We’ve talked about drones several times on the show and this past week our pal, Julio Ojeda-Zapata, wrote a really good story about how you can study, take and pass a test, to get your drone license (or take the FAA training course).

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson.

The Podcast

Past Week’s Top Minnesota Stories

* Silicon North Stars grow in third year; long-incubating ISurTec launches from University Enterprise Labs

* Twin Cities businesses embrace the Pokémon Go craze

* Children’s Hospital partners with Stillwater diabetes-care tech startup

* Microsoft just rubbed Google’s nose in a big cloud computing customer win: Land O’ Lakes

* Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages

* SportsEngine (formerly SportNgin) is busy! Acquires TrackWrestling and Team Unify

Other Top Tech Stories

* Imperson launches its ‘WordPress for bots’ so you can create your own

* Stagefright-Like iOS, OS X Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Code Execution: Update Now

* iOS flaw lets hackers access iPhones using an iMessage

* A spectacular meteor shower starts next week – Here’s how to watch (Delta Aquarids)

* What are the Delta Aquarius?

* Dark Sky Finder

Cool Thing of the Week

* Phil: AirBnB

* Tim: Elby Electric Bike

* Steve: The dream of an iPhone running Android is real

* Mesuit (in Chinese so use Google Chrome w/Translate to translate from Chinese to English)

Upcoming Events

* The Complete List of 250+ Tech, IT, and DevOps Conferences in 2016

* The list as a Google spreadsheet

* 32 conferences for Mac and iOS professionals in 2016

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