DJI Inspire 2

As previously leaked spy photos, the big DJI not only to the Inspire 2 has been added in the Phantom 4 and Mavic Pro on the front of the binocular obstacle avoidance camera, Inspire 2 body also joined the top of the infrared sensing system. The system can sense the maximum distance of 5 meters from the aircraft's large size, diffuse reflection obstacles.

Why do you need a top obstacle avoidance? The reason is that the DJI obstacle avoidance algorithm finds that the aircraft in the face of the front obstacles may choose to rise up bypass, the existence of the top obstacle avoidance sensor can avoid the aircraft in the rise of fried machine.

In addition to obstacle avoidance, Inspire 2 also has a stronger sense of the environment, in the intelligent return process, the aircraft can build real-time map according to the environment, select the optimal route back, and has up to 300 meters of obstacle sensing. The front-access camera has a working range that is approximately the same as the Mavic Pro and can sense up to 30 meters of obstructions.

DJI Phantom 4

DJI phantom 4 elegant appearance of the streamlined, plus integrated PTZ design, and quick demolition of the propeller, so that disassembly more convenient, more stable lock, for the fierce flight to provide security. Not only increased the battery life, but also increased the speed of flight. To 20 meters per second (72 kilometers per hour) to maintain high-speed flight, the operation more agile, more fun experience.

The new Phantom 4 will be able to say is a cross-era of unmanned aerial vehicle products, brings together a number of black technology, people shines. The introduction of "computer vision" and "machine learning" technology has made consumer-level UAVs more intelligent, thinking and learning, and more user-friendly. "Smart tracking" is one of the biggest embodiment of the previous generation to rely on remote control on the GPS positioning different, we control the UAV, no longer need to mention the remote control around running, by manipulating Phantom 4 mobile phone or iPad, select After the object to be tracked, the 3D stereo image is calculated by 5 images (camera, 2 visual positioning, 2 obstacle avoidance) sensors on the UAV, and the smooth trajectory shooting is selected. In actual flight, the Phantom 4 with the T stage models back and forth in the pace of the model, or irregular running, always maintain a fixed distance, the camera lens is firmly locked in the object to be followed.

DJI Mavic Pro

Mavic Pro's fuselage design and may be the flagship model Phantom DJI completely different, but both in the parts and software above has a lot of similarities. They all use the face down optical flow sensor, you can view the situation on the ground in order to stabilize itself in flight, even in the weak wind. The optical flow sensor also allows Mavic Pro to maintain its position indoors without GPS signals. In addition, Mavic Pro is designed for indoor or narrow space flight provides a "tripod mode."

Mavic Pro camera and PTZ are also very similar to the Phantom, but smaller. Its camera uses the same sensor, can shoot 4k video and 12 million pixel still images, but the field of vision is not as big as Phantom. However, Mavic Pro does have the same front optical sensor as the Phantom 4, which detects obstacles and automatically avoids collisions. At the same time, it can also use computer vision technology to achieve gesture control. You can wave him to follow you, or use his hands than a frame to let him take pictures.

Mavic Pro's camera system is slightly different from the Phantom in focus mode. The latter's autofocus feature ensures that the image is clear, but the subject it shoots may not be what you want. Mavic Pro requires you to manually control the focus, this operation may be slightly cumbersome, but as long as you remember when shooting focus, then you can get the same clear and smooth images of Phantom.

DJI's new products--Phantom 3 SE

All along, DJI series of unmanned aerial vehicles are players that is burn - too expensive. But recently, in addition to the earlier release of the new machine Inspire 2, Wizard Phantom 4 Pro and MAVIC PRO, March 1 is yesterday has just launched a more expensive but also has a certain professional strength of the new machine - -Phantom 3 SE

As the main domestic market of the parity UAV, the Xinjiang this officially launched DJI Phantom 3 SE, not only looks and the previous generation Pro version similar, but also with almost the same specifications, including support for 4K video, visual positioning, 25 minutes of flight life and other details.

In addition, compared to the Pro version of the fastest distance of 5km, DJI Phantom 3 SE can reach 4km, after sale, with a purchase price of 399 yuan a year two new DJI Care warranty program, support models include just released soon Mavic Pro, Inspire 2, Phantom 4 Pro and other products.

10 Ways Drones Are Changing Your World

Drones have been a hot topic in the news for some time. Depending on what you’ve read, they’re devastatingly effective weapons of war, the next big threat to personal privacy, a revolutionary leap in video technology, or hazardous toys capable of chopping your fingers off.To be fair, there’s a measure of truth to all those statements. But you might be surprised to learn that drones will soon affect our everyday lives in a host of useful ways. People are already using them to deliver fast food to hungry teens in Virginia, improve the productivity of Midwestern farms, and even protect rhinos and elephants in Africa from poachers.In the next year, almost 2.3 million of the unmanned aircraft will be sold, according to market analysis firm Skylogic Research. And the vast majority will be the multi­rotor models embraced by apple farmers, wedding photographers, and search-and-rescue workers.“This is one of the few technologies that could revolutionize the way the world appears,” says Mark Blanks, who oversees the test site at Virginia Tech University where air-­traffic-­control concerns related to drones are being studied.

