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Movers & Makers | Drone Dudes – Aerial Cinematography Specialists from Drone Dudes on Vimeo. Drone Dudes are a team of filmmakers and designers who use RC copters to capture stunning aerial cinematography. This video interviews Andrew Petersen and Jeff Blank, who operate a radial octocopter capable of lifting cameras up to 12lbs. on a 2- or 3-axis gimbal. All the gear stows away inside their Transit Connect, which doubles as a camping vehicle when they are on the road. See more videos by the Drone Dudes at dronedudes.com or check out their Instagram

DRONE FLIGHT OVER TEL AVIV – YAFO from Lauren Tolila on Vimeo. The above video was filmed with a DJI Phantom and GoPro 3+ Black Edition over the beautiful beaches of Tel Aviv, often called “the city that never stops.” It was the first modern Jewish city built in Israel, and is the country’s economic and cultural center. It is a lively, active city with entertainment, culture and art, festivals, and a rich night life. This video truly represents the high energy and vibrancy the city has to offer. More videos by Lauren Tolila here.

This is a breathtaking video of a drone maneuvering through a fireworks display, getting close and personal for a new perspective on these grand spectacles that we’re so used to seeing from the ground. Drones are giving us new ways to see our world from above with minimal risk and effort. Imagine what other aerial shows we can see through a drone’s camera lens.

Drone’s are proving to be a great tool for surveying new space programs and prototypes from an safer vantage point. This amazing drone video was recently taken by SpaceX, showcasing the prototype F9R rocket flying upwards from its launch pad. The footage shows the rocket rising to over 800 feet high and then hovering in the air. Most impressive of all though, is the fact that the craft came right back down and landed perfectly at its testing facility in Texas. Typical rockets are limited to single use. After they are launched into space, they separate from the main craft and fall back down towards Earth, usually landing in the ocean for safety reasons. The prototype’s successful first test flight is part of SpaceX’s F9R testing program and their ultimate goal is a fully reusable rocket which will halve the cost of launch fees. Learn more at SpaceX website See more videos by SpaceX on their YouTube channel

Join the Roswell Flight Test Crew as they conduct a side-by-side comparison of different resolution FLIR thermal imaging cameras, testing their detection range for a human-sized target, as well as judging their effectiveness for FPV flying. The cameras tested include: the Tau2 640, the Tau2 320 and the Tau2 160. The purpose of these tests is to help first responders interested in deploying FLIR-equipped drones to compare the performance of different cameras, in order to select one that will meet their needs. Contact us for more information on our line of FLIR Tau2 cameras for your own applications. Visit OEMCameras.com for more products. Video by Roswell Flight Test Crew: http://http://roswellflighttestcrew.typepad.com/ See more of their videos at: https://www.youtube.com/user/RoswellFlightTest

It seems like every company is testing out the idea of a drone delivery service nowadays, from delivering beer to pizza and anything else in between via drones. So Netflix decided to poke fun on their already successful DVD delivery service with their new Drone to Home video parody. Because waiting a day or two for your DVD is just not fast enough. Funny or practical?

Look through the eyes of doubles luger Matthew Mortenson as he shows us what it’s like to go zooming down the luge track in Sochi at a blazing 80 mph with a wearable HD action camera attached to his helmet. While it may look like a fun frozen water slide, Mortensen appears like he could careen off the course at any given moment. The course is bumpy, slick, and dangerously fast. He makes it looks easy, but it takes incredible core strength to control the sled and evenly distribute weight during tight turns. Wearable HD Action Camera Check out our line of Wearable HD Action Cameras and capture your own Olympic moment.

So what’s the difference between global and rolling shutters? The difference is between how CCD and CMOS sensors capture and process pixels. A CCD sensor usually has a global shutter and a CMOS sensor usually has a rolling shutter. Above is a video comparison of a fan at normal speed with a global and rolling shutter – we used a DMK-23U274 (CCD) and DMK-72BUC02 (CMOS) monochrome digital camera to capture the footage. Rolling Shutter – CMOS CMOS stands for Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor and is also referred to as an APS (Active Pixel Sensor) in the consumer market. CMOS or APS sensors read all of their pixels linearly from top left to bottom right while the shutter is open. The pixels don’t store any charge, they simply read how much light is hitting that pixel at the exact moment and convert that into an electrical signal. A rolling shutter (as opposed to a global shutter) is always active and “rolling” through pixels from top to bottom. This can result in the now-familiar motion artifacts often referred to as “jello.” Global Shutter – CCD CCD stands for Charge Coupled Device, and unlike the APS sensors, the pixels in a CCD store their charge until it has been depleted. A camera that has a CCD sensor almost always also has a shutter system, which can be electronic or mechanical. The CCD captures the entire image at the same time and then reads the information after the capture is completed, rather than reading top to bottom during the exposure. Because it captures everything at once, the shutter is considered “global”. The result is an image with no motion artifacts. – Joe Rubinstein, www.digitalbolex.com Application Although CCDs are not the only technology to allow for light detection, CCD image sensors are widely used in professional, medical, and scientific applications where high-quality image data is required. In applications where a somewhat lower quality can be tolerated, such as webcams, cheaper active pixel sensors (CMOS) are generally used. -Wikipedia.org Contact Us View our line of USB 3.0 Monochrome Cameras here. View our line of USB 2.0 Monochrome Cameras here. For more information – send us an email at support@oemcameras.com, call us at 1-888-919-2263, or leave us a comment below.

GimBall is another robot from EPFL’s Laboratory of Intelligent Systems that’s designed to withstand crashes. Powered by twin propellers and steered using fins, it uses a gyroscopic stabilization system to keep its balance. A spherical cage protects its inner workings from collisions, which means it can operate in cluttered environments without needing fragile detection sensors. The aim is to produce a robot that can operate in locations like a collapsed building, where it can ricochet through the rubble, relaying images to rescue workers via an onboard camera. Shop a variety of onboard cameras at oemcameras.com

In an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” on Sunday evening, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled Amazon Prime Air, a service that delivers packages via autonomous drones. With the service, Bezos said he hopes that the company will be able to deliver packages into customers hands within 30 minutes of the time they place an order. This seems like something from the Jetsons, the concept of an octocopter equipped with eight blades, built-in GPS, and a shoebox-size bin landing product right on your doorstep in less than half an hour with a push of a button! Well, the future is coming sooner than you think, as Amazon Prime Air could well be a reality by late 2015. Move over Santa, Amazon Prime Air will have us covered for the next holiday season. Tell us what you think of Amazon Prime Air? What would you order?