NewTech Longmont - The Drone Revolution
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Amazon has a patented drone delivery system (http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/12/politics/amazon-patent-drone-delivery/). Google plans to use drones to ship packages by 2017 (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-aims-begin-drone-package-174015765.html). A billion drones will fill the sky by 2030 (http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2015/10/reaching-1-billion-drones-by-2030/). What is the nascent drone industry doing today? What technologies are they using? A panel of drone experts from Colorado will help sort fact from fiction.
While military use of drones is now legendary, commercial applications are new. On the horizon, drones will be deployed for agriculture (http://fortune.com/2015/05/18/drone-agriculture/), firefighting (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTQfeXAXLGs), law enforcement (http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/08/27/435301160/north-dakota-legalizes-armed-police-drones), security (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2576091/The-smart-security-drone-STUN-GUN-built-attack-intruders.html), search & rescue (http://sardrones.org/), weather (http://www.weather.com/storms/hurricane/video/flying-drones-into-hurricanes), underwater exploration (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/openrov/openrov-trident-an-underwater-drone-for-everyone/description), research (http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_29060796/cuboulder-helps-win-faa-approval-for-drones-in-san-luis-valley), selfies (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/06/travel/selfie-camera-drones.html?_r=0), and entertainment (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tubszgiZM1s). Our panelists are actually building those drones, and will show sample products and prototypes.
This will be a moderated and fast-paced discussion. The audience is invited to post questions ahead of time in the comments below. For video replays, click here (http://www.startuplongmont.com/ntl-replays.html).
Topics
How are businesses using drones today?
What innovations are there in aviation design, navigation, speed, altitude, range, fuel economy, sensors, and cameras?
What kind of registration, licensing and approvals are required to operate drones commercially?
Will drones start crashing and falling out of the sky?
What are the safety and privacy concerns?
How will drones be used in the future?
Speakers
Skip Miller, Founder of UASUSA
Jason Barton, Agribotix
Olivier Brousse, 3Dvistas
Oliver Mazurkiewicz, Iron Ridge UAS
Matt Stallard, TinkerMill
Kris Klipfel, CU Drone Club
Constantin Diehl, UAS Colorado
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