Aerial Drone Video of Worcester, MA

The 17-year-old aspiring documentarian and filmmaker, Mr. Kariuki, recently released an aerial drone video of Worcester (above) that has gone viral. On Friday the video, shot as an ode to the city, was released and quickly received a lot of attention. Within 24 hours it had been viewed 100,000 times on Vimeo, and it had nearly 300,000 views by Monday afternoon.

2,000 Beluga Whales Captured in Rare and Stunning Arctic Drone Video

For the first time, a wildlife photographer whose family has been frequenting the Arctic for three generations has captured 2,000 beluga whales in stunning video taken with a drone over the course of four weeks.

The footage is captured off Somerset Island is unique in that is said to be the first to film Arctic wildlife with the use of a drone.

The beluga whales, congregating in one of the last beluga whale nurseries on Earth, is definitely magical from a bird’s eye view. Read more

DJI & Ford build a rescue drone that launches from a moving car

drone in back of Ford F150

DJI announced version 3.0 of its software development kit, or SDK. That's probably not very interesting to you, since most people aren't in the business of building apps to interface with drones. But to help spur developers into working with its SDK, DJI also creates an annual challenge with a cash prize. This year the competition has a very cool and noble theme. DJI is partnering with Ford and the United Nations to offer $100,000 to the team which builds the best application for launching a drone from moving vehicle as part of a theoretical search-and-rescue mission.

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