraft before flying. Built-in LED lights can not only help to indicate direction at night or in dark place.
  • 6-axis gyro system with built-in gyroscope, it provides extra stability, easily implement various flight movements, easier to control and stronger wind resistance.
  • It can realize 360° rotation. 2.4G Remote Control and 4 Channel RC transmitter for your easy control. The frequency RC transmitter allows you to fly your copter with strong signal among other aircraft.

To get your own CX Stars please click here!
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Zerotech Dobby Drone!

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We recently checked out the Zerotech Dobby Drone and boy does it fly!!

The Zerotech Dobby Drone is a drone so small it will fit into your pocket and weighs only 200g!

  • Take an aerial selfie with auto take off from your hand.
  • Automatic Pull Away and Fly back! (10/30/60second videos)
  • 13 Megapixel Photos
  • 1080p Videos
  • 75 degree field of view
  • Includes a built in tutorial right in the app
  • Active target tracking
  • Advanced Positioning for Safe Hassle-Free Flying
  • GPS+GLONASS Dual Satellite for outdoor positioning
  • Sonar + Optical Flow for indoor positioning
  • 2.4GHz/5GHz Dual Band Wi-Fi
  • Withstands wind speeds of up to 28km/h

Buy your Zerotech Dobby Drone here!

To listen to the show where the Zerotech Dobby Drone is featured please click here!

Drone Near Misses!

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Heathrow is apparently a hive for people flying their drones near planes. According to the latest report from UK’s Airprox Board, 3 planes narrowly missed drones last year.

Two of the three were classified as “category A” – one incident, the drone was below the plane’s right wing at 10,000 feet (9,600 feet above legal altitude for drones in the UK)

Second incident, a pilot taking off from Heathrow saw a drone 150ft away from his wing at 3,000ft.

Third incident was less dangerous but still came within 200 ft of an aircraft.

According to investigators, the drones in these incidents are custom made and not able to be bought off the shelf.

Overall the report discusses 70 near misses in 2016 up from 29 in 2015.

To listen to the guys chatting about this please click here!

 

Facebook Mind Reader

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Facebook’s own futuristic hardware division called “Building 8” are said to be behind a “Brain Computer Interface” which was hinted at by Mark Zuckerberg, which would allow users to share information telepathically.

The Facebook CEO described in a Q&A to allow people to “capture a thought, what you’re thinking or feeling in kind of its ideal and perfect form in your head, and be able to share that with the world”.

According to Business insider this interface is said to be unveiled at Facebook’s developer conference in April, alongside a drone, an augmented reality device and a medical project being led by “an interventional cardiologist from Stanford with expertise in early-stage medical device development”.

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AirSelfie

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Marcus recently went to a press day and checked out the amazing AirSelfie! AirSelfie is a revolutionary pocket-size flying camera that connects with your smartphone to let you take boundless HD photos of you, your friends, and your life from the sky. Its turbo fan propellers can thrust up to 20 meters in the air letting you capture wide, truly original photos and videos on your device. The anti-vibration shock absorber and 5 MP camera ensure the highest quality images. And its ultra-light 61g form that slips into a special phone cover and charger means you can keep AirSelfie on you at all times. Say hello to the future of selfies.

To learn more about the AirSelfie please click here!

To listen to the guys chatting about the AirSelfie please click here!

US Army Star Wars Hoverbike?!

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The US Army have tested a hover bike that could one day be used in combat…..but don’t get your hopes up for a Star Wars esque type land cruiser, this type of hover bike is designed to drop aid, equipment and supplies to troops and the needy in a war zone.

The US Army saw the campaign for this concept on Kickstarter and got in touch with UK based company Malloy Aeronautics and now they’re working together on this project to build a much bigger version of their original concept being dubbed the “Joint Tactical Aerial ReSupply Vehicle” It is planned to fly up to 125miles at 60mph with a load of 800lbs.

In a video on Mashable the hoverbike was nothing more than a small drone. However on Malloy Aeronautics website it has seen to be manned! What comes of this remains to be seen but this looks very exciting! See video below:

 

 

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Animal Drones!

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Episode 122 – RAM in your mouth

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Power Up 3.0!

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Ever wanted to fly your paper airplane that much better?

Bored of flying it once and then having to get up out of your chair to go and get it and throw it back?

Well that is a thing of the past thank to the PowerUp 3.0!

To buy your own PowerUp 3.0 please click here! 

To listen to Marcus’ experience with the PowerUp 3.0 please click here!

To see what the PowerUp 3.0 is please view the video below!