The United Arab Emirates “Drones for Good” Award
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The United Arab Emirates “Drones for Good” Award
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#2The article seems to contradict itself -- it offers $1M USD and then offers $1M AED, even providing an estimated USD value after exchange rate.
On the official website[1] it's quite clear: there are two competitions, one national with a $1M AED prize and one international with a $1M USD prize.
Regardless, this is fascinating and it exemplifies the value of drones in the same way that smartphones are valuable -- cheap, ubiquitous computers. In this case they can provide telemetry and transportation mechanisms instead of providing a means of personal communication.
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#3Except it's not one million USD. Also it's only open to citizens and residents of UAE.
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#4The article seems to contradict itself -- it offers $1M USD and then offers $1M AED, even providing an estimated USD value after exchange rate. On the official website[1] it's quite clear: there are two competitions, one national with a $1M AED prize and one international with a $1M USD prize. Regardless, this is fascinating and it exemplifies the value of drones in the same way that smartphones are valuable -- cheap…
>The article seems to contradict itself -- it offers $1M USD and then offers $1M AED, even providing an estimated USD value after exchange rate.
I guess you missed the second paragraph where it states "The award is comprised of a national and international category."
The third and fourth paragraphs then provide detail about each of these categories.
Sorry if this was unclear.
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#5Except it's not one million USD. Also it's only open to citizens and residents of UAE.
>Except it's not one million USD. Also it's only open to citizens and residents of UAE.
The one million USD prize is for the international category of the award, and it is open to anyone. Check the official website: http://dronesforgood.ae/
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#6"The international category has a prize pool of $1,000,000 USD and the national category has a $1,000,000 AED reward."
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#7Maybe a drone that can deliver caviar to the Sheikh's 180 meter yacht when he runs out of caviar?
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#8That's good to see. There's the potential for drone-friendly governments to leave drone-unfriendly governments in the dust for what is certain to be a major industry in the next decade.
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#9The article seems to contradict itself -- it offers $1M USD and then offers $1M AED, even providing an estimated USD value after exchange rate. On the official website[1] it's quite clear: there are two competitions, one national with a $1M AED prize and one international with a $1M USD prize. Regardless, this is fascinating and it exemplifies the value of drones in the same way that smartphones are valuable -- cheap…
>The article seems to contradict itself -- it offers $1M USD and then offers $1M AED, even providing an estimated USD value after exchange rate. I guess you missed the second paragraph where it states "The award is comprised of a national and international category." The third and fourth paragraphs then provide detail about each of these categories. Sorry if this was unclear.
Yes, it was a bit unclear. It should be made quite clear that there are two prizes, and the title itself is misleading in that regard.
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#10As sea levels rise due to the melting of the Antarctic ice sheet[0], we could fly drones to survey the flooding of cities and coastal areas. That would be a fantastic use of oil wealth.
[0] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/13/science/earth/collapse-of-...