Drone Tourism

Over the last few weeks, I've stumbled into a lot of videos taken by drones.  Not only are the videos of great quality, but they have also allowed the viewer to see the sites from angles seldom seen by most people.  This has led to a new type of business that could be very easy for people to set up if they had the right motivation and tools.  That business, of course, is tourism.  Depending on the setup, you could possibly allow others to control the camera where you could control the drone.  This could attract a whole range of new audiences, who either might not be able to travel to the actual location, or it could allow groups like schools to take virtual field trips to a new level.  I have posted several videos where 360° cameras have been mounted on the drones.  The interesting aspect on doing this is it allows the end user to move the camera to see areas they are more interested in.  If you are interested in starting companies that do this, you might want to move fast.  Companies are already starting businesses like this.

Project Soli

What an inventive way to use Radar!  I can definitely see how this would have some advantages over other technologies to track movement.  Not only that, but I can also see a lot of companies start using this with their own devices.

A bionic lens can be inserted in a procedure like cataract surgery can give vision three times better than 20-20 starting in 2017

I came across this article and thought this was pretty cool.

A bionic lens can be inserted in a procedure like cataract surgery can give vision three times better than 20-20 starting in 2017

I have two cool things to show you on Petra.

 First, here is a video from

Courtesy of www.AirPano.com

If you find that cool, then you should also look at this:
360 view Video of Petra

Virtual Tour of Machu Picchu

Once again, this comes from www.airpano.com, and I think you'll agree they are ahead of the curve on virtual tours.

Courtesy of www.AirPano.com

Virtual Tour of the Taj Mahal

This came from www.airpano.com.  I think this site has done a tremendous job with some of the great tours you can see.

Courtesy of www.AirPano.com

New York's Skyline 1500 to Present

I stumbled across this and thought it was worth sharing!

Sky Pods Show Rise of New York Skyline

Technology in Social Studies

With the amount of drones that are out there, we are now able to have our students view these locations like never before.  Here are a few videos you might be interested in.

Nubian Pyramids

Angkor Wat

Rome's Colosseum

Great Pyramids

Eiffel Tower

Petra

This gives new meaning to Meghan Trainor's "All About that Bass".  Maybe these students at George Mason could get her to help them sell this awesome way to fight fires?

Anyway, if you haven't seen this yet, check it out!