The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration today announced that seven aerial photo and video production companies have asked for regulatory exemptions that would allow the film and television industry to use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) with FAA approval for the first time.

http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=16294

A short video made using a GH3 with an Anamorphot, along with a GoPro, post done in After Effects.

RoboQuad:

New stuff from Walkera

AirDog

Good article - Landscape Aerial Photography Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/landscape_aerial_photography_using_unmanned_aerial_vehicles.shtml

Interesting "The Hollywood Reporter" Article with different opposing viewpoints on UAV use in Films and Television... A Few quotes in there by yours truly...

http://tinyurl.com/qcoaeo4

Results from my "cheap" aerial rig : 2gd hand phantom 1 : 200€ with 8 battery GL-X3 3 axis brushless gimbal : 100€ Gopro 3+ BE 420€ I have piloted a lot back in the days, the DJI nasa/phantom is an amazing platform. However with this config I only have 6mins of safe flight time (25% safety margin)

Don’t fly drones here map at https://www.mapbox.com/blog/dont-fly-here/

Worthwhile for a read of cop abuse of a quadcopter pilot, at least for once we've got a reasonable journalist reporting on this:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregorymcneal/2014/07/08/two-drones-nearly-collide-with-nypd-helicopter-operators-arrested/

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2208640

DJI Parachute system coming