Qualcomm has done it again. They have taken their integrated Snapdragon chip and applied it to the world of Drones!

We see a lot of talk about how this effect the market of drones. They also talk a lot about the technical specs and stats, But what does this really mean for the average consumer?

In simple words this will make everything smaller and cheaper, which is a good thing. Because all of the computer pieces get smaller the motors can get smaller and the battery can get smaller. When everything gets smaller the power requirement is less and that means longer flight times. Because of the cost reduction of all of this it means you will get small, reasonably priced drones with high tech advanced features for photography.

It is entirely possible for this new chip to be the start of the building blocks that put drones in every aspect of life. Everything from the teenager taking a selfie from the little drone on her wrist or backpack to the security company monitoring a fleet of small inexpensive drones. The current expectation is that the first generation of these drones will cost in the $300 range while bringing features normally restricted to your Typhoons and Phantoms. The first drone available should be launching in 2016 and is currently being designed by Yuneec.

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For some of you more tech savvy people the Snapdragon 801 SoC brings with it a quad core 2.26GHz processor, 4K video processing, Bluetooth connectivity, dual band Wi-Fi, a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver, support for real-time flight control systems and a form factor the size of a credit card!
That is a mighty impressive package.

With the technology growing this fast where do you think it will go next?
What do you think the next industry to put these helpful little guys to the test will be?
Let us know what you think!