Drones: A Path to a Tech Driven Future: A look at the Military, Police, Environment, and Entertainment Capabilities of Drones!

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to take a deeper look into four various applications of drones. The four applications that will be discussed are the military, police, environmental, and entertainment uses of drones. The military section of the thesis will analyze how the military is able to use all different types of drones to accomplish different missions such as locating, spying, targeting, and attacking, if necessary, an enemy compound. The police section expresses how police can domestically use drones to locate and track missing suspects, monitor traffic and crash patterns, and even use drones to give out speeding ticket. Next the environmental sections will look at how drones can reach places never reachable before to monitor pollution and volcanic activity. They can also be used to tend crops on a field, which would save the farmer hours of hard work. The fourth section takes a look at the entertainment and commercial industry, with drones being used for light shows, to film movies, as well as deliver packages. After looking at everything that drones can offer, it is important that we also take a look at the various drawback and privacy issues that become a very real possibility with drones in the sky. It is crucial to the advancement of drones, that proper regulations are put into place to prevent the unethical use of drones. If these regulations can be accomplished, there is no doubt that drones will continue to grow and become more and more efficient with more functionality in the near future.