Planning drone photography at your wedding? New regulations in force from tomorrow Livemint11/30/2018 If you are found to be violating the rules as per new drone policy in India, you may face penal action as per relevant sections of the IPC. Photo: iStock New Delhi: Whether you are using drones for your picture-perfect Instagram posts or for clicking unforgettable wedding photographs or just for fun, the use of drones will be under government regulation from December 1. So far the civilian use of drones was unregulated in India but now you will have to follow a set of new rules and regulations issued by the civil aviation ministry under which you may even be required to take a licence and get your drone registered with the government. The new set of regulations was announced in August and will come into force from December 1 when the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will launch a new Digital Sky Platform on its website for granting permission for civil use of drones. Any violation of the rules may attract penal action, including penalties. All drone operations will now be restricted to daylight and within visual line of sight. However, if you are shooting in well-lit enclosed premises, using a micro drone up to 200 feet above ground is allowed. What the rulebook says about flying drones: The DGCA has released a detailed guide, FAQs and a list of do’s and don’ts for flying drones in India. According to these rules, drones have been divided into 5 categories based on their weight, including payload. 1. Nano drone: Remotely piloted aircraft system weighing less than or equal to 250 grams are exempted from obtaining a UIN (Unique Identification Number) and Unmanned Aircraft Operator Permit (UAOP) from DGCA. For all drones weighing above this a UIN is required to be obtained from the DGCA’s Digital Sky Platform. Read: Be careful while using drones for wedding photography. Here’s a list of new rules However, you cannot fly any nano drone 50 feet above ground. Also if you are flying a nano drone in a controlled airspace (where Air Traffic Control or ATC services are provided) you will have to apply for UIN and UAOP both. To get a UIN from the DGCA, you will have to pay a fee of Rs 1,000 while for UAOP the cost is Rs 25,000. UAOP is however valid only till 5 years, after which you can renew the permit by paying Rs 10,000. 2. Micro drone: If your drone is heavier than 250 grams and less than or equal to 2 kg then it falls in the category of micro drones. Getting a UIN is a must but UAOP is needed only when it is being flown above 200 feet. You are required to intimate local police station at least 24 hours before flying. 3. Small drone: Those weighing more than 2 kg and up to 25 kg require both UIN and UAOP. It can be particularly useful for agriculture purposes. However, for spraying pesticides you need another round of clearance. 4. Medium drone: Drones weighing greater than 25 kg and less than or equal to 150 kg are most likely meant for industrial/agriculture use. These machines can help in aerial surveys for data collection in industries such as power, mining, realty, oil and gas exploration, railways and highways. 5. Large drones: Those greater than 150 kg are also meant for industrial use.
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[embedded content] If you haven’t seen the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, you can probably picture the iconic line of dancers kicking in unison, like a salute to American entertainment from a century ago. Well, this year the show got a surprising update: drones. Dozens of tiny autonomous quadcopters built by Intel float over the Rockettes during the finale of the new show, and the effect is almost magical. Each little drone is essentially an airborne LED light that, from the audience’s perspective, seems to blend in with the set before bursting out over the dancers. In the final minutes of the near century-old show in Radio City Music Hall, the stage seems to come alive with flying robots. This sort of thing would have melted the brains of the folks who saw the first holiday show with the Rockettes back in 1933. Yet, here we are. Advertisement This is hardly the first time drones have been used as entertainment. Intel itself has been pioneering the technology in outdoor light shows for many years now and has racked up an impressive list of appearances at major events like the Super Bowl and the Olympics. Those quadcopters are larger and operate more like consumer drones in that they depend, in part, on GPS for positioning and navigation. The new palm-sized Intel Shooting Star Mini drone, however, is designed to work indoors, where it’s hard to reach satellites orbiting Earth. To overcome this, Intel designed an indoor location system and built the network within Radio City Music Hall. After the initial programming of the choreography, it takes a single operator to oversee the drone show. The idea of coordinating an autonomous drone show using indoor GPS seems to be gaining popularity. It was just a couple months ago that Drake revealed drone backup dancers (of sorts) on his latest tour. That technology came from a Swiss company called Verity Studios that specializes in indoor drone shows, and their technology bears many resemblances to Intel’s new system. The major difference between the Drake drone show and the Rockettes’ drone show is in the sheer complexity of the choreography. Whereas Drake’s drones floated around him on stage during a couple of songs in his set, the Rockettes’ drones are dealing with a lot more moving parts. The Christmas Spectacular is already a tech-heavy show with everything from a 3D video sequence to projections of graphics all around Radio City Music Hall. The introduction of the drones add a more physical component to the mix, since the quadcopters are flying around and above the 36 Rockettes. In order to make this work well, the company rehearsed with the Intel drones weeks ahead of time so that the Rockettes would know how the technology worked and how it would affect their show. Safety, Intel says, is a top priority. Even if a drone were to fall from the sky, it’s designed to be small enough and light enough not to cause any damage. Advertisement One’s left to wonder what the future of technology like this might hold. Intel’s drones could represent a new form of fireworks, something that’s both reusable, more environmentally friendly, and more versatile than the pyrotechnics that have come before it. While it’s demoed indoor drone shows at CES 2018 and for Pride Weekend in San Francisco, Intel says the Rockettes performance is the first of its kind, especially in a space like Radio City Music Hall. At the very least, watching drones dancing with Rockettes is a hell of an addition to holiday entertainment. Seems like an autonomous, flying Santa sleigh may be next. Powered by WPeMatico The post How a Swarm of Blinking Drones Ended Up in the Rockettes’ Christmas Spectacular – Gizmodo appeared first on PCStoreNearMe. via Technology Latest News – PCStoreNearMe https://ift.tt/2RoQYw3 India could soon see the use of drones for transporting organs and other emergency medical supplies between hospitals under the new policy for remotely piloted aircraft, the