Our World is Droning with Excitement

September 18, 2024  •  EPISODE 231

Discover how drones work and why GPS is key to smooth, successful flights. Zoom into the world of drones and explore the fascinating technology and science that keeps them soaring through the skies.

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Dr. Roger Billings is a visionary innovator whose work has touched the lives of millions of students and transformed the landscape of education. Widely known as “DrB” to the countless kids who benefit from his groundbreaking Acellus learning system, Dr. Billings has dedicated his life to advancing education through technology. As part of DrB’s lifelong commitment to supporting education, Science LIVE was launched as a way to “give back” by mentoring students in conjunction with the Roger Billings Scholarship Program.


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169 Comments

  1. Kilian

    I own a drone myself. The DJI Mini SE. And having one is so fun and so amazing to have a camera in the sky to capture all the scenery, since my father is a photographer for Hollywood Im going to try and become a great photographer like him.

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  2. Mira

    Dr. John’s presentation on drones was really awesome!

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  3. Jeremiah

    That was so cool seeing how the drones were made to fly.

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  4. Lane

    It is fascinating to see how people use drones!

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  5. Kira

    Drones and satellites are so advanced! I love listening and learning about them.

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  6. Autumn

    Drones are fascinating!

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  7. Leah

    drones are very neat and used for so many things!!

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  8. Emily

    I love science and science live but I just wanna know how did they make the simba joke that funny!?🤣😂😂😂😂😂

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  9. Nevaeh

    drones are so cool!!

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  10. Dylan

    I love drones😍😍

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  11. Polina

    I got all 1 2 3 because I loved all of them very much and the simba joke! I was about to roll of the bed while laughing 🤣

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  12. William

    Drones are super cool.

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  13. Mackenzie

    drones are so cool

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  14. Elias

    Drones are the future. Drones are being used in all sorts of different ways. War, spying, photography and recreation.

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  15. Isabella

    Drones are so Cool!

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  16. Brock

    There are so many cool things you can do with drones

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  17. Jackson

    Drones are a technology that will propel us to the future.

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  18. Angel

    It’s cool how drones can be used for so many things. 😎

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  19. Lillian

    Drones can be used in so many different drones. For example, people use drones to shoot videos and movies. Drones are one of the things I see a lot when we’re driving around.

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  20. Madisyn

    I love science

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  21. Calogero

    I love drones!

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  22. James

    The simba cloud joke was actually surprisingly funny.

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  23. Jade

    I love science live so much!!!!

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  24. Julian

    Awesome

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  25. Alisi

    My uncle had a drone, it was so cool

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  26. David

    The drone is cool

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  27. Janiya

    I love how Dr. Roger Billings make things so much easier for students who can’t afford such big payments.

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  28. Yusuf

    “There’s a cloud” “what does it look like” “it looks like a lion” “more information” “a lion named simba” made me laugh so hard

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  29. Adam

    Awesome 👌

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  30. Ryanna

    Drones give deliveries.

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  31. Samantha

    i’ve never flown a drone before

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  32. Mark

    Their is a lot of technology in a dron.

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  33. Ace

    I have one of those DJI mavic mini drones I highly recommend getting one

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  34. London

    This is so cool!!!!!!!😄😃🤔😁😀😊☺️😇😝☺️💗❤

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  35. Rho

    Were do you get a drone

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  36. Kinzley

    Could you invent a drone big enough to ride on?

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  37. Rho

    How do you fly a drone

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  38. Cain

    I got my first drone for Christmas.

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  39. Edward

    How much are those drones

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  40. Julia

    The drones are amazing!

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  41. Audrey

    you’re so funny yet professional! these lives are so entertaining thank you !

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  42. Yusuf

    cool

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  43. Sebastian

    How much was the hello drone?

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  44. Nylah

    I really liked Cody and Malachi’s drones. They were really cool. I also liked Tobias’ story. Tobias is soooooooooooooooooooooooo funny!!!

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  45. Nylah

    I can tell you that I thought that I thought Dr. Joshua actually was lifting it. I was soooooooo fooled guys!!! I actually thought he was really strong.

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  46. Kidz

    Drones are wickedly cool!

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  47. Ryleigh

    I find that interesting because my brother got a drone for christmas and we didn’t know the first 2 blades could be clockwise and the other 2 counterclockwise

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  48. David

    wouldnt be anywhere without a gps

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  49. Nathaniel

    My birthday’s in January. and I think I want to get a drone.
    But they are really cool. Hey, you can hook a camera on them. That’s cool!!

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  50. Brieanna

    Who invented the first drone?

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  51. Jaden

    I need me one of those.

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  52. Maximilian

    It is a new world.

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  53. Newton

    Hummingbirds are living drones.

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  54. Jeffrey

    Zip line is a company that specializes in drone in place where normal mefeds can’t be used like one in I forget the name of the country but it was great and it could also be used in fast food delivery and supermarkets.

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  55. Laci

    drones are really cool

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  56. Shawn

    My sister had a drone. My dad accidentally crashed it into the house.

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  57. Megan

    I love drones! They are so fun!

