Phantom 4 Pro Sets a New Standard in Camera Drone Market

Loz Blain has the story at New Atlas at $1,499 Phantom 4 Pro puts DJI way out in front of the camera drone market ... again

Xiaomi’s Top Level Mi Drone Scheduled for July 2016 Rollout in China at an Incredibly Low Price

The top level MI Drone by Xiaomi is scheduled for rollout in China in July, 2016 at an incredibly low price in terms of comparable competition. Brian Barrett reports at Wired in Xiaomi’s Cheap New Drone Achieves Impulse-Buy Airspace.

Top New Consumer Drones in 2016 Featured at PC Advisor

The consumer drone universe is expanding in 2016 and the best new drones in 2016 are featured at PC Advisor in a report by Jim Martin.

First Manned Flight by Electric 18-rotor Volocopter

Electric 18-rotor Volocopter makes first manned flight,
as reported at Gizmag by Nick Lavars.


The image above is linked from Gizmag.

Various Aspects of the DJI Phantom 4 Drone Reviewed at MyFirstDrone.com

MyFirstDrone.com has a series of postings about the DJI Phantom 4 consumer drone, "the flying camera".

• Category: Phantom 4
  
• DJI Phantom 4: What Has Changed
• Phantom 4 Press Event: Why It Was More Impressive
  Than The Typhoon H [Yuneec]
• DJI Phantom 4 Released With Machine Learning
• Phantom 4 Accessories: Everything You Need
• How To Use Active Track On The DJI Phantom 4
• Getting Started With The DJI Phantom 4
• Differences between the Phantom 4 and Phantom 3
  
  
• 7 Days With The Phantom 4
  
•  Day 1: Unboxing And Size Comparison 
• Day 2: DJI Go app First Look And Features 
• Day 3: Real World Flight Time Comparison 
• Day 4: Active Track Testing And Review 
• Day 5: Trying Out Obstacle Avoidance 
• Day 6: Has Video Quality Improved
• Day 7: Desert Flight Video And Final Thoughts

Scanse Sweep Consumer Affordable Drone and Robot Laser Mapping Tracking Navigation and Avoidance

At Gizmag, Stanley Goodner reports in Sweep sensor adds affordable autonomy and laser mapping to drones and robots that Scanse Sweep, a Kickstarter startup, has developed a lower-priced consumer-affordable sensor for object detection/tracking, terrain mapping, or navigation sense/avoidance for drones and robots.

Future Miniature Fuel Cells Will Kep Drones Aloft Much Longer

Most commercial consumer drones presently have a relatively short flight time, as determined by the amount of weight in batteries that a drone can carry for its power needs.

Colin Jeffrey at Gizmag reports on new developing research of a Miniature fuel cell to keep drones aloft for over an hour.

Our target in this regard is a drone equipped with a power source that will enable the drone to follow us around for one round of golf, i.e. 4 to 5 hours.

Given the newness and excitement in this new industry, we imagine that such an improvement will come earlier than we currently think.