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- Get flying with the GeoCrawler 2
  
  This is still pretty much the Platonic form of the DIY drone: cheap, simple, built w/ surprising tools (Lego Mindstorms, in this... more
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- Report from the UAV fly-in
  
  Back in August, the Bay Area UAV community got together at the Alameda airfield to show off their drones. Chris Anderson writes it up.
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- Smartphone drone
  
  This is a cool approach: Just use all the communication & computation available on a standard-issue smartphone to run your UAV!
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- The Lego autopilot that started it all
  
  It's pretty cool to see this thing stutter to life, outside of an airframe, out of context -- this odd little bit of... more
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- DIY Predator
  
  For maximum UAV freakout action, you might as well make yours look like a Predator, and pretend this is Afghanistan, not Alameda!
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- GPS loggers compared
  
  Here's a quick run-down of two GPS loggers. One of 'em's a winner: small, cheap, & Bluetooth-enabled for... more
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- The first Lego UAV flight
  
  When our skies are swarming with cheap backyard drones, this video will seem sort of momentous. Shot at the creepy/cool Alameda... more
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