From Terminator to Toy Story: drones for a better tomorrow | Jessica Bland

Unmanned aerial vehicles are no longer the preserve of the military. Civilian applications are boomingUntil recently, drones only meant one thing to me. They were the flying killing machines favoured by Obama, brought vividly to life – ironically – by the central plot of the president's favourite TV show, Homeland. They were the cutting-edge technology that pushed public concerns about automated warfare to the limit. A UN inquiry into military drone attacks will report this Autumn. And the […]