Los Angeles, CA —The wildly popular camera multi-rotor camera drones had few women admirers.   Advances in technology has facilitated and enabled the drone camera industry explosion just in the last two years. I became hooked on drones was slightly over a year ago however I was really disappointed by a lack of interest by women in this incredibly exciting and creative endeavor.   Going to model aircraft flying fields was always an all male event.   Not a wife, daughter, girlfriend of the drone pilots were in sight.   Okay, I have a fondness for women and not seeing any of them enjoying something I’m relishing so much was disappointing. I suspect that the perceived technical issues and mechanics of the drones had intimidated women.     There are four things a successful drone camera pilot needs to learn. The actual piloting of an unmanned multi-rotor aircraft is really not too difficult to learn.   The technical issues like GPS and physical i...

DJI S900 with a Panasonic GH4 video camera Phoenix, AZ —With the New technology of the ubiquitous mini camera drones , politicians fear losing dominant military power over the common man. They know that ground observers and modern radar can’t see these things.  They also know that almost anyone can nearly invisibly, deploy a mini-drone to monitor the movement, armament and size of police and military assets on our streets. That’s raw power that would allow ordinary citizens with conventional firearms to succeed in a rebellion against government tyranny. Today we know that African-American thugs have effectively used cell-phones and texting to organize takeover mobs to rob retail establishments.  Until cell phones existed the police were the only ones to have superior instant communication with their walkie-talkies.  Cell phone technology has given mobs advantages in recent instances of civil unrest.  Past civil insurrections such as the Rodney King of ...

Las Vegas, NV—The National Association of Broadcasters are meeting in Sin City for among other things learn about the rapidly changing technology that brings breathtaking images to those very spectacular TV screens in most of our homes.   These days TV news directors everywhere are faced with a financial crisis and thankfully the equipment they need has never been better or cheaper.   The largest single expense for any newsroom is that exciting helicopter assisted newsgathering.   Frankly, many medium and small market TV news organizations have had to eliminate helicopters altogether or enter into video sharing and cost splitting agreements with new competitors because they simply can no longer afford it. Helicopter safety is no small issue with too many deadly crashes and the related liability issues. Another problem is scrambling to get the helicopters quickly in the air when news breaks.   Quadcopters armed with small high definition cameras are a really...