Canon PowerShot V10 was launched in India on Thursday. It is a compact camera with an emphasis on video recording capabilities and is designed for smartphone users. The camera comes with a retractable and tiltable stand that can be affixed to the body. The camera also includes an in-built microphone that minimises noise and records
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Panasonic already has some great full-frame mirrorless cameras in the market but its new Lumix S5 II finally adds a very important feature that everyone has been waiting for — a hybrid autofocus system. In this article, we’re going to share our first impressions of the Panasonic Lumix S5 II. Panasonic sent us the Lumix S5 II with a
Prophesee, a Paris-based startup that makes camera chips influenced by how the human eye works, announced earlier this week that it has finalised a multi-year deal with Qualcomm for integration into the smartphone technology giant’s product. Prophesee is establishing a development kit to assist in the integration of Metavision sensor technology into devices with next-generation
GoPro is a name that you might be familiar with if you are into content creation, outdoor sports or motovlogging. Even if you are someone who doesn’t do anything mentioned above, chances are you might have heard your favourite content creator on YouTube or Instagram mention the word GoPro at some point. For those new to the action
The Canon EOS R6 Mark II has been launched globally as the successor to the EOS R6, which made its debut in 2020. The new model gets some key upgrades over the previous one in terms of sensor resolution, burst shooting capabilities, autofocus, and improvements to video recording. Canon also launched its new RF135mm f/1.8L
More than five billion of the estimated 16 billion mobile phones possessed worldwide will likely be discarded or stashed away in 2022, experts said Thursday, calling for more recycling of the often hazardous materials they contain. Stacked flat on top of each other, that many disused phones would rise 50,000 kilometres, more than a hundred
Amazon Great Indian Festival 2022, which began last month on September 23, has now started the ‘Extra Happiness Days’ sale. The current sale brings in a range of discounts and offers for the customers who make purchases on the e-commerce site. Customers making payment through Axis Bank, Citi Bank, or ICICI Bank can avail an
Individuals and companies that suffer harm from drones, robots, and other products or services equipped with artificial intelligence software will find it easier to sue for compensation under EU draft rules seen by Reuters. The AI Liability Directive, which the European Commission will announce on Wednesday, aims to address the increasing proliferation of AI-enabled products
Amazon Great Indian Festival 2022 sale is currently underway with offers and discounts on a wide range of products. The e-commerce website has also partnered with State Bank of India (SBI) to offer an instant discount of up to 10 percent on purchases made using SBI credit cards. Further, interested buyers can avail of exchange
DJI Osmo Action 3 was launched on Wednesday as the third action camera from the maker of drones and gimbals. The camera sports two touchscreen displays — one on the front and one on the back. It gets a single 12-megapixel 1/1.7-inch CMOS sensor which is paired with a lens that has f/2.8 aperture and
GoPro Hero 11 Black has just been announced, along with the GoPro Hero 11 Mini and the GoPro Hero 11 Creator Edition. The new cameras are equipped with a larger sensor compared to the Hero 10 Black, that’s capable of capturing 8:7 aspect ratio photos and videos. They also feature 10-bit colour support. The Hero
GoPro has launched two new action cameras as part of its Hero 11 series. They are the Hero 11 Black and the Hero 11 Black Mini. The latter is a more compact version of the Hero 11 Black, minus some of the advanced features. GoPro sent me just the Hero 11 Black, so today we’ll
DJI Avata first-person view (FPV) drone launched on Thursday. It is designed to work in tandem with the new DJI Goggles 2 and DJI Motion Controller for an immersive flight experience. It sports a compact and lightweight build designed for tight spaces. In addition, this drone comes with inbuilt propeller guards, which are said to
A solar-powered drone which was being evaluated by the US military crashed this month in Arizona, after continuously flying for more than two months. The drone, Zephyr S, spent a total of 64 days in the air and came close to breaking the record for the longest flight ever achieved. The unmanned aircraft was launched
Snapchat parent Snap will stop future development of its Pixy flying selfie drone, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Pixy, which costs $230 (roughly Rs. 18.300), will continue to be sold in its current iteration, according to the report. The news comes nearly four months after the Santa
