5 Drone Capabilities you Should Think Twice About
Drones, you may or may not own one, but you’ve probably heard about them in the news. As you may have suspected, the use of drones is on the rise. Today, drones are more accessible to the masses than ever before due to their availability online and inexpensive cost. Thanks to online retailers like Amazon, it doesn’t cost much to buy a drone, less than $50. Drones, or Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), can be used for a multitude of things ranging from practical, entertaining, or just plain scary. With a camera or recording device attached, drones have even greater potential. A drone in the....
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A company near San Francisco has come up with a novel way to deliver bitcoin-purchased marijuana, via drone. Trees, which claims to sell the "highest quality" medicinal cannabis to people holding a medical recommendation, accepts payments in bitcoin alongside traditional payment methods such as cash, online bank transfer and credit cards. A spokesperson for the company confirmed that drone deliveries were not currently available, due to local regulations. The drone delivery option, the spokesperson said, would be rolled-out in the future if and when the regulation around the flying devices....
After eBay first released the idea of making deliveries via drones, many companies started to follow this same method. Now a San Francisco-based company announced its plans to deliver bitcoin-purchased medicinal cannabis to customers via drone. A startup named Trees has unveiled a plan to start delivering prescription medication via drone. The company claims to be licensed and even offers a service that enables customers to go through an online doctor evaluation to be able to get the prescription the very same day. Companies like Trees got what looked like a green light to start their....
According to National Security and Human Rights lawyer Jesselyn Radack, a group of her clients is being ostracized from the fiat financial system as a result of blowing the whistle on certain aspects of the US government's drone program. Taking to Twitter to complain, she asked if anyone had any suggestions. .@wikileaks My #drone #whistleblowers went public this wk & now their #CreditCards + #BankAccts are #frozen. Advice? pic.twitter.com/4wymwZgeZ9. - unR̶A̶D̶A̶C̶K̶ted (@JesselynRadack) November 22, 2015. Soon, Bitcoiner Rey Poullard had suggested the new Coinbase debit card -....