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It appears that DJI has already released the RoboMaster TT, aka Tello Talent, in Asia late last month. The drone features improved hardware and an LED light. A retailer in Taiwan looks to have had the RoboMaster TT featured on the site since August 25.

California startup, Seatrec, has created an underwater drone that charges itself using the temperature difference in the ocean. This works by leveraging the difference between warm ocean surface water and cooler water at depth.

The University of South Australia and the Australian Department of Defense has successfully created a drone that can change colors on demand. The new creation will allow drones to be almost hidden in plain sight while on military missions.

While we are all waiting for the GoPro Hero 9 to be released later this year, GoPro has released its range of lifestyle gear to the public. Some of the items might look familiar, as GoPro athletes and reviewers have been given them in the past.

Late last month the RoboMaster Tello Talent appeared on Twitter showing off the design of the unreleased drone and the cool new LED light attached to it. DJI looks to be taking a new route with the drone. Let’s take a closer look at what they are doing.

A study undertaken by the FCC to look at what frequency bands drone operations should run on has suggested 5GHz as the magic number. The study was handed over to Congress with the hopes of a rule change to allow the 5030-5091MHz to be used.

A US District Court has found that GoPro has infringed on two camera streaming patents from the once action camera company Contour. The patents allow the ability to record on the camera while simultaneously streaming the footage to another device.

Aerodyne Measure has announced a partnership with Mexico’s renewable energy provider, Ecopulse to provide AI-backed aerial inspections. Aerodyne Measure will work to provide aerial inspections of Ecopulse’s energy assets throughout Mexico.

Citadel Defense has just been awarded a $12.2 million Department of Defense contract to autonomously defeat retail and homemade drones. The anti-drone tech will be put to use on the battlefield and around the United States.

Drone Delivery Canada has successfully tested the critical system for its Condor delivery drone that keeps it safe in the sky. The company plans to complete more testing in Q4 2020 and hope to have it flying commercially soon after.

Nikkei and Fomalhaut Techno Solutions recently took apart a DJI Mavic Air 2 with the hopes of finding out how the new drone comes in at $799. The teardown found the Mavic Air 2 materials cost around $135 with around 80% of the components being commodity parts.

Engineers from Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab built a three-inch drone that could be launched from a barrel. It’s called SQUID, or the Streamlined Quick Unfolding Investigation Drone. And this year, the team has debuted a larger six-inch version of the drone.

A recent patent from Disney has shown off drones being used during live performances making sets come alive with flying objects. Disney Enterprises, Inc. is wanting to use drones in a new way that could bring the stage anywhere the drones can go.

British drone manufacturer UAVtek has been awarded the drone innovation award for its 200-gram nano drone that goes by the name Bug. The Bug nano drone provides military forces and law enforcement with an eye in the sky while making minimal noise.

The new DJI OM 4 smartphone gimbal is out with a new take on the Osmo name along with the removal of the Osmo branding from the Mimo app. Does this mean DJI is forgoing the Osmo branding for its future mobile camera products? Let’s take a look.

The Westpac Little Ripper drone has been flying over Port Macquarie-Hastings in Australia for the past few months, alerting beachgoers of nearby sharks. The shark-spotting drone has sounded the alarm 14 times in four months.

China has added drones and other technology to the country’s revised banned export list in response to the US ban on Chinese tech companies. The ban comes as the US and China continue their trade battle, which seems to be getting worse.

DARPA‘s Gremlin program has just completed its second round of testing in late July, cementing them in the future of military combat. The second round of testing focused on risk-reducing flights in preparation for tests later on in the year.

The GoPro Hero 9 has appeared to leak in product images that show off the new front color display, removable lens, the price, and a relocated USB-C port. A promotional image was also leaked by GoPro themselves. The new leak suggests GoPro will introduce the front color display, putting it in line with DJI’s Osmo Action.

DJI shared a teaser video on Twitter of an upcoming Ronin gimbal with the date September 9 listed. The date will likely see the release of DJI’s leaked Ronin S2 gimbal which we saw last week.

Two Cessna planes made history by taking off, flying, and landing without anyone on board, thanks to California startup Reliable Robotics. The flight of a Cessna 172 took place in airspace just outside of San Jose, California, in September 2019, and a Cessna 208 did the same in June of this year.