The Gujarat government on Wednesday unveiled a new policy for state departments and organisations to promote the use of drones for operations and delivery of services to beneficiaries and said it seeks to create 25,000 employment opportunities and attract investment. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel unveiled the “Drone Promotion and Usage Policy” at a function in
Private players are free to use drones for delivery purposes subject to compliance with Drone Rules, 2021, informed Minister of State for Civil Aviation General VK Singh (Retd) in Rajya Sabha on Monday. According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, in a written reply to a question asked about drone services for private players in
The government has undertaken a series of reform measures to make India a global drone hub by 2030, Minister of State for Civil Aviation VK Singh told the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Giving a written reply to a query raised by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Narhari Amin, the Minister further said some of the
Swiss agrochemical major Syngenta on Friday started a ‘drone yatra’ of 10,000 km in India to educate farmers on pesticide spraying using drones across 13 states in the next three months. The company also announced the world’s first biodiversity sensor technology, developed in partnership with IIT Ropar in Punjab and Fraunhofer Institute of Germany to
Amazon.com’s Ring doorbell unit, which makes videos of the outside of an owner’s home, gave footage to law enforcement without the user’s consent 11 times so far this year, the company said. Amazon said it provided the video under emergency circumstances. Senator Edward Markey, a lawmaker interested in privacy, on Wednesday released a letter from
Nikon is reportedly bowing out of the single-lens reflex (SLR) camera business and shift its resources toward mirrorless cameras. The Japanese camera maker is purportedly taking this step amid intensifying competition from smartphone cameras. The expanding market and continuously falling prices of mirrorless cameras could also be held responsible for this step. Nikon is reportedly
For years, there’s been a cardinal rule for flying civilian drones: Keep them within your line of sight. Not just because it’s a good idea — it’s also the law. But some drones have recently gotten permission to soar out of their pilots’ sight. They can now inspect high-voltage power lines across the forested Great
FIFA has announced that semi-automated offside technology will be used at the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar starting on November 21, offering a support tool for the video match officials and the on-field officials to help them make faster, more accurate and more reproducible offside decisions on the biggest stage of all. Following the
Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday granted the first type certificate under the new drone rules, which was issued on August 25 last year, to IoTechWorld Avigation. “Under the Drone Rules 2021, a type certificate is issued for specific type of unmanned aircraft system (drone) by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on the
India is set to deploy drones to gather atmospheric data that is currently collated by sending sensors through weather balloons released from at least 550 locations across the country twice every day. The sensors embedded in a radiosonde, which is a telemetry instrument carried by a weather balloon, record atmospheric pressure, temperature, wind direction and
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate India’s biggest drone festival here on Friday and interact with kisan drone pilots as well as witness open-air drone demonstrations. ‘Bharat Drone Mahotsav 2022’ is a two-day event and will be held on May 27 and May 28. Modi will inaugurate India’s biggest Drone Festival – Bharat Drone Mahotsav
Tenda CP3 security camera has been launched in India. The security camera comes with the pan and tilt adjustment function as well as full-duplex 2-way audio communication. Tenda’s security camera is said to be targeted towards the small office/home office (SOHO) category in India. The camera is an artificial intelligence (AI) driven security camera system
Canon EOS R7 and Canon EOS R10 mirrorless cameras were launched in India on Tuesday. The Japanese company says that these are the first cameras in the EOS R mirrorless system to come equipped with APS-C image sensors. Alongside these new cameras, Canon has also launched two new kit lens options: the RF-S18-45mm F4.5-6.3 IS
DJI Mini 3 Pro has been unveiled as the latest addition to the DJI’s Mini Drones lineup. The new lightweight and portable camera drone weighs less than 249 grams and can fly for a maximum time of 34 minutes. The drone offers more built-in features along with better flight and camera performance than its predecessors,
A unique characteristic of the geology of Mars has been revealed in breathtaking clarity in the latest release from the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Mars Express orbiter. The surface of the Red Planet appears to have enormous scratches across it. These marks, however, are part of the Tantalus Fossae, a massive fault system on Mars. Apart
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