Staaker may be the smartest extreme sports drone yet

It was only 8 a.m., but the sun was already baking portions of Central Park’s Sheep Meadow when I met up with Mike Luff.  As I walked up to him, the Staaker drone company's VP of marketing apologized for his casual dress (his gray T-shirt and shorts actually seemed pretty smart as the temperatures were already climbing into the upper 80’s). Luff flew in from Australia overnight and none of his luggage had arrived with him.

The grassy, expansive field was still closed, so Luff stood on a small, dusty patch of land adjacent to it. He was holding a rigid, black bag. Inside was the drone I came to see and the reason we had to meet in New York City’s iconic park. There simply aren’t many places where you can fly drones these days without someone crying foul. Read more...