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This drone revolution has massive implications, ranging from legal and moral to economic and geopolitical. It will be a deeply disruptive technology, able on the one hand to provide undreamt-of capacities to impoverished people and countries, and on the other to widen the gap between haves and have-nots. It may prove a creative, empowering experience, but also has the potential

Under the current drone law, there would have been a much different outcome than in the Trinity River case cited above. If that case were to have happened today, there would have been serious ramifications to the model planes' operator. He would have been given a citation for merely taking or possessing each photo and arrested if he released the photographs to a third party. There would have been civil liability in the amount of $5000 for possession of the photographs, and up to $10,000 if even one picture was released. To add insult to injury, the photographs could not be used in any civil or criminal action, except to prove that they had been taken illegally. And if that weren’t enough, no evidence subsequently gathered as a result of the photographs could be used in court, since the initial evidence was gathered illegally. One can only ask who this legislation was intended to protect? Of course, governmental drones are unaffected and exempt from these types of

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. You hear a drone hovering in your backyard, invading your privacy, what do you do? Many choose the illegal path and decide to shoot or swat it down. With the rise in drone sales, more and more Americans are losing their privacy, and for this reason, the federal government needs to take action and regulate the purchase and flight of drones.

Have you heard of a flying robot? Sounds cool, but what if it invaded your privacy or affected your safety, perhaps even caused warfare, would you feel safe? According to author Patricia Smith, in her article “Invasion of the Drones”, she writes that drones are causing major concerns with their different capabilities. However, this may be so, but some may find drones to be useful working with. If you are in the privacy of your own home you would not want someone spying on you with a camera drone, just as one Australia resident was horrified after finding photos of herself from a drone, as Smith wrote in her article (Smith, 2015). Safety is the concern of most countries, there have been many situations surrounding the use of drones that were

Drones can also play a significant role in the prosperity of an economy. Presently, it is worth noting that a number of countries still have very stringent measures when it comes to the use of drones.

Today the use of drones has moved beyond military and recreational use and has emerged as a trending topic of conversation within both the private sector, commercial, and military realms (Bowden, 2013). Drone piloting has also become quite the topic of controversy due to military drone pilots taking non-traditional routes to achieve pilot certification. Military application has changed the landscape of foreign policy has augmented our military’s reach across the globe with the use of drones on the battlefield (Cole, 2014). As far as commercial uses drones are now augmented the way we deliver packages and cultivate vast amounts of farm (Senger, 2013). Even surveying of lands has changed with the adaptive technology drones utilize to map land features. The influx of drones in the public and private sector now has the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Picture someone sitting inside their house by an opened window, enjoying their personal activities like reading a book or watching television; when all of a sudden, they hear the soft quiet buzzing noise outside the window. They look up to see what looks like a flying remote control toy weighing about fifty-five pounds or less, with four miniature flying helicopter propellers, along with a camera staring right back at them. Then the trail of concerns and questions begin: Who is watching? Is someone taking photographic footage? Why are they watching? Aren’t they trespassing? Can this flying technology cause physical harm? In today’s society, these remote controlled miniature flying pieces of technology are called domestic drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s) (“Using Drones”). These domestic drones range in size, and have the ability to fly in all directions with a wide signal range. They also have the capabilities of flying almost anywhere that is open to air space, and can maintain a stable level flying position due to their evenly distributed symmetrical structure (McGlynn). This means that drones can hover in one place and capture high definition images. Domestic drones have the “ability to house high-powered cameras, infrared sensors, facial recognition technology, and license plate readers,” as well as the ability to make customized attachments like weapons, or storage compartments (Dolan; Goodman). The accessibility

Although drones are used to make things easier, some people use them for unnecessary or illegal purposes. There have been 59 recorded incidents with drones and planes. A man named Daniel Kelly got arrested

A drone flying around can be seen as nothing but harmless when flying around a public area. Though, a drone pilot may have other intention. For example, the pilot can use this to understand the behavior of people for the benefit of his or her company. While that may seem okay, just imagine if that data is used to manipulate you. Limiting your choices enables companies from losing profit. When profits are the only that matters for companies, it can be surprising what companies can do to achieve it. In fact, more kinds of information are likely to be unearthed by more companies in an attempt to profile individuals and groups more and more specifically (Chayko, p.221). Most importantly, nothing is stopping them from using the drones to collect this

In the United States, domestic drones are gaining popularity and have the potential to do many things, good or bad. The drones are publicly available for a very cheap cost and are capable installing software or devices that take live video streaming, video recording, have infrared cameras, heat sensors, GPS, sensors that detect movement, automated license plate readers, and, in the close future, facial recognition technology linked to the FBI’s biological database. These capabilities make drones either a very real threat or one of the best law enforcement technologies out

Currently, almost everybody has heard about drones and there is still an undefined acceptance to them; "Your imagination can go pretty wild in terms of what would be possible," (Roger Johnson, president of the National Farmers Union) for the fact that the first thing we think of is one of those drones controlled by the CIA or other armed forces. The thing is that drones can be used in many creative and useful ways. They can serve the purpose as special cameras to provide a wider view of an area, to deliver a specific element at a precise location or as a simple patrol in areas such as agriculture in this case. Agricultural drones can surely be seen as a result of a convergence of other types of technology to create something

The government shouldn’t permit the use of drones, due to cost, failure, and availability. Over the years the government has been bus with more troubling matters as in drug legalization, elections, and the recent police cruelty. They shouldn’t waste time and money on something so small and complicated that will hardly make a difference in the community.

While drones have proven to be effective at killing many terrorists, questions remain about their relative effectiveness and legality.

Bill Gates once said, “Drones overall will be more impactful than I think people recognize, in positive ways to help society.” In this quotation, it can easily be seen that Bill Gates can foresee a better future for society as technology advances. The era of technological advances has impacted many industries to expand into the new market. Drones have become one of the most important technological advancements to change the world completely. A drone is a remote-less controlled unpiloted aircraft or missile. The impact goes beyond the traditional battlefield and changes the very concept of war itself. However, this advancement in technology has sprung a huge debate, ‘The Great Drone Debate.’ As technology improves, society

Drones are an effective counter insurgency tool deployed extensively throughout the world, especially by clandestine intelligence organizations often with the help of the country’s respective Air Force. Not only do they serve as an effective weapon, they minimize human