| If you think the unmanned aerial vehicle | | | | Indeed, the military has a good use for these as |
| technology in the modern battle space is incredible | | | | well; they want to use them as mini-Kamikaze |
| today, you haven't seen anything yet. Perhaps, | | | | delivery vehicles with high explosives, which will |
| you've heard of the Predator Drones and all their | | | | explode on impact. Think of them as miniature |
| wartime uses. Perhaps, you also know that they | | | | flying hand grenades, flying directly to their target, |
| are being used by the USDA Forest Service to | | | | which could be many miles away. And they would |
| fight wildfires, and by NOAA to track hurricanes | | | | be flying in dense swarms, and once they arrive |
| and weather patterns. | | | | they would divide themselves up and hit each |
| Some have even been used to spot and track | | | | individual target nearly simultaneously. |
| endangered species. The reality is there are | | | | For some, this sounds like a scary science-fiction |
| unlimited uses for unmanned aerial vehicles. Not | | | | movie, or the latest videogame, but these |
| only is the number of applications increasing, the | | | | devices are being created right now, and they will |
| power of the technology is also increasing and | | | | significantly increase the survivability of our |
| becoming more robust. And just like Moore's law | | | | soldiers in the battlespace, and help them to |
| indicates that technology is not only getting more | | | | defeat the enemy very quickly. These devices |
| powerful and it is also getting smaller. | | | | may also be dropped by airplanes flying over, |
| Now there are such things as MAVs or micro air | | | | from very high altitude. |
| vehicles which fit in the palm of your hand, and | | | | If the international terrorists, which challenge |
| they are fully autonomous. Best of all, soon they | | | | humanity do not like UAVs now, you can bet in |
| will be able to fly in swarms just like insects, or | | | | the future they really won't like them, as these |
| slightly larger versions able to migrate like giant | | | | units get smaller, smarter, and better at |
| flocks of birds. | | | | swarming. Please consider all this. |