Improbable Insights

Elizabeth Case is back for the holidays to talk about how she went about building a custom drone for her graduate work, the lessons she learn, and the problems she encountered. She and David Bryant have a great dialog about tools, 3D printing, software, controller types, and other drone-related issues. Elizabeth is now an FAA-licensed drone pilot and talks about interesting uses for drones in science. If you're at all interested in building your own drone, give us a listen. Some other sources include DIY Drones, Conservation Drones, and eCalc. Tools After a brief group discussion about tools for building drones, I go into my  experience trying out Firefox as my daily production browser, including the changes I'd like to see. I also finally receive my Massdrop / Sennheiser HD6xx headphones, based on the legendary HD650s and oh... my... god... Eric talks about the Apple pencil and his quest to turn an airline galley into a tool cart. David's two Echo Dots are now online and he's happy so far. He also recei