The Drone Revolution
Introduction
What is a Drone?
Evolution of the Drone hobby
Types of Drones
Why The Fear?
Why are Drones so Important to our future?
The Threat
The Need for Education!
What Now?
Introduction
Change is inevitable. From the industrial revolution to the invention of the internet, these changes are coming faster and having greater impact than ever before. We hardly have time to focus before another change comes along to change everything again. We are unable to stop and form a clear enough picture of life as we know it today, let alone prepare ourselves for the new evolutionary routes our technology is already plotting for us. This is the landscape where my story begins. The story of how a hobby is morphing into a new industry.
Due to the ferocious change in this technology, the public has yet to realize the impact this new industry will have on our world. The innovations coming could be so revolutionary that they could change the world in the same way the internet did, or air travel or even interchangeable parts.
This hobby started out as model airplane flying. The hobbyist would control small planes with 2 or more wires attached to the plane with a handle at the other end. The only option available was moving the plane up or down while the plane flew in a circle around the hobbyist. The invention of radio control was quickly applied to free flight models in 1937 and small gasoline engines were being used before that.
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