Welcome To The Drones For Kids and Teens Blog
The #1 youth drone STEM summer program for kids, teens and high school students using drones in and out of the classroom
The Drobots Company started this blog to help inform, update and educate parents and students alike. We want kids and teens to be more engaged with drone technology as well as STEM education all together.
We are strong believers that students learn best when they are able to (a) get outside and away from the computer (b) spark their internal curiosity through both mind and body in a STEM application and (c) create! Drones for kids and teens was specifically designed to open the door into both the present and the future. Fly away with us as we continue to educate students all over the world to both the application and usefulness of drones and how this technology will have an impact on how kids, teens and high school students to create, to think, and to solve.
AEDs on Drones Are Saving Lives
More than 350,000 cardiac arrests happen in the US outside of hospitals every year, according to the American Heart Association — and a person has about a 10 percent chance of surviving From Deloitte June 27, 2017 Researchers in Sweden are testing the feasibility of...
Get Away From That Electronic Device!
Where Technology Meets Fresh Air™ Today’s youth has a tendency to be joined at the hip to electronic devices, including TV. According to an article in the June 2017 issue of the journal Preventive Medicine Reports, a combination of increased sedentary behavior (SB)...
The Edible Drone Can Save 50 Lives
Every Sale of This Edible Pouncer Drone Can Save 50 Lives Migel Gifford makes drones with a difference. His humanitarian UAV, the Pouncer, is designed to deliver food aid in disaster zones - by being edible itself. That may sound unlikely, but Gifford, 70, has a...
The FDNY Is Now Using A Drone To Fight Fires
Drones Fighting Fires in NYC For the first time in its history, the FDNY used a remote-controlled drone to help extinguish a burning building in New York City. According to an FDNY spokesperson, the eight-pound drone was used to help emergency responders get a better...
Drones Saving Lives – Check This Out, Zipline Drone Blood Deliveries
Drones Are Saving Lives Drone based blood delivery truly demonstrates the medical application of drones and the fact that these are devices that actually can have a wide range of different benefits, including life-saving benefits. Blood transfusions have been...
Flying Drones Are The Future For Flying Cars
Flying Drones Are The Future For Flying Cars Project Vahana aims to transport people in a helicopter-style, autonomous vehicle capable of shuttling several riders. The company hopes to have the vehicle available for short-haul trips by 2021 – which means a fully...
Airbus Using Drones To Inspect Airplanes
Airbus Is Using Drones to Inspect Airplanes Drones are potentially dangerous to commercial airplanes if they happen to collide. But in some cases, drones can also be helpful to planes and the companies that make them. Airbus showed off this week at the Farnborough...
Students’ STEM Projects Show Jersey City Needs More Trees, Bats
Students' STEM Projects Show Jersey City Needs More Trees, Bats Students at School 28 here are searching for ways to improve the environment in their hometown, and their work is getting state and national recognition. More than 40 middle school students in the Heights...
Amazon’s Drones: Who’s Laughing Now?
Amazon’s Drones: Who’s Laughing Now? In December 2013, Jeff Bezos prompted a few smiles from the journalists interviewing him on CBS’s 60 minutes when he announced that he was working on a project to use drones to send Amazon customers their purchases, adding that he...
Apple Betting On Drones To Make Maps Better?
Apple Betting On Drones To Make Maps Better? According to Bloomberg, the company is reportedly planning to use drones to quickly update Maps with fresh data, like road conditions, street sign changes, and construction updates, and other information that car cameras...