June is Drone Month on Hackster

June is here, and we're happy to announce that this month is all about drones! Throughout June, we'll focus on drone-related content in our news articles, Hackster Cafe interviews, social media threads, and more.

Hackster Café Video Series with Alex Glow

We have three Hackster Café interviews lined up for the drone industry's greatest minds to talk with the community about what's in the pipeline.

Our first interview with Iain Galloway live streamed yesterday. Iain is the Drone Program Lead, Systems Innovation at NXP, with 25 years experience making drones more accessible for developers. He founded the NXP Drone and Rover Program as a “startup” within NXP and is the technical strategic lead, coordinating across the NXP business units to provide the solutions to small autonomous vehicles. Iain is also a strong supporter of open source and The Linux Foundation's Dronecode Foundation, a vendor-neutral platform for open drone projects.

Check out the interview below where Iain talks about the HoverGames drone competitions hosted on Hackster.io, including the upcoming HoverGames 3 that launches this fall!

Additional Hackster Cafés with important figures in the drone industry include:

Chad Sweet

June 7th @ 10 AM PT

CEO and Co-Founder of ModalAI, Board Member of Dronecode Foundation, with 20+ years of leadership experience in the robotics and drone space. Chad was the lead of Qualcomm R&D’s Mobile Autonomous Robotics engineering team that developed machine vision, autonomous navigation, SLAM, flight control software and robotic hardware to create Qualcomm’s roadmap for robotics that lead to the development of Snapdragon Flight and the FTC Control System, enabling OEMs and developers all over the world.

Ramón Roche

June 28th @ 10 AM PT

General Manager of Dronecode Foundation, a non-profit organization under the Linux Foundation created to host open-source software and hardware projects for drones. He leads a community of 10k+ passionate developers and commercial adopters and in 2021 was awarded the Industry Impactor award by AirWards for more than nine years of service to the Drone Industry.

Subscribe to our YouTube channel and click the bell icon to get notifications when these interviews go live!

Drone Kit Buyer's Guide

Ready to get started building and working with your own drone? Read that article here and find out what drone kits you need to start your journey of becoming an expert drone developer.

Holybro Drone Kit Giveaway

Our friends at Holybro will be giving away 3 of their drone kits to some special winners! Stay tuned on Hackster News and on our social channels to learn more about the details of the giveaway and what you need to do to enter.

Drones Topic Channel

Get started with drone month now by checking out projects posted by the Hackster community on the drone topic channel. As you learn more about the exciting world of drones this month, upload your own projects to showcase your skills and potentially get featured on Hackster. Use the tag "drone" and your project will be added to the topic page, too!

Chat with others on the discussion board about your favorite drone products and applications, or even share how drone development has impacted you as a hardware developer and how drones will be used in the future too.

Share Your Favorite Drone-Related Content On Social Media

Throughout June we want to see what you're creating and promote our favorite drone-related content. Share your projects and drone content on social media, use #hacksterio or tag us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Also be sure to follow our platforms so you can quickly see when interviews go live, giveaway notifications and if you've been featured!

PX4 Dev Summit

This year's PX4 Dev Summit is in Austin, Texas on June 23-24. Use our discount code PX422HAC20 to get 20% off your ticket and listen to dozens of talks on the latest updates in drone development. There will be virtual sessions to attend or if you're in town, join in person and come hang with the Hackster team!