This man wants you to know that not all drones are grey and drop bombs
Patrick Egan is a “drone advocate.” Yes, there is such a thing. And no, he is not a military type.
Egan sees great benefit in using drones for civilian and commercial projects, and he wants people to recognize that the technology itself doesn’t kill people — it is the people who control the technology.
He’s worked with drones for a decade, and he helps run a blog and produces a podcast focused solely on news related to unmanned technology.
“There’s a lot of good that can be done with this technology,” Egan says. “Erosion studies, anti-poaching efforts, anti-deforestation … and the list goes on and on and on.”
Egan says the many good uses of drones get lost in the controversy around their more violent and secretive uses.
Amnesty International released a review Tuesday condemning the CIA for “unlawful killings” through drone strikes in Pakistan. Last week, a UN investigation found that US drone strikes had killed at least 400 civilians in that country.
The military drone programs have overshadowed the rest of the drone industry, Egan says.
http://www.pri.org/stories/2013-10-22/man-wants-you-know-not-all-drones-are-grey-and-drop-bombs
