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Did You Register Your Drone? You Could Get Your Money Back
It turns out the FAA isn't actually allowed to have a drone registry, so the agency is offering to refund your money and expunge your data from the record.
After Crash, Facebook Internet Drone Completes Successful Flight
Facebook called the landing 'absolutely perfect,' but admitted that Aquila suffered a 'few minor, easily repairable dings' from its gravel landing pad.
MIT Drone Flies and Drives
Flying alone isn't the most efficient way to get your drone to its destination. MIT engineers hope that their design could one day be used to transport humans.
Drones Use Wi-Fi to 3D Map Hidden Objects
Two drones working together can create a 3D image of objects hidden behind a wall by bouncing wireless signals off each other.
Amazon Patent Tips Drone Delivery Tower
Imagine a beehive the size of a skyscraper, but instead of bees there's autonomous drones flying in and out to deliver packages all day.
Palmer Luckey's Next Venture Could Build Trump's Wall
President Trump will surely be interested to hear about Luckey's alternative wall that doesn't involve building an actual wall.
Amazon Awarded Patent for Parachute Shipping Label
It's a shipping label with a built-in parachute enabling packages to be dropped from a drone in flight.
Trump Wants Power to Track, Hack, and Destroy Drones
Any drone flying over domestic soil would be up for destruction if deemed a threat.
DJI's $500 Spark Drone Launches From Your Palm
Spark, DJI's smallest camera drone yet, can lift off from the palm of your hand and be controlled via hand gestures alone.
DJI to Restrict Unregistered Drones
To use all flight functions and live in-flight video streaming on a DJI drone, you'll have to register it.
Court Strikes Down FAA's Drone Registration Rule
Ostensibly enacted to improve safety, the requirement that recreational drone pilots register their craft with the FAA is nevertheless unlawful, a court ruled.
NTT Docomo Develops Flying Spherical Drone Display
Spherical displays that fly or float above you, perfect for advertising or live shows according to NTT Docomo.
DJI Offers $145K to Catch Flight-Disrupting Drone Owners
So far in 2017 there have been 15 drone incidents near airports in China. It's potentially deadly behavior and DJI wants to help catch those doing it.
DJI Goggles Let You Fly a Drone in First-Person View
The virtual reality headset connects to a drone via a low-latency connection, offering a view of the craft's camera feed as well as basic flight control features.
DJI, Seagate Unveil Drone-Themed Hard Drive
Its protective bumper and 2TB capacity will let you offload footage that your drone captures immediately after it lands.
Facebook Really Wants to Beam Internet From Planes
Even as it faces setbacks with its high-flying drone, Facebook is looking toward other efforts to beam internet from the sky to under-connected areas of the world.
11 Hair-Raising Drone Disasters
Check out some the funniest and wildest drone disasters, crashes and fails of the last few years.
FAA Prohibits Drone Flights Over Military Bases
You'll soon have to get permission if you want to fly your drone within 400 feet of a military facility.
Starship Robots Will Deliver Pizza for Domino's
Starship Technologies will be delivering pizza by robot within a one mile radius of selected German and Dutch Domino's stores.
Amazon Demos Prime Air Drone Delivery at Mars Conference
This counts as the first public US Prime Air autonomous drone delivery, and the FAA helped make it happen. Are home deliveries far behind?