Droning On, or Not 0
What’s in a name?
Virginia Tech apparently thinks, “quite a bit” (emphasis added).
Improving the study of agricultural disease and the assessment and mapping of special environments, such as forests and explosion sites, are major project drivers.
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These flying machines, the accessories such as cameras and sensors that they carry, and the control mechanisms are referred to by Tech engineers as unmanned aerial systems — UAS for short — and not “drones.”
Drones, unmanned aircraft, model aircraft with electronics are here to stay. They can no more be made to go away than, in their times, the automobile or the choo-choo.
They need to be regulated and restrained, as were the automobile and the choo-choo.