official registration process for which began on Friday. Speaking to reporters here, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said the government is examining the possibility of creating “drone ports” in hospitals to permit this kind of transportation. “Following the registration beginning from December 1, the required licenses will be issued from a month later to accord drones legal status in India. We are working on the next step of our drone policy where we are looking at allowing flying drones beyond the line of sight in certain areas,” Sinha said. The Minister said that a main area of consideration is the creation of drone corridors between hospitals. “Drone ports in hospitals can allow quick transportation of harvested organs to recipients under the Drone Policy 2.0 or the next generation of our policy that was recently announced,” Sinha said. “The draft civil aviation requirement for Drone Policy 2.0 will be issued for consultation on January 15 at a global aviation summit India is hosting in Mumbai,” he added. Sinha also said that major changes are being considered in the next phase of the drone policy such as allowing a single pilot to operate multiple drones for consignment delivery in certain areas. The government in August announced a policy and guidelines for drones designed to open up an array of opportunities in the Indian civil aviation sector. Unveiling the Drone Regulations 1.0, Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu had said that these would help foster technology and innovation in the development of drones — which have an extensive range of applications ranging from disaster relief, aerial surveys and in agriculture to precision logistics. Drone Regulations 1.0 have been formulated as an “all digital process” with a “Digital Sky” platform in order to put in place a system that is totally online. “The Digital Sky platform will be a first national unmanned traffic management platform that implements ‘no permission, no takeoff’ for remotely piloted aircraft,” Sinha said. Users will be required to make one-time registration of their drones, pilots and owners on the platform, which will also allow for online filing of a drone’s specific flight path and use. The regulations are intended to enable visual line-of-sight, daytime only and a maximum of 400 feet altitude operations. The regulations list various categories of drones, and all of these except the “nano” type weighing less than 250 gram and those owned by government and intelligence agencies, are to be registered and issued with a Unique Identification Number (UIN). As per the regulations, “for flying in controlled airspace, filing of flight plan and obtaining Air Defence Clearance/Flight Information Centre number shall be necessary.” These define the “no-drone zones” around airports, near international borders, Vijay Chowk in Delhi, state Secretariat complexes in state capitals, strategic locations and vital military installations, among others. The FAQs released by the Ministry specify that delivery of items using drones is “not allowed as of now.” Government agencies, however, can use drones for making deliveries. Minimum manufacturing standards and training requirements of drone pilots have also been specified in the regulations. First Published: Nov 30, 2018 23:07 IST Powered by WPeMatico The post Drones to soon transport organs, supplies between hospitals: Jayant Sinha – Hindustan Times appeared first on PCStoreNearMe. via Technology Latest News – PCStoreNearMe https://ift.tt/2PaQx6w For reasons other that I live in Music City and it may be required by law these days, I’m also on the PR distribution lists of various music agencies. In the past several years I’ve run across maybe one artist that caught my attention like Ladytron, and they’re up on Pocketables also. So, should you be interested in listening to a preview from their upcoming album that really made me think 80’s Blade Runner style awesome, here you go: [embedded content] The new album, also called Ladytron, releases on February 15th it appears. Damned shame because it would be the perfect album for this month. You can find your music service and what it costs to buy said album here. I hadn’t heard of Ladytron before today but I’m spending my sick day at home listening to them on YouTube in between trying to fix the new theme problems and force it to work properly. Below should be a playlist of 28 or so videos/songs. Some appear to bot be, meh, you can use search. [embedded content] Anyhow, not exactly something we cover but if you don’t have them on your radar and you like the synth heavy feeling of the 80’s and 90’s, well here they are. Looking forward to hearing the entire album when it releases. You can read more over at Self Titled. Share this:Powered by WPeMatico The post Ladytron’s upcoming release is worth taking a listen to appeared first on PCStoreNearMe. via Technology Latest News – PCStoreNearMe https://ift.tt/2zyWyFf The Google Assistant/Home ecosphere has a few new things rolling out this month. I think I’ve talked about the starting of enforcing polite conversations with out future AI overlords, but if not the system will start responding with different messages when you ask it “Please,” “pretty please,” or “thank you”. It does not seem like you have to use that word yet, but as I recall they’re considering allowing you to make it a requirement for your kids to nicely ask for help. Among the other things in their “7 ways Google Assistant can help you survive the holidays” are asking Google Home to give Santa a call. This is one of those yes/no adventure games that are fairly common in the Disney offerings on Assistant. The visual google home hub and Lenovo Smart Displays (and assuming others to come,) can display lyrics to some music so you can finally correct your uncle who insists it’s a bathroom on the right and when you do and he doubles down on it being a bathroom on the right you can learn that was his joke, everyone but you knew it was his joke, and you’re ruining Christmas again aren’t you? Read a story to your kids because you can’t take the additional five days during December with them and would like them to remember a little bit of joy rather than the intense annoyance you feel with everyone. Fight to get Google assistant to get the door unlocked while yours kids and their cousins are screaming “OK Poophole” every time you say OK Google to unlock the door. Broadcast replies, think we covered that one. Tried it and nobody heard the broadcast, but it did broadcast… sort of needs some sort of indicator that a broadcast from out of house was sent and a replay option to make the reply option useful. Or point to point walkie talkies. Sharing photos – you’ve finally got a smart photo frame and the perfect photo pops up, you can send it to aunt Edna simply by saying “Hey Google, share this photo with Aunt Edna.” Actually quite useful for when your Google Photos playlist is in the 10K range. Swipe up touch alarms for quick alarm settings. Share this:Powered by WPeMatico The post Please Google, help me survive the holidays appeared first on PCStoreNearMe. via Technology Latest News – PCStoreNearMe https://ift.tt/2P69ebD |
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