2021 Will Make You Give Drones The Respect They Deserve
Introduction
From the 2021 Olympic opening show to the bowling alley drone footage that impressed Hollywood, 2021 will make you give drones the respect they deserve.
Drones are a huge part of this new era that we have entered. In my last article, 12 Reasons You Must Educate Yourself About Drones (2021), I explain, in detail, why drones are and are becoming more important in our daily lives. The things that they can accomplish and the things that they can show, are phenomenal. Here, I showcase four awe-inspiring examples.
Respect for Flying Creative Art
Here’s an interesting fact, did you know that the 2018 Winter Olympic drone show set the Genius World record for the most drones flown at the same time at 1200 plus drones? The number in 2021 was over 1800.
Source: NBC
Like the Olympic Winter games, drones demonstrated a super impressive opening at the 2021 games, as shown above. Twenty years ago—even ten years ago, we could not even fathom what we are witnessing from these flying pieces of technology today.
![Olympic Night Scene](https://i0.wp.com/tech-ke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Olympic-unsplash.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
Photo: Ryunosuke Kikuno
Respect for Video
The drone raced from the tree line outside the bowling alley, through the front door, under tables and through the back room where the pins are kept, and repairs are made. One minute, plus, of electrifying movement, dazzled in a place where family fun is usually the primary focus. Watch it below.
Source: The Guardian
Quotes:
Some of the quotes for this fpv (first person view) drone project were:
“This is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen,” – Lee Unkrich, director.
“Holy S**t”. – Elijah Wood, actor, Lord of the Rings.
“Stupendous” – James Gunn, director, Guardian of the Galaxy.
“This kind of wonderful photographic innovation adds to the language and vocabulary of cinema, just beautiful”. – Todd Vaziri, digital artist, Transformers.
So now that I have shown you two of drones’ greatest accomplishments of the year, do you think that 2021 is giving drones the respect they deserve?
![Bowling alley](https://i0.wp.com/tech-ke.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/todd-diemer-bowling-unsplash.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
Photo: Todd Diemer
If not, let’s move on to a couple more examples of footage that will resonate with you nature fans.
Respect for Nature
If sports don’t interest you, maybe this footage of nature will. Feast your eyes on footage that captures robust waterfalls, and coasts over wide rivers laying between mountains while remaining steady and stealth-like.
If you grew up in the country, as I did, some of this footage may seem quite normal. If you had a more urban upbringing and only got to the countryside to visit a grandparent, aunt, uncle or other family member, then you may only see these wonders of nature on vacation or video.
Source: Free HD Videos
Sacrifice for Education
Volcanoes. Who can get close enough to return ample data to create a 3-D image that will ensure that scientists understand them better than ever before? Not one human; but a drone can. Even if the actual drone is lost in the volcano’s inescapable heat, the footage that they drone pilots get, is recorded in real time.
Source: National Geographic