Editor's Note: Because of inclement weather, Liberty Science Center has moved the second
day of the Liberty Cup to Wednesday (Aug. 3).
A swarm of 100 drone pilots will race for glory this weekend at the first-ever Liberty Cup, a competition that will qualify the Northeast's best drone pilots for the U.S. National Drone Racing Championships.
As if pulled from a scene in a science-fiction movie, the drone pilots will wear so-called First Person View goggles, allowing them to see the oncoming twists and turns of the racetrack while they operate the drones via remote control on the ground below. In fact, The race pulled many participants into the world of technology, as the student pilots had to research and build their own drones, race officials said. https://www.livescience.com/55599-drones-to-race-in-liberty-cup.html
