Another good article from IEEE Spectrum. I'm particularly interested in the disposable glider drone at the bottom, which is basically just a PCB with…

Great list of trends to watch in 2012 from Make Magazine. The full list:

• Drone Journalism
• Wearables
• 3D Printing
• Internet of Things
• Arduino hits 1 million units
• World "Kinect'd"
• Crowdfunding
• Libraries becoming…

These flying thresher designs show up every now and then. They supposedly have some sort of aerodynamic advantages, but it's not clear what they are since they never seem to make it out of the lab. Here's the latest, from the University of Maryland. 

From the video…

Inspired by avh's Thingverse 3D files for a replacement ArduCopter frame (shown above), the MakerBot blog has offered…

From IEEE Spectrum, a report on the latest EPFL research on bio-inspired flying robots: 

Gliding is a very efficient way for getting from…

Here's a good post by Mark Suster, a VC, on "The amazing power of deflationary economics for startups", which I think neatly explains the…

Enjoy your toys, spend time with your families and get ready for a rocking New Year!

(Graphics from the always awesome Max Levine, who's the closest team member…

Photographer Searching For Lost Camera UAV In Oregon

We're looking to hire a full-time Director of Software Engineering at 3D Robotics (the company that makes APM and the other products in the DIY Drones store) in San Diego. They should have the following skills:

I just had to a share a bit of pride that I got checking out the latest release (1.1.11) of the Mission Planner. Look at all those vehicles APM now supports!!! To say nothing of all the hardware-in-the-loop simulations at the bottom left of that screen. And …

Our friends at Adafruit have been whipping up the best patches to show off your DIY accomplishments. Now their one for DIY Droners is available!

You built an educational mini UAV! Adafruit offers a fun and exciting…

Excellent article by Evan Ackerman at IEEE Spectrum. It's worth noting that in the US, at least, law enforcement already needs warrants to inspect…

Udrones, which has been selling ready-to-fly ArduCopters for a while, is now also selling a ready-to-fly ArduPlane. APM assembled, ArduPlane code loaded and everything tested. Just add your own RC gear.…

[I'm applying the sysadmin privilage of making an exception to our usual no-military rule here, because the technical issues are sufficiently interesting].

Apply the usual skepticism about the claims, but there's something plausible in the following. As I understand it, the…

Includes funny footage from gullible UFO…

Bloomberg TV just ran a cool feature on DIY Drones and 3D Robotics. The embedding isn't working, but you can watch it here. You also get to see former MTV VJ Tabitha Soren crash an…

From IEEE Spectrum:

UAVForge is a DARPA-sponsored contest designed to get teams of anyone who wants to, to produce an advanced, highly…

I was delighted to see that the cool new gadget site Wirecutter (formed by Gizmodo's former editor) selected ArduCopter as one of its top recommended gifts for the year. That's the great thing about open source…

A Google translation of the text (I have no idea what "the process several times to no avail was fired from the pistol" means):

December 10 in Moscow at the Swamp area held a protest rally in the all-Russian action against…