DJI has just announced that they have been approved to offer Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) services for professional drone pilots. The FAA set up LAANC this year to help professional drone pilots operate within controlled airspace. The FAA has been putting DJI through a “rigorous test and validation of DJI’s technology capabilities”, resulting in their seal of approval as a UAS Service Supplier. This allows DJI to offer their customers near-real-time authorisation to fly in controlled airspace near airports....

After a recent drone incident at Gatwick Airport, DJI has decided to tighten up its geofencing system and give it a third dimension. The Geospatial Environment Online (GEO) 2.0 geofencing system will be launched across Europe, covering a total of 32 European countries. It creates “bow tie” safety zones around runway flight paths, expanding the restricted zone from a two-dimensional circle to a three-dimensional zone. The GEO 2.0 applies in the 13 countries already covered by DJI’s original GEO system, and 19 new countries that did not previously have advanced geofencing....

If you own a DJI drone like the DJI Mavic Pro or the Mavic Air there are some things you want to avoid. Some will screw your drone, while others may kill your mission. Here is our top five list of cardinal mistakes with a DJI Drone and how to avoid them.Advertisements 1. Leaving the plastic dome on when flying 1. Leaving the plastic dome on when flying The Mavic comes with a little plastic dome that is used to protect the drone while in transport or storage....

DeepDream is a computer vision AI created by Google which utilises a convolution neural network. It looks for and enhances patterns in images using a process called algorithmic pareidolia. Essentlly, it’s seeing things that aren’t really there. Like the face we may see on the surface of Mars or bunny rabbits & dragons in clouds. We’ve seen it used on still images for a while and you can make your own here....

2017 is almost out the door (maybe it already is in Australia). As we say goodbye, I wanted to come back to our top ten popular posts of 2017. I was surprised at some of those. Art student figures out you can save money on Wacom nibs by using spaghetti Art student figures out you can save money on Wacom nibs by using spaghetti Internet “entrepreneur” shocked that copyright owner sued him for stealing their work Internet “entrepreneur” shocked that copyright owner sued him for stealing their work...