In 2017 drones are getting faster, more fun and easy to fix

Drones aren't new to CES, but it's only the last year or two that they got their own dedicated area in the convention hall. But, drones are meant to fly free, and not behind netting, so some bright spark invented the Drone Rodeo: an annual off-site e...

Parrot’s quirky toy drones are slowly growing up

There was a time when Parrot was the name in consumer drones. That's partly because, way back in 2010 when it launched the AR Drone, the DJI Phantom was still some years away. Today, the landscape is a little different: DJI now dominates the skies,...

First-person-view drone flying is the closest thing to being a bird

Just moments ago, I was flying like a hawk. It wasn't a dream, or even virtual reality. It was a real, immersive experience fully under my control. Moments later, I'm very much on the ground, poking at some dense, tangled shrubbery with a stick. I ha...