(Source: gigaom.com) After a New Jersey man spotted his neighbor’s camera-equipped drone flying over his house this week, he fetched a shotgun and peppered the drone with holes, knocking it from the sky. Did he have a right to do so? Even though local police arrested the man on unlawful weapons charges, some people will feel he had the right to defend himself against an … [Read more...] about Can You Shoot Down a Drone on Your Land?
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Drone Industry Seeks Box-Office Breakthrough
(Source: The Hill) The drone industry is ready for its close-up. Advocates for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are buzzing about the government’s decision to allow major Hollywood studios to use them for footage — a technique that has already been used to dazzling effect in blockbusters “Skyfall” and “Harry Potter.” Industry insiders are hopeful that the movie magic … [Read more...] about Drone Industry Seeks Box-Office Breakthrough
The FAA Won’t Tell Its Drone Test Sites What to Test
(Source: motherboard.vice.com) In April, the United States' first commercial drone test site opened in North Dakota. Since then, it's done, well, not a whole lot. That's not the test site's fault: Officials at the independently-operated site insist they are ready and willing to fly, anxious to start helping the Federal Aviation Administration commercialize drones. But … [Read more...] about The FAA Won’t Tell Its Drone Test Sites What to Test
It’s Time To Stop Worrying About ‘Peeping Drones’ — Here’s Why
(Source: Business Insider) Around 7:45 a.m. on June 22, a Seattle woman spotted an unusual apparatus hovering outside the window of her 26th floor apartment while getting dressed. "It was freaky," Lisa Pleiss told KIRO TV. "You don't expect to be walking around indecent in your apartment and have this thing out there potentially recording you." She immediately called … [Read more...] about It’s Time To Stop Worrying About ‘Peeping Drones’ — Here’s Why
Is the FAA Limiting Drone Innovation?
from fortune.com The aircraft regulatory agency’s delays on making rules for commercial drones is forcing businesses to wait. And wait. In the winter of 2013, Scott Pham had finished teaching his fall semester on drone journalism—a new journalistic method of reporting and photographing stories by using unmanned aircraft—at the University of Missouri. While gearing up for … [Read more...] about Is the FAA Limiting Drone Innovation?
