Drones

Make at CES 2017: Smart Cars, Connected Mirrors, Holograms, and More

Make at CES 2017: Smart Cars, Connected Mirrors, Holograms, and More

Cecily Benzon

By Cecily Benzon

Cecily Benzon

Cecily Benzon has been at Make for five years, and is a also a maker. She enjoys making things with her kids, pattern making, painting, upcycling, inventing new products, and turning ideas into physical, tangible pieces. Before following her passion at Make, she attended UC Santa Barbara, served on active duty in the United States Navy, studied Art Direction and Design in Atlanta, GA, and worked in the B2B tech industry in San Francisco in the early 2000’s.

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CES always brings the latest and greatest electronics. This year, the common theme was devices that are smart, connected, and aim to make your life easier and more automated.

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The Flying Robot Film Festival Returns For Second Year

The Flying Robot Film Festival Returns For Second Year

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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After a successful debut last fall, the Flying Robot Film Festival brings a second year of aerial awesomeness to San Francisco. 25 nominees in eight categories show the range of video that can be produced with drone-based camera work. Prizes for winners include a DJI Inspire 1 quadcopter, with winners selected by a standout judging panel that […]

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9 Lessons Learned from Attaching a Super Heavy, Custom Rig to a Quadcopter

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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Recently, a company called 360.place contacted me about mounting a GoPro VR Rig to an Inspire 1 drone. Getting paid to work with new and interesting technology is pretty much the most fun an engineer can have, so I was thrilled to take on this challenge. After about a month of work designing and building the […]

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Mentorship Makes a Difference in Schools and Education

Mentorship Makes a Difference in Schools and Education

Julian Waters

By Julian Waters

Julian Waters

Julian Waters is currently a 17 year old senior at Western Albemarle High School in Crozet, Virginia. A life-long Virginia native, Julian has attended public school in Albemarle County for his entire student career. For the past four years Julian has had a strong interest in the hobby of Model Airplanes and Drones, and has used his passion for flight to start a drone club at his high school and an aviation workshop at a nearby middle school. He has been involved with Albemarle County Public Schools for the past year in developing groundbreaking educational policy and promoting student voice and leadership, and hopes to continue his work in the future.

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Students pursuing education on their own terms need teachers and administrators willing to work with them and provide mentorship.

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GoPro Launches Karma, Their Compact, Folding Drone

GoPro Launches Karma, Their Compact, Folding Drone

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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After years of speculation, GoPro has finally entered the drone arena.

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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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