When Cleveland Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer isn’t toeing the rubber, he is investing in his new hobby: drones. Ironically, it’s that same hobby which will cost the 2011 UCLA draftee some time as the Indians face the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Championship Series that starts Friday. The 25-year-old Bauer was expected to […]
A new age of sports is upon us. Drone racing is a sport that is gaining in popularity all over the world. This past weekend at Governors Island in New York, the US National Drone Racing Championship was held. Pilots from all over the country came together to fly their drones in front of thousands, […]
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Although drone racing is still a relatively new phenomenon around the world, the sport is starting to gain traction and make its way into the national spotlight only a few years after its inception in 2014 in the United States. The Drone Sports Association (DSA) predicts the sport could become just as popular as Nascar and Formula 1 […]
Sixteen students at the University of Florida made history as they became the first competitors in the world’s first mind-controlled drone race. Special electroencephalogram headsets were worn which measure the electrical activity in their brain when in deep concentration. Using a brain-computer interface (BCI) technology the drones were sent down a 10 yard straight-line course […]
