Drone Bubble Bursts, Wiping Out Startups and Hammering VC Firms
Anecdotally, I never got into drones because of the batteries. Everyone I met that had them absolutely loved them, but had like 4 batteries they needed to keep charged for about 15 minutes of flight time.<p>And quite a few tried pushing that a little too long an ended up with crashed drones. So my half cent is that batteries need to get better before people like me even consider them. Mentioned 0 times in that article.<p>Alternatively, drones need to get efficient enough to be solar powered, which is maybe the intent behind the acquisitions by PrecisionHawk Inc.<p><a href="https://www.precisionhawk.com/blog/media/topic/precisionhawk-acquires-both-hazon-inc-and-inspectools-inc-becoming-the-leading-provider-of-drone-technology-and-analytics-for-the-energy-market" rel="nofollow">https://www.precisionhawk.com/blog/media/topic/precisionhawk...</a>