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DJI’s newest RS 3 camera gimbals see first discounts starting at $469 (Reg. $549+)

Amazon is now offering the first discounts on a pair of DJI’s latest gimbal stabilizers. The DJI RS 3 3-Axis Gimbal kicks things off at $469 shipped. It drops from $549 for the first and only time since it launched a couple of years back and is now 15% off. It’s a new all-time low, as you likely guessed. DJI RS 3 is a 3-axis gimbal designed to stabilize your DLSR or another camera rig. It can support up to 6.6-pound setups. There are a number of improvements over the previous-generation model, with upgraded anti-shake tech that’s 20% better at keeping shots smooth. You’ll find a 1.8-inch OLED touchscreen on the handle for monitoring settings or its 12 hours of battery life.

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Ohio launches state-wide UTM to enable scaling of drone services

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The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is launching the state’s first low-altitude UAV traffic management system (UTM) to permit safe scaling of drone operations, and eventually clear the way for routine beyond visual line of sight flights by professional service providers and public administrations.

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‘People playing with stuff’ is DJI’s drone development secret sauce

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Ever been curious about the internal workings of drone leader DJI, and how it comes up with its wide array of frequently enhanced products? The company’s head of global policy, Adam Welsh, shared a few details with DroneDJ – including a response to online suspicions that the now routine deluge of leaks on craft under development must be coming straight from CEO Frank Wang himself. (Spoiler alert: They’re not.)

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DJI Mini 4 Pro drones start from $609 with rare in-house refurb deals (Orig. $759+)

DJI is now offering a rare chance to score an in-house refurbished DJI Mini 4 Pro Quadcopter starting at $609 shipped. That includes the DJI RC N2 remote and drops from the usual $759 price tag you’d pay over at retailers like Amazon – at least for a new condition model, that is. Today’s offer is one of the only chances to save period since launching last fall and is the best value to date at $150 off. You can step up to a bundle with the screen-based DJI RC 2 remote at $769, down from $959.

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This $40,000 Alibaba drone can carry a passenger, but would you risk it?

When I first got into flying quadcopters (back when they were still called quadcopters), I would sometimes imagine what it would be like to shrink myself down Rick Moranis-style and hop aboard. But now thanks to some enterprising Chinese engineers – or perhaps garage tinkerers – I don’t have to imagine it anymore. Instead of shrinking the passengers down, they’ve scaled up the entire drone and added a pilot’s chair.

Now the only question is, how brave are you?

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SanDisk microSD black friday deals

WD and SanDisk Big Spring sale from $19: 1.5TB memory card $88 all-time low, SSDs, more

As part of its ongoing Big Spring Sale, Amazon has now taken the WD and SanDisk storage section up a notch. What was once just a few items has now expanded into a couple pages of deals on solid-state drives, memory cards, flash drives, and more. One standout here is the new SanDisk 1.5TB Ultra microSDXC UHS-I Memory Card at $87.99 shipped. After debuting in in October of last year at $150, today’s deal is delivering a deep 41% price drop for the lowest we can find. SanDisk says this is the “world’s fastest 1.5TB UHS-I microSD card” and you can now score it at a new Amazon all-time low. One of the only memory cards from a major brand that comes with these sorts of specs, while it might not be the fastest out there at 150MB/s, it is among the quickest with this kind of expanded storage space. Ideal for “Android smartphones and tablets, Chromebooks, and Windows laptops,” as well as for content-creators of all types, it also comes along with the full-size SD card adapter for cameras and other application that require it. Get a closer look in our launch coverage and head below for more WD and SanDisk storage deals. 

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XPeng AeroHT’s modular ‘flying car’ design gets certified, moving closer to commercial operations

XPeng’s eVTOL arm, AeroHT, announced its latest milestone today in a quest to achieve commercial operations of its all-electric “flying cars” in China. The company has successfully received design certification from the powers that be for its air module vehicle, codenamed X3-F, bringing the technology one step closer to flight certification and customer deliveries.

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