Drones, flying robots, are getting more and more popular. The most know ones are the killer drones used by some government to murder people they do not like without giving them the chance of a fair trial, but the technology have many good uses too, from mapping and @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ private enterprises and not only state criminals but petty criminals too. The drone technology is very useful and very dangerous. To have some control over the use of drones, I agree with Daniel Suarez in his TED talk -The -kill decision shouldn't belong to a robot, where he suggested this +"The kill +decision shouldn't belong to a robot", where he suggested this little gem to keep the good while limiting the bad use of drones:
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ and drones while still preserving our open, civil society.The key is that every citizen should be able to read the radio beacons sent from the drones in the area, to be able to check -both the government and others use of drones. What should such beacon +both the government and others use of drones. For such control to be +effective, everyone must be able to do it. What should such beacon contain? At least formal owner, purpose, contact information and GPS location. Probably also the origin and target position of the current flight. And perhaps some registration number to be able to look up