2. Widespread use of drones
plenty of very good, fun, and
helpful things that drones can do
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drones as one of the next big
computing platforms
drones have a lot of issues to work
through – privacy, security
aircraft that can flight (follow a
mission from point to point), carry
some sort of payload, includes
cameras or other sensors
3. Drones Are Already Starting to
Deliver
Medicine:
- THE NORTH SEA
- BHUTAN
- PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Pizza
- SYKTYVKAR, RUSSIA
Books
- SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
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Do they have special permission
from the federal agency?
4. What drones should to do, what should not to do!
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“good” actions “bad” actions
monitoring dangerous
people
crashing into a crowd
(security)
capturing breath
taking images
cameras capturing
(privacy)
saving lives
(antibiotics,
first-aid kit)
take out terrorists with
firepower
(public acceptance)
delivering food,
packages, medicine
(rational principles)
delivering
drugs
(rational principles )
gather more
kinds of data
(commercial use)
possibility to shoot
down drones by people
(human behaviour)
5. Set of rules and regulations
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released rules:
1. remain within visual line-of-sight of the drone;
2. not operate over people not involved with the mission;
3. not operate at night;
4. maintain an altitude of less than 500 feet.
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6. Professional judgement, the likely risks
and consequences of using drones.
You shall: have due regard for public health, privacy, security
and wellbeing of others and the environment
- crashing drones
- ability to share info (capturing data) on a social network
- developing drones for military use - drone as a weapon
You shall: conduct your professional activities without
discrimination on the grounds of sex, sexual orientation, marital
status, nationality, colour, race, ethnic origin, religion, age or
disability, or of any other condition or requirement
- being watched, monitored publicly / privately
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7. The FAA’s biggest worry is public safety
(social issues)
the spectre of massive surveillance
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- freedom, justice and peace in the world
- respecting human dignity
What people believe is ‘right’?
8. Further investigations
Compare rules and regulations between America and Europe
FAA and new rules
“Darpa Turns Aging Surveillance
Drones Into Wi-Fi Hotspots”
“Oops! Air Force Drones Can Now (Accidentally)
Spy on You”
“We Need to Reform Our Drone Policies
(But This Isn’t About Privacy)”
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9. References
Adam Clark Estes. (2015). All the Dreamy Drone Businesses the FAA's Proposed Rules Would Kill.
Available: http://gizmodo.com/all-the-dreamy-drone-businesses-the-faas-proposed-rules-1686127921. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
Chris Anderson. (2012). How I Accidentally Kickstarted the Domestic Drone Boom.
Available: http://www.wired.com/2012/06/ff_drones/all/. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
Jason Paur. (2013). FAA Releases Road Map for Future Domestic Drone Use.
Available: http://www.wired.com/2013/11/faa-unmanned-aircraft-roadmap/. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
Jason Paur. (2013). Why Amazon’s Drone Delivery Service Won’t Fly Any Time Soon.
Available: http://www.wired.com/2013/12/amazon-drone-delivery/. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
Jeff Beckham. (2014). Drones Will Transform Sports Photography—Once the FAA Gets Out of the Way.
Available: http://www.wired.com/2014/09/drones-will-transform-sports-photographyonce-faa-gets-way/. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
Jordan Golson . (2014). Rural Pilots Won’t Be Happy About the FAA’s New Drone Rules.
Available: http://www.wired.com/2014/11/rural-pilots-wont-happy-faas-new-drone-rules/. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
Marcus Wohlsen. (2013). Even if the Feds Let Them Fly, Amazon’s Delivery Drones Are Still Nonsense.
Available: http://www.wired.com/2013/12/amazon-drone/. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
Marcus Wohlsen. (2015). The Ex-Googlers Building Drones That Anybody Can Pilot With a Phone.
Available: http://www.wired.com/2015/01/skydio-drones/. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
none. (2013). Amazon's drone delivery is a bold idea.
Available: http://www.denverpost.com/editorials/ci_24664142/amazons-drone-delivery-is-bold-idea?source=infinite. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
none. (2015). Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
Available: https://www.faa.gov/uas/. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
Ryan Calo. (2012). Drones, Dogs and the Future of Privacy.
Available: http://www.wired.com/2012/03/opinion-calo-drones-dogs-privacy/. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
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Editor's Notes
Investors are betting widespread use of drones is only a matter of time as government and cultural norms catch up with the technology.
Drones as one of the next big computing platforms.
