DJI Drone Factory

 A rare peek inside a DJI factory. 

Like most manufacturing, there is a testing/quality control process at the end... for the drones, this means literally flying off the assembly line!

Via DC Rainmaker

Drones

Drones:

"Smartphones sales are cooling, tablets are sinking, and PCs are stagnant — but demand for drones just keeps on growing. As this chart from Statista shows, consumer drone sales in the US have increased sharply over the past few years, and are expected to keep growing."

And you won't have to register them with the FAA anymore.

Drone vs. Spear

Don't discount the old ways.

This feels so right.

"Middle Ages Reenactor Spears Drone Out Of The Sky" https://t.co/GJjVitjgvR pic.twitter.com/Gka7KdhYlY

— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) May 16, 2016

Israel’s New Terminator Bot: The DOGO

It will be back:


Via SaysUncle

At Least 10 Times

Now I know where The Big Bang Theory got its idea for flipping the switch at least ten times... from Apple.

Part of the relevant dialogue via the-big-bang-theory.com:

Howard: Step one, rapidly flip the calibration switch from the fully up to the fully down positions for at least ten times. 

Sheldon: It actually says "at least"? 

Howard: Yeah. 

Sheldon: Why would they say "at least"? Is it 10 toggles? Is it 100 toggles? Is it 1,000 toggles? 10,000 toggles? 100,000 toggles? 

Howard: Sheldon! 

Sheldon: You see where I'm going with this.

Nixie Drone

Nixie - a wearable drone.

Tactical Drone

You too can own a tactical drone for penetrating the White House perimeter.

It is apparently very popular. (#10 on the list at the time of this post.)

Drones at Field Day

Via Jeff

Netflix Drone Delivery

Via @Pogue

That was quick.

I ordered one of those cheap Baofeng UV-5R radios today. It was delivered in about 30 minutes using Amazon's new Prime Air service.