Category: Crowd Funded Drones

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IndieGoGo Crowd funding success in the making – Micro Drone 3.0

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  The Micro Drone 3.0 project has already exceeded 400% of committed contributions after 5 days of fund raising.  This is the next hot crowd funded drone to watch Yes, we have reported on several successes, and many more failures, that have gone the crowd funding route.  However, few have had the immediate draw that the Micro Drone 3.0 has had.  See the UAV in action: The Crowd funding page has this information: “About Extreme Fliers We are a small group of inventors, engineers and of course, drone enthusiasts.  Micro…

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A brief chat with the Sprite UAV Team

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  We wrote about the Sprite UAV during it’s crowd funding efforts – After its crowd funding success we chatted with the team to learn more When we wrote about the Sprite UAV Kickstarter project on May 24th they had 20 days remaining and had already raised $137,000 of the $200,000 goal.  It was clear they would be a crowd funding success story. By the time their campaign completed they had 532 backers who pledged $406,061. They not only met their goal, they smashed it. Q. Could you tell our readers a…

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The crowd funded drones updates for 6/5/2015

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  Crowd funded drones remain popular on Kickstarter but there there are no guaranteed projects We wanted to take a slightly different look at crowd funded drones on Kickstarter this week, looking at how active drone-related projects are doing against their fundraising goals.  We have spoken with some of these project teams and will continue to do so. Here are the current Kickstarter active crowd funded drones that have met their goals already: The CyPhy Lvl 1 Drone. $559,062 has been pledged which is 223% of their fundraising goal and 12 days remain. We…

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Drone advertising comes to IndieGoGo with Advatar

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  The Advatar Octocopter, a Drone advertising solution from Hoovy, has launched on IndieGoGo this morning The Advatar Octocopter drone advertising project went live on IndieGoGo this morning.  As of this writing, just one hour after launch, it has already raised more than $11,000, 20% of it’s $50,000 target. What is drone advertising?  Here is a brief video from Hoovy CEO Eugene Stark. The crowd funding page notes: “The Advatar is a wind resistant, GPS equipped octocopter that can fly banners in any location. We have spent countless hours perfecting the drone. The eight-engine Advatar allows…

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SkyBot – Build your own drone kit and educational program

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  The SkyBot Kickstarter is part educational program for kids and part a build your own drone kit I was a geek, I admit it.  I learned to build my own robot in school and would have loved every aspect of this program if it had been available then.  A build your own drone kit?  You can’t go wrong. The SkyBot Kickstarter page notes “We Developed “DRONE ROBOTICS” which offers an engaging program at “The Boys and Girls Club of America”, in- and after-school classes at local BGCA around greater Los Angeles“.  Engaging kids in…

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Kickstarter drone yeair! is shaking things up

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  This Kickstarter drone is combustion powered and open sourced, it may just be the quadcopter of the future The yeair! Kickstarter drone has generated a lot of buzz and, along the way, is closing in on its crowd funding target of $76,902.  With 57 days to go they have already raised over $61,000 and appear to be another crowd funding success story in the making. What did we do when we saw this?  Of course, we reached out to the team to ask a few questions.  Before the interview, however, here is an overview…

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