A reader writes:
I’ve enjoyed your coverage of the military usage of drones, but would love to hear the what Dish readers are thinking right now with regards to the imminent gold rush for non-militarized drones. You ran a post recently about journalists with drones. But the potential for good is exciting for search-and-rescue, agriculture, fire fighting, wildlife management – the list goes on. Of course, there is negative potential as well, in terms of privacy, not to mention the proliferation of drone technology. Being voraciously on top of the Internet as you are I’m guessing you’ve seen this NYTimes story from a few days ago that speaks to the coming gold rush.
Lastly, a shameless product plug – my partner and I just launched a crowd-funded campaign for a device to let you monitor and control your personal drone with an iPad: the Fighting Walrus Radio. I’m the bearded guy in the video. We are trying to follow the Dish model of being as transparent as possible – publishing our internal numbers, broadcasting and addressing dissent, and open-sourcing our software. We are also trying to find that fine line between being as open as possible to promote engagement and retaining something as proprietary to create revenue.
Here’s hoping for some Dish discussion on domestic drones!
The Dish 