Drones are about to get a great influence on our lives, even if they are not going to deliver orders from our online store soon.
Civilian drones began to reap the headlines in 2014, and may soon get increased daily use, especially in France and the US, which leads the way in technological development.
– The industry is likely to strong growth worldwide eventually that legislation is about to catch up technology, says Redbird boss Emmanuel de Maistre.
His newly established company producing drones.
So far drones primarily been used by the military, but increasingly they get unmanned small aircraft civilian tasks beyond simple reconnaissance.
vessels are lightweight and easy to maneuver, and often gives better results than traditional methods such as helicopters, light aircraft and satellites. They can help us to “produce more and better, and in many cases cheaper,” according to the French Air and romakademi.
The inventor Edwin Van Ruymbeke demonstrate their flying toy Bionic Bird, which can be controlled with smartphone. Photo: Scanpix / AFP.
drones meet aerospace and advanced technology. Their use is regulated by the aviation authorities.
– In a drone will find everything you have a smartphone, says de Maistre.
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News Drones
The public got a taste of drone future during television coverage of major news events Maidan protests in Kiev and the Tour de France cycling event. Viewers got new and surprising camera angles while events unfolded.
In Canada now receives journalism own courses in the use of drones during newscasts.
Manufacturers Parrot has also entered the field with camera drones controlled by smartphone, a market also the US camera maker GoPro want to take part in.
A drone was used to filming demonstrations in Bangkok:
Yet it an industry in its infancy, currently only worth about 500 million euros (4, 5 billion) in Europe, far from the 82 billion dollars (602 billion) the US group Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) claims it will serve during the year, when it expects 100,000 will be employed in the industry.
Aerial MOB, LLC, demonstrating its unmanned Sky Jib helicopter with eight rotors August 2013. Photo: Scanpix / AP.
France is another pioneer in the field, thanks to liberal laws regarding use of drones from 2012, which has allowed newly established company that Redbird to grow. Around 3,000 have jobs related to drone industry in France, most of them in smaller company that mostly focuses on image retrieval.
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Google and Facebook
Redbird goes beyond this and offers drones to including mining companies, power producers and rail giants EDF and SNCF. The hope is that the technology can help companies to use their mines and infrastructure in a more efficient manner. The drones are also used to increase the efficiency of agriculture and to improve the use of fertilizers, which can provide environmental benefits.
First and foremost drones a tool for information retrieval, and this is why the key companies in the digital economy as Amazon, Google and Facebook are so interested in them. It comes regularly articles that talk about how they want to use drones to deliver goods directly to their customers.
This is currently a distant future dream, according to those who know the industry, as the current legislation provides limitation on the use of drones over populated areas, nighttime and around airports. Many consider visions of home deliveries with drones as part of a plan to get through new legislation on privately owned drones in the US in 2015, laws assumed to strengthen the sector.
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Nearly accidents
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos argues that what is in way for such use of drones in the US is not technology, but the legislation. Federal aviation authorities in the United States conducted an experimental drone study in six US regions in 2013, and estimates that the government will give permission to use the 7500 mini drones between now and 2018.
In the United States will increasingly more messages accidents caused by either military or private drones:
Nearly half of the border between the US and Mexico patrolled today only by unmanned drones. Photo: Scanpix / AP.
There are still many questions about the use of drones concerns exacerbated by episodes of drones over French nuclear reactors lately. Even greater concern aroused by at least two reported cases where drones almost collided with the passenger during the past year, once in the US and once in the UK.
The events focus on the importance of training of drone pilots. In addition, consideration for privacy, when drones can be used to record and store images of people without them being aware of it.
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Translated and adapted by Ole Peder Giæver for ABC News.
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