Heavy industries such as construction, mining, and agriculture can have eyes in the sky all the time, the thinking goes, they can gather more kinds of data, and more of it, than ever before. In that context, the value is not in the drones themselves, but rather the insights they provide.
A “follow me” feature that allows a skier or mountain biker to be his or her own film crew, with a drone flying behind. In live broadcasting, a drone can send previously impossible dynamic views to the stadium JumboTron and the TV audience around the world. Capturing breath taking images with a drone has never been cheaper or easier.
The film industry is already full of remotely piloted copters serving as camera platforms, with a longer reach than booms as well as cheaper and safer operations than manned helicopters. Some farmers now use drones for crop management, creating aerial maps to optimize water and fertilizer distribution. And there are countless scientific uses for drones, from watching algal blooms in the ocean to low-altitude measurement of the solar reflectivity of the Amazon rain forest.
THE NORTH SEA
Payload: Medicines like painkillers or anticoagulants
Method: Automated (but a pilot monitors the flight)
Status: A local ferry service makes daily runs to the island of Juist, but the drone is for urgent orders; the flight takes a mere 17 minutes.
SYKTYVKAR, RUSSIA
Payload: Pizza
Method: Preprogrammed via GPS and equipped with cameras monitored from the pizza shop; the pie is dropped down to the customer on a cable.
Status: If you're in Syktyvkar, just call Dodo Pizza and order Одну большую пиццу пожалуйста.
BHUTAN
Payload: Antibiotics from the hospital in the Himalayan capital of Thimphu, at 7,710 feet above sea level, up to a remote mountain health clinic
Method: Automated (after operators program in the destination)
Status: Tests ran in August 2014, and a rollout is planned for 2015.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Payload: Saliva samples for tuberculosis testing, from Malalaua to the Kerema hospital; the drone shortens what can be a days-long overland trip to one hour.
Method: Automated
Status: Tests ran in September 2014 in anticipation of a 2015 rollout.
SYDNEY
Payload: Physics and law textbooks to University of Sydney students
Method: Automated
Status: More testing is ongoing at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Ryan Baker, whose builds and sells its own line of UAVs, spoke at a South by Southwest Interactive panel on drones in sports in March “People are beginning to realize just how useful these things are, not only for the general user, but also for commercial applications, and as a result they are only going to become more and more popular. We are designing our drones to be tough enough for commercial applications, but also affordable enough for the average user.”
Actions are right or wrong, “good” or “bad” in themselves (Kant):
WRONG: - mini-aircraft wouldn't land on someone's head instead of their front porch (security); - drones should come with clear rules that protect the privacy of people in their homes (privacy); - "drones" are associated with U.S. efforts to take out terrorists with firepower and unmanned aircraft (public acceptance);
- a Colorado town that is set to vote on an ordinance that would create a $25 drone "hunting license.“ (rational principles ???);
- the guy who conceived the license would shoot down an Amazon Prime Air drone if it crossed his property (human behaviour).
Mechanical problems: don’t lead to a 100 pound octocopter (and the five pound Amazon box) c standing below
to avoid landing on somebody’s head, and that probably means a camera, and cameras open up perhaps the biggest issue of privacy
GOOD: There are plenty of very good, fun, and helpful things that drones can do —things like monitoring crops and delivering beer and saving lives.
- transport: medicine (painkillers or anticoagulants), books, food, first-aid kit for farmers, dog treats, cattle vaccines, Antibiotics from the hospital in the Himalayan capital of Thimphu, at 7,710 feet above sea level, up to a remote mountain health clinic, rescuing life; - heavy industries such as construction, mining, and agriculture can have eyes in the sky all the time, they can gather more kinds of data (commercial use);
- capturing breath taking images with a drone has never been cheaper or easier (extreme sports);
- Amazon want to deliver by drone their packages straight to customers front porch;
The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and federal lawmakers should remain open to different and creative uses of the unmanned aircraft while ensuring that privacy is protected. The FAA comes up with rules and standards to govern UAV as directed by Congress.
With a few rare exceptions, drones in the US still remain grounded by federal regulators—at least those drones intended to be used for commercial purposes. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released the first draft of its rules for commercial drones: - remain within an unaided visual line-of-sight of the drone
- not operate over people not involved with the mission
- not operate at night
- maintain an altitude of less than 500 feet
The FAA bans the commercial use of drones without a waiver. Hobbyists can fly drones—officially known as unmanned aerial vehicles or unmanned aircraft systems—so long as they keep them away from airports, below 500 feet, and within operators’ sight.
