Milestone Systems, a leading provider of video technology, today announced the upcoming release of a new camera-to-cloud deployment option for its Milestone Kite video surveillance as a service (VSaaS ...

Ever since cameras became popular in the late 19th century, photographers have been fastening them to dogs, horses, birds, bikes, skydivers, model rockets, trains, planes and automobiles--always in ...

George R. Lawrence, Kites used to support aerial camera equipment, 1900-1910, reproduction of photographic print image (courtesy of Chicago History Museum & Apexart) “The hitherto impossible in ...

Phillip Torrone over at MAKE has posted a roundup of how to's for putting together your own Kite Aerial Photography (KAP) setup. To check out the MAKE articles you need to have a access to the digital ...

Instructables user Mikeasaurus used household items— including thumbtacks and a Bic pen— to make a remotely-triggered rig for his kite, compatible with any camera. Well, any camera he felt comfortable ...

The Black Kite 1.5 / 30 HD VN camera, engineered for ultra-long-range observation, delivers ‘upscale’ image quality in a 1920x1080px resolution. Compact, ruggedised and lightweight, Black Kite cameras ...

More than 100 years ago, long before remote-controlled drones, a photographer used kites to capture aerial panoramic photographs. These days, getting an aerial shot is as simple (although maybe ...

We flew a kite today above a massive unopened refugee camp in the middle of nowhere, closer to the Saudi border than Amman, Jordan’s capitol. A GoPro camera was tethered to the kite, making a ...

These days, getting an aerial shot is as simple (although maybe illegal) as strapping a camera to a drone. Back in the day, though, it wasn't so easy. George R. Lawrence, a commercial photographer at ...