Drone Businesses Soar in Canada, as FAA Grounds US This article explains how due to the FAA’s rules that drones can only be used by “hobbyists” has restricted their use by company’s and organizations within the US. These drones however in Canada are being used widely by many different businesses. This is because the laws […]
Drones with cameras: A billion-dollar business? (9/10/2014) http://www.cnbc.com/id/101988416# This article addresses the economic potential of drones associated with video production. The article centers around a former marine, Patrick Smith who has started a business constructing drones that can carry a variety of cameras. The drones and associated camera equipment range in price from $700 to […]
An Akron startup, Event 38, is bringing drone technology down on the farm Robert L Smith, September 7, 2014, Cleveland Sun http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/09/an_akron_startup_event_38_is_b.html A start-up based out of Akron, Ohio is aiding farmers in crop reconnaissance with drone technology. Farmers on hundred acre plots of land see extreme difficulty in surveying all of their crops, often […]
This is a release from the EFF about the ruling from an LA court in a case brought by the ACLU and EFF asking for the release of a week’s worth of recordings. Though not directly related to drones, it is related to technology and society and is worth a read. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/09/secrecy-trumps-public-debate-new-ruling-las-license-plate-readers