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Wiral LITE Cable Cam for Action Sports: How it all works

www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/10/wiral-action-sports.html

It’s not so much a replacement for drone shots, as it is a complement to them.

Sports Tech Week in Review – March 24th, 2024

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5) Man ties phone to drone, to get rescue in snowy mountains: After being trapped for two days, the man tied his phone to a DJI Mavic 3, sent a message, and then took off to (hopefully) get within range.

Sports Tech Week in Review: March 10th, 2024

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4) The engineering of Redbull’s 300KPH F1-chasing drone: You may have seen the social media snippets of that crazy F1 drone, but just in case you didn’t see some of the engineering aspects, the full Redbull YouTube video is worth a watch.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

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This is a bit different than most of the drone stuff I review, in that it's so-called FPV flying (First Person View).

Our wanderings through the French countryside

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I had picked up this awesome little quadricopter (four bladed helicopter, Parrot AR Drone 2, controlled via iPhone) which includes an HD camera inside (of so-so quality).

Week in Review–November 13th, 2016

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I published a bunch of Karma drone videos this week as part of that review.

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend in Switzerland

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In case you’re wondering why I didn’t carry it on, it’s because I already had two carry-on bags with the DJI Phantom 3 Drone as one, and another laptop bag (stuffed to the max with gadgets).

100+ Holiday 2023 Sports Tech Deals!

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Anything that’s action camera-related or drone-related you’ll find here.

Week in Review–August 2nd, 2015

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5) Sony to enter the camera drone business: Not to be left outdone by GoPro’s planned drone, Sony is also getting into the game.

2015 Paris Triathlon (draft-legal!) Race Report

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Finally, I’ll note that the event had hired a drone to do a bunch of aerial photography.

Week in Review – Sept 11th, 2016

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5) Awesome SwimRun USA drone videos: You’ll remember some SwimRun drone video work done previously that I’ve linked to.

Week in Review–October 12th, 2020

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6) Going from Google Drones to GoPro Drones to Skydio Drones: Women are unfortunately pretty rare in the drone industry, so here’s a good interview with Nicole Bonk, who worked at all three companies in drone engineering and test capacities.

Week in Review–June 8th, 2015

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Monday: GoPro announces new HERO+ LCD camera (oh, and a drone too!)… A few semi-bike related things out there, and even a drone that had a fish-finder built in– but nothing core…

Week in Review–July 10th, 2016

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3) Really cool drone shot of an outdoor swimming pool: Crazy packed, but this shot was one of the winners of an international photo competition from drone shots.

Week in Review–May 15th, 2016

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3) Periscope adds drone streaming: This is most notable because they’re going to allow you to dynamically switch between a drone (DJI Phantom series), and a GoPro (plus a phone camera), thus effectively giving a very determined person the ability to live-stream some sort of (athletic) event very cheaply.

Week in Review–July 9th, 2017

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7) Lifeguard focused drone: This is pretty darn interesting.

Week in Review–May 7th, 2016

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3) GoPro Karma Drone delayed till end of year: That hurts a lot.

Huge Amazon Prime Day 2023 Sports Tech Deals Tracker!

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Anything that’s action camera-related or drone-related you’ll find here.

A Week of Sunshine Swim/Bike/Run/Hike in Mallorca

www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/04/week-sunshine-mallorca.html

From action cams to drones, bike computers to power meters, GPS watches to other sensor types.

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