Jan 24
Leave it to The Onion to satirize current feelings about drone technology in America. Taking a jab at concerns that domestic drone use is on the rise, the newspaper offered the following headline on Monday: “Obama Begins Inauguration Festivities With Ceremonial Drone Flyover.” On one hand, drones generate excitement among amateur builders and aerospace manufacturers alike …
Jun 08
In April, we wrote about the potential widespread use of drones in the United States, Drones Over America: Coming to an Airspace Near You. The drivers behind this “revolution” would be law enforcement agencies, crop dusters, journalists and even the paparazzi. But with all the interest and privacy concerns focused on robotic drones, we are …
May 01
Every time we board a plane, we are boarding a drone. It’s now possible for airplanes to taxi, take off, fly and land all without the help of human hands. At the Wired Business Conference, Missy Cummings, an associate professor in aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, talked about how radically different the life of a fighter …
Apr 12
The idea of thousands of unmanned aircraft patrolling the skies over America seems like something out of a conspiracy theorist’s handbook. But it’s actually a topic that is discussed increasingly the mainstream, especially with the recent passage of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act. This act allows expanded access for unmanned aircraft, commonly refered to as …
Mar 22
Each year for the past three years, FORA.tv has hosted the American Society of International Law‘s annual meeting. Before you non-lawyers avert your eyes in boredom, let’s pay a little visit to a few of the popular programs that have come out of the world’s most important gathering of international law experts. Two years ago …