Detail Unblinking Eyes in the Sky   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 402 no. 8774 (Mar. 2012), page s10. Topik: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs); Armed Forces; Monitoring Traffic; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.70 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel When environmental activists start using drones to track down Japanese whaling vessels, as they did in December, it is a sure sign that UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) are no longer the sole prerogative of the armed forces. Police around the world are keen to use small pilot-less aircraft to help them nab fleeing criminals and monitor crime scenes from above. Aside from helping enforce the law, any civilian activity that could be improved by having an aerial view--monitoring traffic, checking electricity cables and pipelines, surveying forestry and crops, taking aerial photographs, patrolling wooded areas for fire--would benefit from the use of UAVs. The limiting factor is not technological, but regulatory. In America the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) currently allows the recreational use of drones, but not commercial use: earlier this year estate agents in Los Angeles were banned from using drones to take aerial photos of properties they were selling, for example. Change is coming, however. The European Commission has held a series of hearings on the subject, the most recent on February 9th, to determine a regulatory framework to enable the wider use of UAVs by civilians. In America, a bill passed by the Senate on February 6th and now awaiting presidential approval requires the FAA to draw up new rules so that the skies can be safely opened to drone flights from October 2015. That will be easier said than done. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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