aerial photography

9 Key Skills to Fly Drones Like a Pro

Adam Juniper

By Adam Juniper

Adam Juniper

Adam Juniper has been flying drones and model helicopters for years, and shares those skills or the videos he captures with tens of thousands of viewers via YouTube and his drone site TameSky.com. He's also worked as a book publisher and professional video producer (with a book on the subject to his name), and has written for numerous digital creativity magazines.

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Here are the 9 basic flying skills you’ll need to master your drone for precisely controlled flights or graceful aerial photography.

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These “Balloongineers” Floated to 31km for the Global Space Ballooning Challenge

These “Balloongineers” Floated to 31km for the Global Space Ballooning Challenge

By Lisa Martin

Lisa Martin

A typical day for Lisa includes: getting up to see the sunrise, bicycling, interning at Make:, reading and writing short stories, and listening to audiobooks and podcasts for hours while working on projects or chores.

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The Balloongineers had quite the adventure sending up and recovering their high altitude balloon for the Global Space Ballooning Challenge.

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Public Lab Puts Eco Justice in the Hands of Citizen Scientists

Public Lab Puts Eco Justice in the Hands of Citizen Scientists

By Benjamin Preston

Benjamin Preston

Benjamin Preston is one of the few journalists to hold he dubious distinction of having been an alignment technician at a Pep Boys in Fredericksburg, Va., and a automotive reporter for the New York Times, among a wide variety of other occupations. He is currently a writer- and greasemonkey-at-large for Time Inc's online automotive publication, the Drive. In addition to the Timeses, he has written for the Guardian, BBC Autos, Car and Driver, Jalopnik, and, he is very proud to say, Petersen's 4 Wheel & Offroad. When he's not writing about cars, he's either working on his own beaters or at the beach surfing.

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A network of DIY environmentalists is helping monitor oil cleanups and busting polluters.

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FLIR’s New Vue Camera Gives Your Quadcopter Thermal Vision

FLIR’s New Vue Camera Gives Your Quadcopter Thermal Vision

Mike Senese

By Mike Senese

Mike Senese

Mike Senese is a content producer with a focus on technology, science, and engineering. He served as Executive Editor of Make: magazine for nearly a decade, and previously was a senior editor at Wired. Mike has also starred in engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.

An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, fixing cars, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza. You might spot him at his local skatepark in the SF Bay Area.

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Your quadcopter and fixed-wing drone just got more powerful with FLIR’s newly released Vue Pro compact thermal sensor module.

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