A Good Use of a Drone

Drones Fight Fires

     Drones can be used for bad things. For instance, a drone crashed in at the U.S. Open. They can also be used for good things taking extraordinary photos. But they can also be used for great things, including there new uses of which include helping fight fires. Engineers at MIT and Olin College are creating a drone that can help firefighters. It will not replace them by putting out the fires, but it will aid them in seeing where the fire is or how bad it is. Systems that track fires alert people are 12-24  hours after the fire starts. Drones will alert people a couple minutes after the fire starts. A big improvement if you ask me.

     As I said before, drones won't replace firefighter. They won't replace them because for one thing they aren't fire resistant. I'm pretty sure that they also aren't water resistant though I may be wrong about that.

     The reason that we are using drones to assist in firefighting is because they are easy to get them started up and also because they are easy to build. If a drone gets damaged or broken, we can just quickly make a new one. How? Because they are based off of already existing models so that all we have to do is tinker with it. Do you think that using drones will help enough for them to make a difference, or will they just break down if they get too close to the flames?

NFL Gets Drones

NFL Gets Permission For Drones

   The NFL has finally gotten permission to fly drones in there stadiums. There is only one catch, they can only fly them when the stands are empty. This means that they still cannot use drones to capture shots of games. They got this much approved by the FFA (Federal Aviation Administration) on September 17. The NFL is the first major league to be able to fly drones.

   The reason the FFA gave the NFL permission to use drones is because it thinks that drones are safer to use then other flying machines. They think this because they don't carry flammable fuel or a passenger, so there is a smaller chance of people getting hurt or places getting damaged. Also, they gave the NFL permission to use drones because the people liked the idea of it.

   There are still other rules that the NFL has to follow as well as any other FFA approved drones. They have to fly there drones lower than 400 feet, they have to weigh less than 55 pounds, and they have to be in sight of the operator at all times. So far 1,400 companies have been legally approved to fly drones, but how many fly them and are not approved? 

Unexpected Visitors

Extra Visitors at Sporting Events

    Normally you have to pay to go to a baseball game. Also, you normally have to be at the actual field to see it. But there is on exception that is a problem. What if someone flew a drone in? How could you stop them from watching the game? Well, you can't. The Federal Aviation Administration just decided to put a ban on drones attending most major sporting games and auto races. But will that be enough to stop these illegal drone users from watching in the sky?

    So far there have been 31 drone sightings last year at baseball games and 9 this year so far. The government tried to stop this last year by using "Operation Foul Ball" to try and spot drones at games. It sort of worked, but as you can see some still got in. ESPN had permission to use drones to capture amazing angles at the Winter X-Games. This could be a big step forward in using drones correctly for good purposes. The only thing that ESPN had to do, was keep there drones away from the fans. This gave some people the idea of having security drones keeping other drones away from stadiums. Would this really work, or end up backfiring and causing more problems? 

  

Drone sits on step while security officer walks by on his phone.