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  58. Aidan

    i didn’t know drones operation was so complicated

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  59. Harley

    Drones are so cool. They can do so much.

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  60. Addison

    I vote for Eric 1#

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  61. Jada

    As a 10th grade student taking the Business Math course, I found that lesson 9, which was teaching me about Federal Income Taxes, was a difficult subject for me. I was tempted to give up, guess, ask for help, etc, but instead, and persevered through. This video helped me, and provided insight into my problem, and I ended up passing with a wonderful grade.

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  62. Ariana

    This video was wonderful! Drones are so fascinating. I wonder what they will look like in the future and if they will be able to carry more weight in the future.

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  63. Ronnie

    Really cool science live I love tuning into them.

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  64. Emily

    Drones are so cool I want to get one with the camera this was so interesting

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  65. Trevor

    Ny grand dad told me that Our Military has drones to hunt people down. Which I believe would save the lives of thousands of people if ever we were in a war situation.

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  66. Barrett

    I use drones when I have trouble finding my deer that I can’t track. Only when we can’t find them we will break out the drones.

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  67. Riley

    r-51 seems so cool!

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  68. Lily

    drones are incredible, i love how humans use their knowledge to create amazing things like drones!!

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  69. Becker

    that was cool

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  70. Lela

    Drones are super cool! I used to have one, but it broke…

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  71. Campbell

    could someone build a drone as big as a car that can run on gas?

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  72. Michael

    I love drones!

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  73. Emma

    I love learning about drones their cool :>

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  74. Anna

    nice i love drones

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  75. Brooke

    Drones are very helpful with lots of diff Jobs.

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  76. Kyle

    My drones always get stuck in trees.

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  77. Tino

    I love playing with drones.

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  78. Aurora

    It’s cool to see how drones are now being used for different things apart from taking videos.

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  79. Lego

    Nice stuff man. Speaking of drones I can make my drone carry a Lego car 🚗, like in the military helicopters can carry military vehicles. So cool 😎 right.

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  80. Blaze

    I love drones they are cool

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  81. Asher

    I love drones drones are cool and awsome

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  82. Rylan

    My mom has photographer friends that use drones for their photography businesses

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  83. Lincoln

    DR.B IS my favorite

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  84. Caiden

    I loved learning more about drones. I have one that I don’t play with much.

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  85. Callan

    I enjoyed learning about drones.

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  86. Ava

    Drones are so much fun but I Like science too

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  87. Tiffany

    I love the idea that you can make drones with cameras .so cool 😎

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  88. Kaden

    I still can’t believe R-51 is alive, all his experiments have gone either over the table or just didn’t work. Lets just hope his next one doesn’t blow up his laboratory.

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  89. Kaden

    My friend Garret has a drone business its cool He just bought this drone that is as big as me. It has thermal vision and night vision and can fly as high as commercial airplanes, He said he was gonna use it for the police to do a night watch in Branson west. Drones are pretty cool though, oh yeah He also has this one that you have to use a VR camera and joystick, its really fun. Drones are definitely the future! Its also crazy to think they said drones would be a 42 billion dollar business next year.

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  90. Ethan

    I wish I could go on the Acellus show

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  91. Meadow

    wow, that is so cool!!

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  92. Minerva

    so Cool! i love learning about drones!

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  93. Nathan

    OMG ONE OF THOSE ARE THE SAME DRONE I HAVE AT HOME MINE IS THE WHITE LED LIGHTS ONE

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  94. Noah

    I want a drone for Christmas

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  95. Ava

    So cool

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  96. Jean

    If a drone was able to support a solar panel, do you believe that we can use drones to collect our solar power for small appliances like a microwave, and other small electrical appliances?
    Just an interesting thought.🤔

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  97. Emma

    Yeah one time I saw a drone i was very happy 🤗

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  98. Ava

    I Like drones

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  99. Josiah

    I just now noticed that Ryan was right, Malachi does have a book about learning Italian on his desk. I also like Malachi’s message LOL!

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  100. Josiah

    I got a tiny drone that you can fly in the house for my 12th birthday two years ago. But on my first flight the drone went in the kitchen, hit the wall and
    fell in my sink full of water! Lets just say its flying days were over! 😑 (I bought a new one)

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  101. Muhaimin

    drones are amazing nice live

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  102. Anderson

    My dad has a drone for his construction company and he films the progress.
    He has let me fly it a few times.

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  103. Angelina

    drones are so cool!

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  104. Aden

    This is so cool.

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  105. Aprilseamon

    that was cool I love the way that you added drones in it to make it more intreging

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  106. Cole

    My sister has a drone with a camera on it and I love to fly it.

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  107. Brady

    You can do so many things with drones, they have so many purposes, I love that about drones.

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  108. Carter

    Can playing video games or simulator games make you better with piloting drones?

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  109. Luna

    My big brother and my dad both got drones at Celebrity Circle, Myrtle Beach.

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  110. James

    This is very interesting to me because I’m going into drone piloting for the military .

