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Drones dance into the record books

Intel set a Guinness World Record when the company flew 500 Intel Shooting Star drones simultaneously on Oct. 7, 2016, in Hamburg, Germany. The record for the Most UAVs Airborne Simultaneously beat a previous record of 100 set by Intel less than a year earlier. (Source: Intel Corporation)

|4 November 2016|

Germany

Hundreds of drones with LED lighting have been launched into the sky by Intel in a record-breaking light show.

The 500 drones that lit up the sky in Germany set a new world record for the most UAVs airborne at one time.

Natalie Cheung, Intel Light Show Business Lead told Guinness World Records: “We’re showing regulators around the world that UAV technologies used the right ways can help shape new rules for manned and unmanned aerial vehicles.”

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Iain is a creative writer, journalist and lecturer, and formerly an editor of two international business publications. Iain is now editor of Innovators Magazine, as well as the strategic content director for OnePoint5Media.

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