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Texas Senate approves bill to curtail drone photography

18 May 2013
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Texas Senate approves bill to curtail drone photography

Remember the River of Blood story, it went viral. Seems the Texa’s senate would prefer to sweep what Texan businesses get up to under the carpet. If this act makes it all the way through and you let this sort of images out into the wild you will be facing the law. It should not have taken the images...

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Congress gets mixed advice on drone laws

18 May 2013
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Congress gets mixed advice on drone laws

  AP WASHINGTON – The growing use of unmanned surveillance “eyes in the sky” aircraft raises a thicket of privacy concerns, but Congress is getting mixed advice on what, if anything, to do about it. A future with domestic drones may be inevitable. While civilian drone use is currently limited to government agencies and some public universities, a law...

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Sinclair invests in UAV courses

18 May 2013
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Sinclair invests in UAV courses

Jordan Burgess DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or UAVs at Sinclair Community College may feel light when you pick them up, but they carry a lot of weight when it comes to the Miami Valley’s future. “We think this is going to be a very important industry for our region as we move forward,” says Sinclair...

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NPPA & Other Groups Oppose Texas Drone Bill

18 May 2013
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NPPA & Other Groups Oppose Texas Drone Bill

The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), joined by The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., The American Society of Media Photographers, The Radio Television Digital News Association, and The Society of Professional Journalists, has submitted letters to each of the Texas Senators, expressing extreme opposition to House Bill 912, which has passed the Texas House and is quickly making...

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Sky-Futures reaching parts others cannot reach

17 May 2013
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Sky-Futures reaching parts others cannot reach

The team at Sky-Futures are always exploring the edge of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology and where it can be used to enhance offshore inspection techniques. Working with forward thinking, innovative parters such as E.ON Energy – the third largest offshore windplayer in the world – Sky-Futures have been delivering cutting edge detailed inspections at the E.ON Energy Rodsand...

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Geologists in Norway are using drones with cameras to hunt for oil

17 May 2013
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Geologists in Norway are using drones with cameras to hunt for oil

BY KIM ANDREASSEN Geologists have long used seismology on the bottom of the ocean or have been throwing dynamite from snowmobiles when they look for oil. But now researchers at Centre for integrated petroleum research (CIPR), a joint venture between the University of Bergen (UiB) and Uni Research, have found a new preferred method – using drones to map new oil reserves...

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Inyokern ‘best’ place in America to do UAS development and test work

17 May 2013
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Inyokern ‘best’ place in America to do UAS development and test work

By Dan Clark,  Ridgecrest Mayor Let’s talk economic development. What if we were to receive one of the FAA’s six test site designations? What can the Indian Wells Valley expect from such an opportunity? No one knows for sure, but I believe we can expect a large number of high-paying jobs in the fields of science and engineering, as...

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DroneDeploy web based drone control

16 May 2013
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DroneDeploy web based drone control

DroneDeploy announced today that it is launching a web-based drone control platform. Available at www.dronedeploy.com, the site enables users to operate multiple drones at the same time, on any web-enabled device. Mike Winn, said “We built DroneDeploy to help people get stuff done with drones – we want to make it easier, safer and help people stay within the...

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DJI Innovations | Aerial Video Competition

16 May 2013
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DJI Innovations | Aerial Video Competition

The Fuji Mountain in Japan, the Dutch Windmills in Holland, Stonehenge in England, the African Savannah, the Niagara Falls, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the Yellowstone National Park in the United States, The Grand Canyon, the Cristo Redentor in Rio DE Janeiro, Brazil, the Pyramids in Egypt, the Hoover Dam in the United States… DJI is hosting an...

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Sky-Futures new London offices

16 May 2013
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Sky-Futures new London offices

Sky-Futures have made a move to new offices close to Heathrow. They have taken over the first floor of The Old Vinyl Factory in Hayes. It is a huge complex that was once the home to EMI records. They even have an indoor flight test area for their rotary UA . For clients wanting to visit They are right by the...

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