drones
Using drones to document climate change Paid Members Public
Sean Gallagher is documenting the climate crisis in places like Tuvalu, and drones are allowing him to get shots that have incredible impact on the reader. Here’s how he does it.
GoPro crashes out of the drone market - it needs to rethink its sales pitch Paid Members Public
GoPro – makers of every extreme sports dude’s favourite camera – are pulling out of the drone market [https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/8/16862680/gopro-drones-business-stopped-layoffs-exit] : > In its earnings report today, the company said that although the Karma “reached the #2 market position in its price band in 2017,
Tech today in one sentence Paid Members Public
Russell Davies [http://russelldavies.typepad.com/planning/2016/12/cool-or-evil.html]: > We’re in that phase with a bunch of technologies where corporations don’t know if things make them look cool or evil. Case in point [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/08/revealedrio-tinto-surveillance-station-plans-to-use-drones-to-monitors-staffs-private-lives?] .
Watch: the best drone footage from the NYC Drone Film Festival Paid Members Public
Footage from the best of the [NYC Drone Film Festival](http://www.nycdronefilmfestival.com).Remarkable stuff. It feels like we’re only scratching the surface of what drone journalism can do.
Drone journalism needs restrictions, say pilots Paid Members Public
Airline pilots campaigning for drone restrictions [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/29/drones-near-misses-major-uk-airports-heathrow-stansted] This might restrict the use of drone journalism to experts: > Airline pilots have called for a clampdown on drones, warning of potential disaster after four separate near-miss incidents at UK airports were reported in
The power of drone journalism Paid Members Public
A rather powerful example of the potential inherent in drone journalism
The camera drone that follows you Paid Members Public
Now, [that](https://www.lily.camera) I can see being a handy tool for some newsrooms.Pre-order now for $499 [https://www.lily.camera/#id], it’ll be $999 when it goes on sale early next year. Tempted?
