Future Of Drones

Aerial Surveillance 

In 2016 for the first time in American history a regime was put in place to allow small un-piloted  aircrafts better known as drones, to fly in the national airspace. Legal and technological developments have made it all but certain that drones will be the catalyst for new ways governments will think about protecting and surveying. (McNeal 2016)

However in recent years privacy advocates have mounted a campaign that has convinced many states in the US to enact law enforcements using drones, an initiative many other states and countries may use in the future. For me, the use of drones as surveillance in the future may lead to more negative outcomes than positive. Last years Gatwick Airport incident a prime example

Farming Industry

With the modern farming industry continuing to evolve, and demand for faster, more efficient farmland mapping at an all-time high, the potential for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the agriculture industry is greater than ever. While more investment in R&D programmes is required, collaborative partnerships between hardware and software providers are enabling the creation of more integrated, end-to-end drone solutions, capable of meeting the needs of agriculture professionals worldwide and influencing future developments in modern farming. (Stein, 2017)

Pharmaceutical 

The rapidly developing field of medical drones is on the verge of revolutionizing prehospital medicine enabling advanced health care delivery to once-inaccessible patients. The aim of this review is to clarify the basic technical properties of currently available medical drones and review recent advances and their usefulness in military and civilian health care missions. Medical drones appear to be of great benefit for improving survivability of deployed forces on and off the battlefield. The emerging aerial medical delivery systems appear to provide particularly promising solutions for bridging some of the many serious gaps between third world health care systems and their western counterparts and between major metropolitan centers and distant rural communities. The global nature of drone-based health care delivery needs points to a need for an international effort between collaborating civilian and military medical forces to harness the currently available resources and novel emerging technologies for broader lifesaving capabilities. (Braun, 2019)