By Ian VanLeeuwen Imagine looking out from your apartment complex window a few stories up and seeing a drone right outside looking in. Imagine if you don’t know anything about drones. Imagine if the only thing you knew about drones is that they carry cameras. What would you think? And how would you react? Having […]
By Rachel Nelson As drones have become a larger part of American culture, through increasing use by individual hobbyists, law enforcement agencies, news organizations and commercial businesses, many Americans are growing increasingly concerned for their right to privacy. A drone itself often does not pose a threat to privacy, however, the development of the technology […]
By Cole Perschon “Drone”, a buzzword in recent media, has carried multiple meanings and stigmas, but what is a drone really, and how does it apply to this article? Just within the past 15 years, domestic drones have become more inexpensive and widely available. Today commercial drones have been given more sobering titles, by agencies […]
By Keegan VanLeeuwen In March of 2015, Shawn Usman borrowed a commercial quadcopter from his friend and flew it around his apartment complex in Washington D.C. Being a relatively new drone pilot, Shawn lost sight of his friend’s drone and decided it must have landed somewhere near the National Mall. That same night, national media […]
By George Eltzroth Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), often referred to as drones, have been used in warfare since the 1970s, but advancements in technology have brought them much closer to home in the last decade. At the moment, drones are most widely used by militaries and hobbyists, both of which have spurred debates about individual […]
By Donovan Wixom Drones, from remotely controlled quadcopters to autonomous airplanes, are becoming more and more common place as their technology becomes more advanced. They are spreading into every branch of business from cinematography to agriculture. They are used in hobbies not only for recreational flight, but for photography and even the construction of the […]
By Erik Mollinet Hello fellow drone enthusiasts, today I am going to be talking about drones. You probably guessed that, but more specifically, I am going to present some of the most interesting and promising uses of drones that I have seen in the last several months. Unlike the drone strikes in Syria and Afghanistan […]
By Connor Jensen When the computer was first introduced, law enforcement agencies were hesitant to use them in policing, many feared the new technology. However, today every law enforcement agency in America makes use of computing technology. Similarly, today’s drones are starting to see their way into police work. Police should be able to use […]
By Avery Conner In 2011, drone history was in the making. Commonly known and debated almost entirely for military use overseas, there was a switch in focus to homeland security in June when a Predator drone was used to help police arrest civilians in North Dakota in what “was hailed at the time as the […]
By Zachary Bastiani The use of drone strikes is a failure at almost every level. Drone strikes fail at killing targets without leaving civilian casualties. The targets that drone strikes kill are often the wrong targets. Drone strikes have failed to prevent terrorism. Drone strikes are the wrong tool to use to win the war; […]