“Any UAS use not for hobby or recreational purposes is subject to FAA regulations and needs FAA approval,” FAA spokesman Les Dorr says. “Regarding the use of UAS to monitor sports practices, we would need to determine who is operating the UAS, how, and for what purpose to determine if it’s being operated for hobby or recreation.”
No one who buys discounted merchandise on Amazon today will have it delivered by drone, and such deliveries won’t happen for years — if they happen at all. It’s not just that the technology isn’t up to the task yet. It’s not just that federal regulations prohibit such flights over populated areas. It’s that drone delivery doesn’t make economic sense for Amazon, and it will never make sense unless the company completely overhauls its operation.
The drone-delivery idea, which has only been broadly outlined, has a lot of issues to work through.
It’s safe to say that drones are the first technology in history where the toy industry and hobbyists are beating the military-industrial complex at its own game. These personal drones can do everything that military drones can, aside from blow up stuff. Although they technically aren’t supposed to be used commercially in the US (they also must stay below 500 feet, within visual line of sight, and away from populated areas and airports).
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There will be good uses and bad ones, but the same is true of any tool, from a crowbar to an ultrasound machine. Ultimately the way society best figures out how to think about a powerful new technology is to set it free and watch where it flies.
“The FAA’s biggest worry is public safety, which we share,” “We don’t want these drones flying around in parks, in highly populated areas.”
The FAA’s primary concern is safety; carelessly deployed drones might literally crash your dinner party or collide with other aircraft in the already crowded skies. But civil-liberty groups are worried about what they see as a greater danger: the spectre of massive surveillance.
Citizens do not generally enjoy a reasonable expectation of privacy in public, nor even in the portions of their property visible from a public vantage.
Just as the 1970s saw the birth and rise of the personal computer, this decade will see the ascendance of the personal drone. We’re entering the Drone Age. When that future arrives, drone enthusiasts promise a flourishing of creativity as another technology that, like the computer, was once limited to experts becomes accessible to everyone.
Further investigations in America and compare Europe as well. Monitoring FAA and their rules about drones and flight by them.
“Darpa Turns Aging Surveillance Drones Into Wi-Fi Hotspots”
“Oops! Air Force Drones Can Now (Accidentally) Spy on You”
“We Need to Reform Our Drone Policies (But This Isn’t About Privacy)”
Adam Clark Estes. (2015). All the Dreamy Drone Businesses the FAA's Proposed Rules Would Kill. Available: http://gizmodo.com/all-the-dreamy-drone-businesses-the-faas-proposed-rules-1686127921. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
Chris Anderson. (2012). How I Accidentally Kickstarted the Domestic Drone Boom. Available: http://www.wired.com/2012/06/ff_drones/all/. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
Jason Paur. (2013). FAA Releases Road Map for Future Domestic Drone Use. Available: http://www.wired.com/2013/11/faa-unmanned-aircraft-roadmap/. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
Jason Paur. (2013). Why Amazon’s Drone Delivery Service Won’t Fly Any Time Soon. Available: http://www.wired.com/2013/12/amazon-drone-delivery/. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
Jeff Beckham. (2014). Drones Will Transform Sports Photography—Once the FAA Gets Out of the Way. Available: http://www.wired.com/2014/09/drones-will-transform-sports-photographyonce-faa-gets-way/. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
Jordan Golson . (2014). Rural Pilots Won’t Be Happy About the FAA’s New Drone Rules. Available: http://www.wired.com/2014/11/rural-pilots-wont-happy-faas-new-drone-rules/. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
Marcus Wohlsen. (2013). Even if the Feds Let Them Fly, Amazon’s Delivery Drones Are Still Nonsense. Available: http://www.wired.com/2013/12/amazon-drone/. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
Marcus Wohlsen. (2015). The Ex-Googlers Building Drones That Anybody Can Pilot With a Phone. Available: http://www.wired.com/2015/01/skydio-drones/. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
none. (2013). Amazon's drone delivery is a bold idea. Available: http://www.denverpost.com/editorials/ci_24664142/amazons-drone-delivery-is-bold-idea?source=infinite. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
none. (2015). Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Available: https://www.faa.gov/uas/. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
Ryan Calo. (2012). Drones, Dogs and the Future of Privacy. Available: http://www.wired.com/2012/03/opinion-calo-drones-dogs-privacy/. Last accessed 19th Feb 2015.
