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24 alternatives to O'Reilly Hardware - Chris Anderson on the future of drones and the open source hardware movement

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. O'Reilly Hardware - Chris Anderson on the future of drones and the open source hardware movement launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   2016 · its alternatives →

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   2016 · its alternatives →

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   A new drone prototype from Parrot

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    O'Reilly Hardware - Star Simpson on designing beautiful circuit boards▲53

    Gorgeous PCBs, DIY mineral water, video game code injection

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    O’Reilly Fundamentals of Deep Learning▲143

    Designing next-generation Artificial intelligence algorithms

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    Drone-based home security for the rest of us

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    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Apollo (from Baidu)▲111

    Open Source platform to develop autonomous driving systems

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    Cardinal▲132

    The world's first autonomous surveillance drone for home

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    Shift▲156

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