Droneland Now!

An examination of how the fictional world of ADVENTURES IN DRONELAND isn't all that fictional. Check out the book at ADVENTURESINDRONELAND.com Curated by author Tim Fredrick. For more information on Tim: timfredrick.com

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The Mind4 promises to take the automatic tracking feature that is becoming popular in consumer drones to new heights. Rather than relying on GPS to pinpoint...

Not dangerous at all . . .

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An illustrated history of drones

The drone revolution dates back more than 100 years. Here's an animated look at how it all began.

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Whether in conflict zones or as a means of delivering your latest Amazon purchase, the use of drones – otherwise known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) – is still a topic of controversy and debate.

A team from the University of Leicester is about to investigate their potential in a more...

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This Map Shows Where You’re Not Allowed to Fly Drones in the US

All laid out in an easy to read map

“Unmanned drones like quadcopters and fixed-wing aircraft are at the center of new airspace regulations by the FAA. While the FAA deliberates on rules and regulations, states, cities and other national organizations have implemented their own no-fly zones. To help people find safe places to fly, we’ve mapped established no-fly areas where drones are not permitted around all major airports, military bases, and national parks across the country. All the no-fly area data we collected to make these maps is now open data under CC-0. Go explore the map”

via MapBox

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Banned drone may have damaged Yellowstone spring

Officials have not located the drone that crashed into the Grand Prismatic as they will likely need to do their own aerial searching to find the downed aircraft.

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Dronies Are The New Selfies

Make way in your Instagram feed for flying-camera panoramas.

Squishing yourself into a cameraphone frame with your bestie is so early 2014. Why rely on your outstretched arm when you can include a sweeping vista and aerial approach to your selfie?

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Four Ways Drones Can Help Us And Four Ways They Could Hurt Us

Drones—a.k.a. unmanned area vehicles (UAVs)—can provide a good number of social benefits but also involve serious questions around basic human rights when used on the domestic front.

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Johnny Dronehunter Does Exactly That In This Insane Shotgun Silencer Ad

Meet Johnny Dronehunter, Defender of Privacy. (Cue nu-metal.)

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A ban on drones inevitable? - Tame Sky

A ban on drones might be inevitable. The drone community awaits the FAA's rules, but stupid people seem bent on a ban on drones being the only possibility.

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A map of where it is restricted to fly drones in the U.S.

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Surveillance drones might have a similar slippery slope.

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The One Use of Drones Everyone Can Agree on, Except for Poachers

Conservationists are looking to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for help in keeping an eye on endangered species

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Fox Invades Comic-Con With Drones

Comic-Con, the 2014 iteration of which kicks off Thursday in San Diego, has seen an increasing amount of outlandish stunts over the years — stadiums full of zombies, entire pop-...

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President Barack Obama to issue executive order on drone privacy

President Barack Obama plans to issue an executive order to develop privacy guidelines for commercial drones operating in U.S. airspace, POLITICO has learned. The order would put the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, an arm of the Commerce Department, in charge of developing the guidelines. NTIA would bring together companies...

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US to write privacy rulebook for commercial and civilian drones

You may not be able to fly your drone wherever you want, but there's no rules on what you can actually do with it. That's likely to change, with Politico