Implode-o-Meter News - Here's How Drones Are Going to Utterly Transform Our World

... private businesses and state and local governments are more motivated than ever to use this technology in construction, agriculture, and land managementÂ -- just to name a few industries. Right now, many of the vendors who are taking advantage of UAVs are small to mid-sized private companies and startups. However, BI predicts that larger conglomerates will be investing more in drone technology, increasing revenues from drone sales to $12 billion in 2021 from around $8 billion last year.
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While drones are being used for such applications as mail delivery in France and power-line cleaning in China, the United States hasn't figured out exactly how to deal with drones quite yet. The Federal Aviation Administration has recently drafted rules limiting the use of commercial drones to select industries (like the oil and gas sectors) and applications (like aerial surveying in the agriculture).

However, a US government "exemption" program has already authorized a number of companies to fly small drones commercially. Many hope that regulations may be further loosened by the increased prevalence of technologies like geo-fencing and collision avoidance, which will make flying UAVs safer.

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Here's How Drones Are Going to Utterly Transform Our World