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  111. Opal

    How much weight can a drone carry? Also, who came up with the idea of putting two propellers across from each other, going clockwise, and vis versa? I also had no idea that electrons were magnets… I feel like I should have realized that by now! Haha!

    This was very interesting and very very educational. Thank you!

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  112. Genevieve

    I think it’s so cool that if gravity were to increase even by a little bit, we wouldn’t be able to fly the way we do. It’s so interesting to think about how the gravity on our earth allows us to walk and fly.

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  113. Evey

    How do you control multiple drones at once ?

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  114. Isabella

    How do drone shows work with multiple drones?

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  115. Gunnar

    Drones are such cool inventions, and I enjoy hearing from experts about them! 😉

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  116. Tabitha

    i am so excited for the next episode.it was funny too.

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  117. Isiah

    Why can’t we attach solar panels to drones?

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  118. Caysen

    that is so cool that it uses magnets

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  119. Kyree

    How was the first magnet discovered.

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  120. Arianna

    This is great

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  121. Matthew

    how long would a drone fly in a hour

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  122. Grace

    So cool!! I loved learning about drones!

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  123. Elim

    r-51 is very fun

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  124. Amelia

    Loved the video!! Drones are cooler then I thought.

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  125. Ethan

    What a funny episode!

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  126. William

    Very interesting! drones are honestly rather cool.

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  127. Vsevolod

    Dr. John will forever be my favorite Stem teacher! I love the Technology Spotlight that he does!

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  128. Ryan

    Has anyone noticed that Malachi said “I need to learn some Italian” in the episode on perpetual motion machines, and that he has a book on learning Italian on his desk in this episode?

    Just a fun thought 🙂

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  129. Isabella

    I loved this video and learning about drones!

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  130. Callen

    drones are cool i like drones

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  131. Riley

    Memorization is key in learning!!

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  132. Adelia

    I didn’t know that drones have cameras to see where they are going.

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  133. Bradley

    I love how it explains everythimg

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  134. Logan

    Its cool to see how drones work but do you think that in the near future drones would be the main transport or delivery?

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  135. Ngoc

    WOW! This is so cool, funny and interesting!

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  136. Max

    how far can a drone go from the remote with out it not being able to function

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  137. Taelon

    I had a drone before and now I know why it was able to get lost after going so high after this episode.

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  138. Max

    Why are there regulations on the neodymium magnets?

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  139. Carabella

    I really enjoyed learning about drones.

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  140. Raven

    I enjoyed learning how drones fly. My grandfather has one and I have tried to fly it, which is very difficult.

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  141. Kellyn

    R 51 was so funny and we had a drone too.

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  142. Ruth

    i find drones very cool and i really like drones

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  143. Elijah

    Drones Are Really Cool I Would be bad at driving it though

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  144. Llondon

    I love this! Thanks!

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  145. Libby

    Wow! Drones are actually really cool! I think if i tried to fly one it would crash! 😂

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  146. Lily

    if all electrons have a left hand spin then its a magnet. that’s cool

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  147. Gabriel

    Wonder what the green drone is? Also, more of the corollas effect? Maybe spelling it wrong.

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  148. Cleopatra

    I think remote control drones are really cool!

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  149. Varvara

    It was very interesting!

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  150. Paige

    It was so astonishing to learn about the GPS and its’ purpose.

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  151. Isabella

    Drones are very fascinating. I find it super cool that you can do so much with them.

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  152. Cecilia

    How do satellites connect to things on Earth?

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  153. Cecilia

    How do magnets turn electricity into power?

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  154. Joy

    Cool

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  155. Linnea

    are there any predicaments with future developments of drones

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  156. Maylee

    drones are so cool!!!!

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  157. Griffin

    Wow! Drones fascinate me so much and this video increased that fascination by like 150%!! Thanks Acellus!

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  158. Tul

    i love drone’s.

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  159. Nguyen

    What will future drones look like?

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  160. Kade

    Who decided to add cameras to the drones?

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  161. Kourtlynn

    I vote for 1! the area 51 guy is my favorite!

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  162. Amber

    oopsie, I hope this counts as a comment because I forgot to watch the video the other week, and I’m trying to get the scholarship… anyways. As a kid we had a few little drones! They were fun. We had a super tiny one, too, that could fit in your palm.

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  163. Tarren

    This is a very fun way to learn about drones.

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  164. Piper

    who invented the first drone?

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  165. Aberdeen

    Someone should tell R51 that his hat is NOT going to make him fly!!!

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  166. Boston

    I love the science behind the drones you shared, I thought it was really fascinating.

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  167. Josiah

    I love drones, they are interesting and amazing! They can do so much, and they will be even better in the future. It’s sad about Tobias drone,
    I would be very upset if I had lost my drone. Thank so much Acellus for making such a cool episode!

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  168. Bella

    Learning about how drones work is so interesting! Great job!

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  169. Uriah

    It would be a wonderful thing if you could also start one for other occupations such as lawyers, doctors, nurses, dancers, film makers, photographer and ect. I would love if you would think about this and perhaps talk a little about it in Science Live. Thankyou.

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