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Aerocine shot this aerial movie in Pripyat. This abandoned city is located in northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus. It was a city with a population of 49,360 inhabitants, before being evacuated a few days after the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
This amazing aerial movie starts with a quote from F Scott Fitzgerald: The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.
Shot with a DJI Phantom 2 with:
Camera: GoPro Hero 3+ Black Edition
Gimbal: H3-3D
Settings: 2.7k, 30p, Medium FOV, ProTune/regular
Source: http://www.skytechone.com/
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Ascending Technologies and Intel are developing collision avoidance technology and algorithms for unmanned aerial systems (UAVs), also known as drones. With the use of using Intel RealSense cameras and Ascending Technologies’ AscTec Trinity auto pilot system these drones are capable of detecting and avoiding objects. On one of these drones a 360 camera was To showcase this, Intel created an obstacle course inside the CES keynote ballroom. The AscTec Firefly multi-copter drones equipped with Intel RealSense cameras automatically flew through the course.
Why is it important for drones to detect and avoid objects?First of all safety. “Drone operators and businesses relying on drone services will largely benefit from the unprecedented simplicity and safety of drone operations close to obstacles using this new technology. Reliable obstacle avoidance will also open entirely new fields of drone applications such as automatic delivery of goods or emergency medication”. Source: Ascending Technologies
What better test than to play a game of drone ping pong with Intel CEO Brian Krzanich.
Order the development kit at Intel
Ryptide is a life saving drone accessory that can carry an automatically inflating life ring to a swimmer in distress in less than 30 seconds. The system can be attached to any drone capable of carrying a GoPro camera and brushless gimbal, including the uber popular DJI Phantom. This project will offered for sale on Kickstarter in January 2015.
The device (not the drone):
– 420 grams
– inflates with CO2 cartridge.
– Price: $ 99
For the first time worldwide, medications and other urgently needed goods will be delivered to the island at certain times of the day by DHL Parcelcopter. The drone is based on a Microdrones MD-1000
Source: DHL
The Shadowview Foundation provides Unmanned Aerial Systems for environmental, conservation and humanitarian relief operations. They use different kind of drones, multirotors and fixed wings, to monitor and protect wildlife.
Source: Check the Shadowview projects
In case of a heart-attack time is of absolute essence. ‘The ambulance drone can get a defibrillator to a patient within a 12 square kilometre (4.6 square miles) zone within a minute, reducing the chance of survival from 8 percent to 80 percent.’ The drone tracks emergency mobile calls and uses the GPS to navigate.
Source: Delft University
Droneaventures worked with the humanitarian relief organization Medair to carry out damage assessments, identify safe land for relocations and to take stock of recovery efforts after the Typhoon Haiyan. They used SenseFly Ebee drones.
Map of the area
This HexH2O drone has a waterproof casing that gives you the ability to film underwater. The hexacopter carries a Zenmuse-h3-3d Gimbal and Gopro so you can aerial footage both above and below the waterline. Their makers claim that the HexH2o™ is the worlds first waterproof production multirotor housing a gimbal. This should give you fully stabilised video from both above and below water. The drone is built with DJI components such as the Autopilot (DJI Naza V2 with GPS) and Propulsion system (DJI E600 Tuned Propulsion System).
• Flytime: 15 mins (1 Lipo) 25 mins (2 Lipo)
• Foldable Arms
• Suitable for GoPro® 3, 3+ and 4
• Price: $3658 (Ready to Fly Kit)
Source: QuadH2O
No need to make it a long post. Just watch this amazing movie shot by a DJI drone carrying a Zenmuse H3-3D gimbal. Fly over the breathtaking rough terrain, timelapses of the Aurora Borealis and stunning aerials.
Some say 2014 was the year of the drones. However I’m thinking 2015 might have some surprises. They’re called: Micro-Drones. With technology getting smaller and cheaper, such as GPS-modules, IMU’s and batteries it’s possible to design and produce drones that will fit in your hand. The drones in this article will be available in 2015. They have the following thing in common: the Follow me function. These flying cameras can film and follow you. So now you can take your aerial selfies. (Yes…. #dronefie exists…)
Launched in a Kickstarter their makers state: “The most sophisticated nano drone”. It sure looks like a must-have. Some specs:
Size: 6.5 x 6.5 cm
Flight time: 10 – 15 mins
Camera: 5MP HD video
Price: £ 139 / $265 (Early Bird)
Website: FlyZano
Also started as a Kickstarter project this fold-able nano drone can carry a GoPro camera. Some specs:
Size: 15 cm
Flight time: 20 mins
Camera: GoPro
Price: $599
Website: The Pocket Drone
As a bigger brother to the former two I’d stil like to mention this GoPro carrying Aerial Selfie maker.
Size: 62 x 52 x 12 cm
Flight time: 15 mins
Camera: GoPw
Price: $999
Website: Hexo+
