ESPN has decided to enter one of the next frontiers in the sports industry: drone racing. The “The Worldwide Leader” which has been at the forefront of other non-traditional programming like eSports announced a multi-year agreement with the Drone Racing League on Wednesday. ESPN will have distribution rights in North, South and Central America in addition […]
Drones are becoming key in the technology industry, and especially across the world of sports. This is especially true in Lawrence, Kansas, home of the Kansas Jayhawk varsity football team. That’s right, Kansas University is using drones on their football practice field, equipped with video cameras to give the team a unique spin on developing players and […]
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 […]
After a preseason event last year, the Drone Racing League (DRL) announced a six-race circuit to be held in 2016. DRL enlists top drone pilots from around the world to compete in obstacle course style races using custom made drones that can travel at speeds up to 80 MPH. According to the DRL website, courses […]
The Dallas Cowboys are making the most of the technology available today through the use of drones in their training sessions, but not everyone saw this as a good idea. When asked “why?” we do something, a common response is to ask another question; “Why not?”, and the Q&A will usually stop there. In this […]