Fox Invades Comic-Con With Drones

Comic-Con, the 2014 iteration of which kicks off Thursday in San Diego, has seen an increasing amount of outlandish stunts over the years — stadiums full of zombies, entire pop-up houses devoted to movies.

But Fox is set to kick it up a notch this year by bringing along a bunch of drones to promote the show 24 — and giving attendees instructions on how to pilot them. (What could possibly go wrong?)

We're told that the drone promotion, revealed exclusively to Mashable, includes lessons from a FAA-licensed drone pilot. Each DJI Phantom Vision 2+ quadrocopter comes equipped with a camera that will record the flight. Participating pilots will be encouraged to share the resulting video on social media.

"Should any drones go missing, we have received reports that Jack Bauer will be in the area to recover them," a Fox rep told us.

The drone flight lessons will be available at Petco Park in downtown San Diego Thursday through Saturday. The whole promotion ties in to the upcoming release of 24: Live Another Day on DVD and Blu-Ray.

The show featured hackers who hijack combat drones — somewhat larger than these quadrocopters — and turn them into terrorist threats. We're hoping attendees won't take matters that far.

DJI Phantom 4 Pro+

DJI has released its latest Phantom drone in two versions. The Phantom 4 Pro ($1,499) works like previous models, with a remote control that leverages your smartphone or tablet to run the DJI Go app that controls the drone's camera and streams a live video feed. The Phantom 4 Pro+ ($1,799), meanwhile, includes a remote with an integrated Android tablet, but it costs more and the tablet has some drawbacks. The Phantom 4 Pro earns Editors' Choice honors, while the Pro+ stands as a strong option for users who don't own a smartphone, or for production companies that desire an integrated control solution.








By Jim Fisher

Share! NYC principal says Trump presidency is 'more troubling' than 9/11

The principal at a progressive Manhattan private school told parents in an email last week that the Trump presidency was more troubling than Vietnam, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the September 11 attacks and Watergate, The Post has learned.

Steve Nelson’s scorching missive managed to roil several parents at the $46,000 per year Calhoun School – no small feat considering the Upper West Side bastion’s blaring liberal bent.
“It was inappropriate, it was offensive, it was condescending,” said one parent. “This is a liberal school. So I guess that’s the approach. But this was too much. To compare this to 9-11 – I think that’s just too much.”
Nelson emailed a series of anguished ruminations on Donald Trump’s ascent to Calhoun parents, simultaneously calling for non-partisanship while skewering the billionaire’s policies.
In a message sent last week, Nelson, who also teaches journalism at the pre-K through 12 campus, noted his intimate familiarity with several recent catastrophes – including 9-11.
“I watched soot-covered New Yorkers grimly trudging north on West End Avenue on September 11, 2001,” Nelson wrote. “I am more troubled now.”
Elsewhere in the lengthy missive, Nelson acknowledged the theoretical need to avoid political bias in a school environment. “One in my position must be scrupulous in avoiding partisanship,” he said.
But he later asserted in the same message that “there are matters that transcend political diversity.”
“The ways in which equity and equality are now threatened are deeply troubling, including the constitutionally suspect and arguably discriminatory efforts to restrict or prohibit immigration based on religion and/or ethnicity,” he wrote.

Inspire series of DJI unmanned aerial vehicles of the second generation - Inspire 2（Ⅱ）

In order to take into account the transport of portable and 360-degree PTZ barrier-free vision, Inspire 2 a total of three forms - mode of transport, landing mode and flight mode. Only in the transport mode, we can put it in the box, and installed in the camera module, you need to first press the 5 power button to change to the landing mode.

Inspire2 biggest change is the matte gray aluminum casing, front binocular camera and FPV camera module, stout motor, more robust paddle lock mechanism and a new design of the battery installation. In addition, Inspire2 tripod becomes more slim and concise, strength seems to have improved.

Carefully observe the top of the fuselage, we can find another bright spot. As the Inspire2 switch to an aluminum alloy shell, in order to prevent obstacles GPS positioning signal, the top of the GPS part of the open a circular hole, and aluminum alloy cover the same color plastic cover GPS antenna instead, so Inspire2 positioning accuracy should not be shell Material changes are affected in any way.

Because the battery has been inserted from the vertical into the tail, so Inspire1 top of the original battery opening was "eliminated", but the four Y-shaped power indicator and power button has been retained. Behind the battery indicator is a battery lock and two infrared perception system, the perception system can ensure that the UAV in the process of rising will not encounter obstacles to facilitate flying in the indoor flight.