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Week in Review–January 23rd, 2017

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4) Lily drone being sued by San Francisco District Attorney: You probably saw my tweet about the Lily drone project going under (but people are getting refunds).

Sports Tech Week in Review – March 24th, 2024

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5) Man ties phone to drone, to get rescue in snowy mountains: After being trapped for two days, the man tied his phone to a DJI Mavic 3, sent a message, and then took off to (hopefully) get within range.

Behind the Scenes: Spending the day at YouTube

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And even myself I’ve almost found that the less time I spend on a video the more popular it is, GoPro and drone videos aside (where you legit have to do more work to have them popular).

Sports Tech Week in Review: March 10th, 2024

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4) The engineering of Redbull’s 300KPH F1-chasing drone: You may have seen the social media snippets of that crazy F1 drone, but just in case you didn’t see some of the engineering aspects, the full Redbull YouTube video is worth a watch.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

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This is a bit different than most of the drone stuff I review, in that it's so-called FPV flying (First Person View).

A Week of Skiing in the Alps

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We had found our place on one of the various vacation rental platform sites, however, what may have sold it for us was that they somehow actually had a drone promo video for their property.

100+ Holiday 2023 Sports Tech Deals!

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Anything that’s action camera-related or drone-related you’ll find here.

Week in Review–February 7th, 2016

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- Early thoughts on Air Dog drone after first use… Plus you’ve got the latest GoPro Karma drone video from last week, below:

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

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Saturday afternoon David and I headed out to the countryside to test out some drones…and generally just toy around with them.

Week in Review–October 12th, 2020

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6) Going from Google Drones to GoPro Drones to Skydio Drones: Women are unfortunately pretty rare in the drone industry, so here’s a good interview with Nicole Bonk, who worked at all three companies in drone engineering and test capacities.

Week in Review–November 13th, 2016

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I published a bunch of Karma drone videos this week as part of that review.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend in Switzerland

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In case you’re wondering why I didn’t carry it on, it’s because I already had two carry-on bags with the DJI Phantom 3 Drone as one, and another laptop bag (stuffed to the max with gadgets).

Our wanderings through the French countryside

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I had picked up this awesome little quadricopter (four bladed helicopter, Parrot AR Drone 2, controlled via iPhone) which includes an HD camera inside (of so-so quality).

A Week of Sunshine Swim/Bike/Run/Hike in Mallorca

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From action cams to drones, bike computers to power meters, GPS watches to other sensor types.

Week in Review–August 2nd, 2015

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5) Sony to enter the camera drone business: Not to be left outdone by GoPro’s planned drone, Sony is also getting into the game.

2015 Paris Triathlon (draft-legal!) Race Report

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Finally, I’ll note that the event had hired a drone to do a bunch of aerial photography.

Week in Review: January 10th, 2023

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4) Drone & Fireworks Show in Amsterdam: We actually went and saw this, it was pretty cool (albeit, pretty short).

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