Get ready for 'Drone Nation'

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Post by jonomillin » Thu, Oct 09, 2014, 9:44 PM UTC

Get ready for 'Drone Nation'
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Re: Get ready for 'Drone Nation'

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Post by jonomillin » Thu, Oct 09, 2014, 10:53 PM UTC

Full disclosure: I'm one of the founders of DroneDeploy (http://www.dronedeploy.com) and we're hiring:)

Feel free to mail jobs@dronedeploy.com if you're excited about controlling flying robots through the cloud.

Re: Get ready for 'Drone Nation'

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Post by comrh » Fri, Oct 10, 2014, 4:17 AM UTC

My understanding is you're going to get in trouble flying a drone anywhere. If you get caught is different but it just doesn't seem like a good idea at the moment.

Re: Get ready for 'Drone Nation'

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Post by Mc_Big_G » Fri, Oct 10, 2014, 5:15 AM UTC

We'll wax nostalgic to our grandchildren about the days when we could look up and see a clear sky.

Re: Get ready for 'Drone Nation'

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Post by spacefight » Fri, Oct 10, 2014, 6:48 AM UTC

comrh wrote: post #3

My understanding is you're going to get in trouble flying a drone anywhere. If you get caught is different but it just doesn't seem like a good idea at the moment.

*flying a drone _commercially_ anywhere.

Re: Get ready for 'Drone Nation'

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Post by anigbrowl » Fri, Oct 10, 2014, 7:42 AM UTC

comrh wrote: post #3

My understanding is you're going to get in trouble flying a drone anywhere. If you get caught is different but it just doesn't seem like a good idea at the moment.

the FAA handed out a bunch of exemptions for film services companies recently. I posted it here and thought people would be all over it (given the general level of interest) but nobody noticed.

Re: Get ready for 'Drone Nation'

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Post by ObviousScience » Fri, Oct 10, 2014, 7:51 AM UTC

spacefight wrote: post #5

comrh wrote: post #3

My understanding is you're going to get in trouble flying a drone anywhere. If you get caught is different but it just doesn't seem like a good idea at the moment.

*flying a drone _commercially_ anywhere.

Recreational flying is still restricted in terms of what you can overfly, height requirements, line of sight, etc.

Re: Get ready for 'Drone Nation'

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Post by tzs » Fri, Oct 10, 2014, 8:09 AM UTC

comrh wrote: post #3

My understanding is you're going to get in trouble flying a drone anywhere. If you get caught is different but it just doesn't seem like a good idea at the moment.

It should be a lot easier to legally do drone stuff in about a year. The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, passed in early 2012 and signed by President Obama, requires the FAA to develop regulations to allow widespread use of civilian drones by 2015-09-30. I believe that it also required them to authorize certain uses before then to serve as experiments to help understand the issues in civilian drone use (although maybe it was something else that required that).

Re: Get ready for 'Drone Nation'

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Post by Mithaldu » Fri, Oct 10, 2014, 8:10 AM UTC

jonomillin wrote: post #2

Full disclosure: I'm one of the founders of DroneDeploy ( http://www.dronedeploy.com ) and we're hiring:) Feel free to mail jobs@dronedeploy.com if you're excited about controlling flying robots through the cloud.

The "view 3D model" bit in your demos doesn't give an error in browsers without WebGL, it just hangs. Might wanna fix that. :)

Re: Get ready for 'Drone Nation'

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Post by comrh » Fri, Oct 10, 2014, 4:17 PM UTC

spacefight wrote: post #5

comrh wrote: post #3

My understanding is you're going to get in trouble flying a drone anywhere. If you get caught is different but it just doesn't seem like a good idea at the moment.

*flying a drone _commercially_ anywhere.

Even for personal use if you're near people, in a national park or "near" an airport you're going to have trouble.