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In episode 5 of the UAV not Drone podcast host Julian Melo discusses the latest products from 3DRobotics, the Solo, and DJI, the Phantom 3.    He discusses how the Boston Marathon was declared a “No Drone Zone” and how a visitor to the Cuban island got his DJI Phantom seized and held buy customs.   And finally, Drones for Good, a competition in Dubai designed to demonstrate how drones can be used for enhance people’s lives, where teams from around the globe compete for a $1 million

In episosde 4 of the UAV not Drone podcast, host Julian Melo breaks down "Drones over Paris" incidents with a timeline of the events. He explores the media frenzy over a letter that a UAV hobbyist received from the FAA where they equate his monetized YouTube videos as a commercial endevour. He interviews the aformentioned hobbyist Jayson Hayes to get a first-person account of what really happened.  He then discusses how DJI is becoming a billion dollar company, 3D Robotics raising venture capital and what these means for the hobby community and the industry. Finally, he explores the Humanitarian UAV Network or UAviators.org, an organization that recruits UAV pilots and experts for the greater good. 

In this episode of the UAV not Drone podcast, host Julian Melo talks about the new set of proposed regulations by the FAA for commercial UAV use in the United States. He interviews Brant Hadaway, a practicing attorney that specializes in UAS laws and regulation to discuss the FAA’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for small unmanned aerial systems.    He also discusses a new site that hopes to prevent people from flying their UAVs over private property, NoFlyZone.org, The New York Drone Film Festival and advances in wireless charging technologies that could enable UAVs to be charges as they fly. 

In Episode 02 of the UAVnotDrone podcast, host Julian Melo summarizes the incident where a drone landed at the White House lawn on January 26 2015 at 3 in the morning and the series of events that happened after.   He also talks about the Association of Commercial Unmanned Aircraft Systems (http://acuas.org) and how UAVs are helping in capturing rhino poachers in South Africa. 

In the premiere episode of the UAVnotDrone podcast, host Julian Melo explains the purpose the the podcast, along with his background in unmanned aerial vehicles. Discusses the use of the word "drone" and its negative connotation. He also talks about the AirDog, an autonomous quadcopter with a successful Kickstarter campain and their latest prototype unveiled at CES 2015. Finally, "Drones in the News" a segment that highlights the lastest stories that the media is talking about.