The best use yet for a drone: Droneboarding
It's only a matter of time before droneboarding is an official extreme sport. Being dragged by a drone up the incline of a snow-covered peak is one thing, but being able to achieve the altitude necessary to do in-air tricks is something entirely different. One daredevil has tested a custom drone that can lift a person, allowing him to snowboard over snow mounds, houses, and more.
According to Eric Limer for Popular Mechanics: "YouTube stuntman Casey Neistat didn't invent droneboarding. But unlike the droneboarders that came before, Neistat has the custom-made equipment it takes to take the new sport all the way to its limits. No, you might not be able to buy a drone with enough power to lift a human, but you can make one.
Obviously the literal flying is the most eye-catching and extreme trick here, but it'd argue it's not the most exciting. That is reserved for the way the drone just lets him cook uphill, no ski-lifts required. I don't know about you, but I would not let a drone lift me up into the air under pretty much any circumstances. I would, however, gladly let one help me carve up the slopes."
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Alexis Gajewski is a manufacturing writer and editor with nearly 20 years of experience covering the people, practices, and technologies that keep industrial facilities running. For more than a decade, she served as Senior Content Strategist for Plant Services, creating content for plant managers, engineers, and maintenance professionals on a variety of industrial topics.
During her tenure, Alexis worked to develop the brand’s digital strategy and helped launch and produce Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast. She also created The Lighter Side of Manufacturing, a weekly blog that explored the inventive and sometimes humorous side of the industry.
Alexis co-founded Influential Women in Manufacturing, a recognition program that honored 49 women in its first two years, earned an industry award for Best Product Launch, and received a proclamation from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and a commendation from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth.
She also led newsroom operations and development at a large media company where she set editorial standards, developed training curriculum, and helped support AI adoption for more than 150 editors across 80+ brands spanning manufacturing, industrial processing, automation, and more.
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