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Drones Have Immense Commercial Potential—So Long as Regulators Don’t Try to Ground Them

December 4, 2014 by Alan Phillips Leave a Comment

(Source: The Economist) ONE of this year’s top-selling Christmas presents is a drone. For $50 you can buy a tiny quadcopter with a video camera, perfect for snapping a bird’s-eye view of your garden; for $700, one equipped with a gyroscopically stabilised camera which, when paired with a wireless tracking device on your wrist, will film you while you ski, cycle or … [Read more...] about Drones Have Immense Commercial Potential—So Long as Regulators Don’t Try to Ground Them

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