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-====== News for Week of July 16th 2018 ======+====== Drone News for Week of July 16th 2018 ======
 ===== Drone NewsBytes ===== ===== Drone NewsBytes =====
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 +==== Introducing an new level of stupid - Drone films A380 taking off ====
 +[[https://fstoppers.com/aerial/dumb-and-dumber-drone-flies-dangerously-close-a380-during-take-269289|Albert Einstein used to say that “only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.” This video showing the largest commercial airliner flying feet away from a drone confirms the endless idiocy of some people.]]
  
 ==== A New Type Of Drone - The Tricopter comes into its own ==== ==== A New Type Of Drone - The Tricopter comes into its own ====
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 ==== DJI Adds Geofencing Flexibility for Enterprise Users ==== ==== DJI Adds Geofencing Flexibility for Enterprise Users ====
 [[https://dronelife.com/2018/07/17/dji-geofencing-flexibility-commercial/|DJI has moved to improve the user experience of its enterprise users with improvements to its geofencing system. DJI said in a statement released today that “professional drone pilots with authorization to fly in sensitive locations can now use a streamlined application process”, which will provide them with unlocking codes within 30 minutes.]] [[https://dronelife.com/2018/07/17/dji-geofencing-flexibility-commercial/|DJI has moved to improve the user experience of its enterprise users with improvements to its geofencing system. DJI said in a statement released today that “professional drone pilots with authorization to fly in sensitive locations can now use a streamlined application process”, which will provide them with unlocking codes within 30 minutes.]]
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-==== How to Safely Charge and Store Lithium Drone Batteries ==== 
-[[https://thewirecutter.com/blog/lithium-drone-batteries/|Although flying a drone might sound like the biggest risk in operating one, dealing with the batteries is potentially more explosive. At the 100 hospital emergency rooms that report electronics-related injury cases to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 200 incidents involving drone batteries, stemming from fire, smoke, and explosions, were recorded between 2012 and 2017.]] 
  
 ==== Drama at 1,000ft: Chinook narrowly misses crashing into illegal drones flying above London ==== ==== Drama at 1,000ft: Chinook narrowly misses crashing into illegal drones flying above London ====
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 [[https://dronelife.com/2018/07/17/drones-for-good-intel-and-the-great-wall-of-china-expedition/|An Intel® Falcon™ drone is being used to carry out an aerial inspection and survey of the Jiankou section, capturing tens of thousands of high-resolution images of areas proven too difficult or dangerous for human access]] [[https://dronelife.com/2018/07/17/drones-for-good-intel-and-the-great-wall-of-china-expedition/|An Intel® Falcon™ drone is being used to carry out an aerial inspection and survey of the Jiankou section, capturing tens of thousands of high-resolution images of areas proven too difficult or dangerous for human access]]
  
-===== Australia Drone News ====+ 
 +{{:news:th.jpg?100}}===== Australia Drone News =====      
  
 ==== AUSTRALIA - Anti-drone missile system at school ==== ==== AUSTRALIA - Anti-drone missile system at school ====
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 [[https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/reality-tv/shark-tank-judges-fire-up-over-rude-arrogant-pitch/news-story/cc7ec1ae915f414aa91d8c03dfad572c|A GROUP of university mates with a bold plan to have drone technology taught in Australian schools get a hostile reaction from a few of the panel on this week’s episode of Shark Tank.]] [[https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/reality-tv/shark-tank-judges-fire-up-over-rude-arrogant-pitch/news-story/cc7ec1ae915f414aa91d8c03dfad572c|A GROUP of university mates with a bold plan to have drone technology taught in Australian schools get a hostile reaction from a few of the panel on this week’s episode of Shark Tank.]]
  
-===== How To Videos - a place to learn =====+ 
 +{{:news:how_do_i1.png?100|}}===== How To Videos - A Place to Learn =====
  
 ==== How to get pro level DJI drone shots as explained by Droneworks Studios [video] ==== ==== How to get pro level DJI drone shots as explained by Droneworks Studios [video] ====
 [[https://dronedj.com/2018/07/17/how-to-get-pro-level-dji-drone-shots-as-explained-by-droneworks-studios-video/|Getting professional cinematic shots with your drone is not easy. However, it can be done as is demonstrated by Justin from Droneworks Studios in the following video on YouTube. Justin uses his DJI Phantom 4 Pro to explain some techniques that you, as a single-operator can practice to create some really nice drone video footage that may come to 80% of what a full-blown crew with a budget and a professional drone may be able to do. Check it out.]] [[https://dronedj.com/2018/07/17/how-to-get-pro-level-dji-drone-shots-as-explained-by-droneworks-studios-video/|Getting professional cinematic shots with your drone is not easy. However, it can be done as is demonstrated by Justin from Droneworks Studios in the following video on YouTube. Justin uses his DJI Phantom 4 Pro to explain some techniques that you, as a single-operator can practice to create some really nice drone video footage that may come to 80% of what a full-blown crew with a budget and a professional drone may be able to do. Check it out.]]
  
-===== Ken Videos =====+==== How to Safely Charge and Store Lithium Drone Batteries ==== 
 +[[https://thewirecutter.com/blog/lithium-drone-batteries/|Although flying a drone might sound like the biggest risk in operating one, dealing with the batteries is potentially more explosive. At the 100 hospital emergency rooms that report electronics-related injury cases to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 200 incidents involving drone batteries, stemming from fire, smoke, and explosions, were recorded between 2012 and 2017.]] 
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 +{{:news:images.jpg?150|}}===== Ken Videos =====
  
   * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFO6I9u6hRI|New concept of fight using pods and drone aircraft to move them around the globe.]]   * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFO6I9u6hRI|New concept of fight using pods and drone aircraft to move them around the globe.]]
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