What does a toaster, a bike wheel and a dinner plate have in common? Thanks to a new “Drone It Yourself” kit, those objects can now be converted into makeshift unmanned aerial vehicles. Developed by ...

NEW YORK — If you want get your hands on a drone without shelling out the big bucks, build your own instead with Legos. Flybrix, a San Francisco startup, launched on Thursday a DIY drone making kit ...

The HoverGames drone kit is a modular and flexible NXP development platform used to build an autonomous vehicle, from drones and rovers to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The idea was born in ...

If it’s not flying, Parrot’s S.L.A.M.dunk can be used to build a PC with Ubuntu’s 14.04 OS. S.L.A.M.dunk is a development kit that runs on Ubuntu and the Robot Operating System and can be used to make ...

Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop expert and has been writing about and reviewing them since built-in Wi-Fi was an optional feature. He also covers almost anything connected to a PC, including ...

It’s fun to buy a drone from a store, but perhaps more satisfying to build one from scratch. Intel in December will start shipping a fully loaded drone kit to let you do just that, with all the parts ...

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Along with fresh water, canned food and that dubiously useful aluminum-foil blanket, drones could become a crucial part of your personal emergency preparedness kit. This assumes, though, that ...

This is one drone you are encouraged to crash over and over again — because it's made with Lego. Flybrix, a San Francisco-based company, has created a drone kit made of the brightly colored bricks, ...

In general, drones are really expensive. They're also loaded with complex and delicate technology: sensors, cameras, GPS antennas, and radios. So with all that in mind, why would you want to ...