Drone Technology Reaches New Heights
February 3, 2012
Peter Singer, author, Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century (Penguin, 2009), director, 21st Century Defense Initiative, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
Mary "Missy" Cummings, director, Humans and Automation Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, program officer, Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System,
Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Va.
Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, Wired, founder, DIY Drones and 3D Robotics
San Francisco, Calif.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are replacing boots on the ground in some wars. Commercially, UAVs are being used for things like crop-dusting and flood mapping. Experts discuss advances in drone technology and how to address legal and privacy concerns that stem from their use.
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