With the advancement and rise of the drone in recent years, concerns of the ethics and privacies of the miniature fliers are coming to the forefront of the public mind. The government is using drones to observe and gather intelligence on terrorists in the Middle East. What is to say that the government can’t and […]
New Quadcopters Arrive Just as US Eases Its Ban on Camera Drones Published October 1, 2014 In an interesting development for the film world, a Toronto startup just began a campaign to send small, lightweight cameras attached to drones into the air. DreamQii, the company behind their cameradrone christened the PlexiDrone, launched an Indiegogo campaign […]
Ultra-light Drone capable of satellite-like functions Recently the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology, or EIAST, was the first civil organization to test the Zephyr, a solar powered UAV developed by QinetiQ of Britain. This new aerial platform is a type of pseudo-satellite, designed for long duration, high altitude flight. It’s capable of reaching […]
In the wake of several high-profile uses of domestic drones as a means of product delivery, unmanned aerial systems have capture the collective conscious of the collective public. There are some that argue that drones may never see widespread commercial utilization because of their impracticality or that they will be regulated into insignificance by the […]
Surveillance Drones on the Homefront The somber warning of Orwell’s dystopian 1984 may have seemed to pass with the fall of the Soviet Union, but many Americans have begun to fear that their free, democratic country isn’t as free and safe as it used to be. The birthplace of the unmanned aerial vehicle, or more […]
Drone Use For Law Enforcement and Homeland Security With the integration of drones into the battlefield in the 90’s and early 2000’s, the potential uses for the technology were realized. Soon after, the military began integrating UAVs for surveillance, communication and imaging purposes. Advancing technology and increased funding for research and development led to drones […]
UK Drone Decisions While the United States debates the role of the drone programs, we sometimes forget that we are not the only nation with military drones currently in use. The advocacy group Reprieve has made motions to bring a lawsuit against the Reaper squadron operated by the RAF if they will not make it […]
For the past ten years now, the United States has been involved in a campaign using drones to target and kill individuals, largely run and controlled by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The government has also been involved in supporting similar programs in other nations such as Yemen and Somalia. These programs have become the […]
Despite FAA dithering, a drone economy sprouts on the farm Clay Dillow, September 16, 2014 http://fortune.com/2014/09/16/despite-faa-dithering-a-drone-economy-sprouts-on-the-farm/ While the FAA struggles to define laws for commercial use on drones, drones are finding a place in the economy on farms. In an effort to increase yield, better monitor crops, and cause less damage to crops, farmers are […]
The United States of America has been carrying out a covert war including drone strikes in countries around the world since 2001. These strikes have been taking place in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq and have resulted in anywhere from 2702 to 4316 dead as a direct result of the covert war, as estimated […]