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World Service,29 Jan 2015,18 mins

Drones: An Unmanned and Remote-Controlled Future

Business Daily

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More businesses are experimenting with drone technology, so what does the future hold? We look at developments in shipping and farming, among others, and its regulation. It is not just about remote-controlled flying objects. Oskar Levander, Rolls-Royce's vice president of innovation, engineering and technology, tells us unmanned ships could be on the sea within a decade. Paul Lee, Deloitte's head of Technology, Media, and Telecommunications research, outlines other sectors where drone technology might be useful and how pubic acceptance of it might be problematic. And Brendan Schulman, head of Unmanned Aircraft Systems at the law firm Kramer Levin in New York, who defended the first-ever federal case involving the operation of a commercial drone in the US, explains how regulation needs to catch up with the technology.

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