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DJI is trying its hand at palm-sized drones again, and this one costs $199
In 2017, DJI introduced the Spark. With a palm-sized form factor, gesture control, and a price tag of under $500, the system was clearly aimed at social media. It was, in essence, a selfie drone.
The little quadcopter has developed a following, though apparently not enough to justify its continued existence. DJI quietly retired the device in 2019, replacing it with the Mavic Mini, the smallest member of its wildly popular line of foldable consumer drones.
This week at IFA in Berlin, DJI is once more going small, unveiling the brand new Neo. As with the Spark, the drone’s ability to land within the palm of the user’s hand is a key selling point. Among other things, that’s short for the Neo’s small size: At 135 grams (0.3 kilos), DJI says it’s the “most compact and lightest” drone it’s ever made.
Indeed, it is significantly lighter than the Spark (300 grams) and the Mavic Mini (249 grams). Of course, the small size has its drawbacks, an important of which is battery life. The system has a claimed flight time of 18 minutes on a single charge, which limits what you may do with the drone.
It’s not designed to completely replace the Mavic Mini. For one thing, the Mini 4 only got here out a number of months ago. The other big selling point, besides the flexibility to land in your hand, is the remote-free control. That puts the system within the social media/influencer camp that DJI was aiming the Spark at. Another in that camp: Snap’s Pixy, which died a natural death earlier this 12 months.
The query is what potential market we’re talking about. Hover offers essentially the most convincing palm drone so far. DJI’s attempt at one other attempt in this category is confirmation in itself. The Shenzhen-based company effectively dominates the drone market at the moment.
Like the Hover drones, DJI has decided to completely enclose the Neo’s blades in a cage. That’s a very good thing for what’s being positioned as a beginner’s drone. When the Spark was released, our video producer managed to chop her finger on the blade. You really must try hard to make that occur here.
Much of the system’s navigation relies on subject tracking and other AI features. DJI presents the next shooting modes:
- Drone: The drone flies backwards and rises, the camera is focused on the thing, and then records a video.
- Wheel: The drone circles the thing.
- Rocket: The drone takes off with the camera pointing down.
- Reflector: The drone rotates to maintain the thing of interest within the frame
- Spiral: The drone takes off and circles the thing.
- Boomerang: The aircraft flies around the thing in an oval path, rising because it departs from the place to begin and falling because it returns. The aircraft’s place to begin forms one end of the long axis of the oval, while the opposite end is on the alternative side of the thing from the place to begin.
It’s value noting that the Neo will launch with limited availability. The drone is available for pre-order within the US starting today, but there’s no word on a shipping date yet. It costs $199 for the bottom configuration and $289 for a bundle with three additional batteries.
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US medical device giant Artivion says hackers stole files during a cybersecurity incident
Artivion, a medical device company that produces implantable tissue for heart and vascular transplants, says its services have been “disrupted” resulting from a cybersecurity incident.
In 8-K filing In an interview with the SEC on Monday, Georgia-based Artivion, formerly CryoLife, said it became aware of a “cybersecurity incident” that involved the “compromise and encryption” of information on November 21. This suggests that the corporate was attacked by ransomware, but Artivion has not yet confirmed the character of the incident and didn’t immediately reply to TechCrunch’s questions. No major ransomware group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
Artivion said it took some systems offline in response to the cyberattack, which the corporate said caused “disruptions to certain ordering and shipping processes.”
Artivion, which reported third-quarter revenue of $95.8 million, said it didn’t expect the incident to have a material impact on the corporate’s funds.
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It’s a Raspberry Pi 5 in a keyboard and it’s called Raspberry Pi 500
Manufacturer of single-board computers Raspberry Pi is updating its cute little computer keyboard device with higher specs. Named Raspberry Pi500This successor to the Raspberry Pi 400 is just as powerful as the present Raspberry Pi flagship, the Raspberry Pi 5. It is on the market for purchase now from Raspberry Pi resellers.
The Raspberry Pi 500 is the simplest method to start with the Raspberry Pi because it’s not as intimidating because the Raspberry Pi 5. When you take a look at the Raspberry Pi 500, you do not see any chipsets or PCBs (printed circuit boards). The Raspberry Pi is totally hidden in the familiar housing, the keyboard.
The idea with the Raspberry Pi 500 is you could connect a mouse and a display and you are able to go. If, for instance, you’ve got a relative who uses a very outdated computer with an outdated version of Windows, the Raspberry Pi 500 can easily replace the old PC tower for many computing tasks.
More importantly, this device brings us back to the roots of the Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pi computers were originally intended for educational applications. Over time, technology enthusiasts and industrial customers began using single-board computers all over the place. (For example, when you’ve ever been to London Heathrow Airport, all of the departures and arrivals boards are there powered by Raspberry Pi.)
Raspberry Pi 500 draws inspiration from the roots of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a non-profit organization. It’s the right first computer for college. In some ways, it’s a lot better than a Chromebook or iPad because it’s low cost and highly customizable, which inspires creative pondering.
The Raspberry Pi 500 comes with a 32GB SD card that comes pre-installed with Raspberry Pi OS, a Debian-based Linux distribution. It costs $90, which is a slight ($20) price increase over the Raspberry Pi 400.
Only UK and US keyboard variants will probably be available at launch. But versions with French, German, Italian, Japanese, Nordic and Spanish keyboard layouts will probably be available soon. And when you’re in search of a bundle that features all the things you would like, Raspberry Pi also offers a $120 desktop kit that features the Raspberry Pi 500, a mouse, a 27W USB-C power adapter, and a micro-HDMI to HDMI cable.
In other news, Raspberry Pi has announced one other recent thing: the Raspberry Pi monitor. It is a 15.6-inch 1080p monitor that’s priced at $100. Since there are quite a few 1080p portable monitors available on the market, this launch is not as noteworthy because the Pi 500. However, for die-hard Pi fans, there’s now also a Raspberry Pi-branded monitor option available.
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Apple Vision Pro may add support for PlayStation VR controllers
According to Apple, Apple desires to make its Vision Pro mixed reality device more attractive for gamers and game developers latest report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
The Vision Pro was presented more as a productivity and media consumption device than a tool geared toward gamers, due partly to its reliance on visual and hand controls moderately than a separate controller.
However, Apple may need gamers if it desires to expand the Vision Pro’s audience, especially since Gurman reports that lower than half one million units have been sold to this point. As such, the corporate has reportedly been in talks with Sony about adding support for PlayStation VR2 handheld controllers, and has also talked to developers about whether they may support the controllers of their games.
Offering more precise control, Apple may also make other forms of software available in Vision Pro, reminiscent of Final Cut Pro or Adobe Photoshop.
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