by Scott Simmie | Apr 19, 2017 | Drones, News, Research
We don’t expect to see many of these on the market soon, but hats off to the drone concepts of some Ford Employees, who were asked to come up with ideas to make it easier to get around the “City of Tomorrow.” Some, like the S.O.S. drone, have clearly...
by Scott Simmie | Apr 13, 2017 | Drones, Featured, Review Videos
Rick Smith is back. The career engineer, known for his meticulous tear-downs and no-nonsense reviews that have made Drone Valley such a success, is reviewing and scoring DJI’s Mavic Pro as part of his “TDC Scored” partnership with The Digital...
by Scott Simmie | Apr 12, 2017 | Drones, Featured, News, Research, Reviews, Safety, Tech
We’ve decided that Tom Scott has one of the coolest jobs in the world. He gets ideas for interesting science-related things (that invariably seem like a ton of fun) and then carries them out. His latest escapade, however, really caught our attention. Tom took a...
by Scott Simmie | Apr 10, 2017 | Airplane, Drones, Featured, Legal/FAA, Multi-Rotor, News, Safety, Tech
No one likes crashing their drone. In this case, however, researchers at Virginia Tech hope deliberate collisions between drones and crash test dummies will yield useful scientific data. Ultimately, the goal is to determine what risk drones of varying weights pose...
by Scott Simmie | Mar 14, 2017 | Gear, Giveaways
Hey – it’s the second-last day of our six-day giveaway extravaganza. We’ve been having fun, and hope you’ve been taking part. Yesterday, we offered some nice little accessories for the DJI Phantom 4 Pro. Today, we thought we’d offer a...