What is Drone and how it works ?

Reaper drones' "unblinking stare" can currently take in a 4 kilometer by 4 kilometer area -- about the size of Fairfax -- but that will soon be expanded, said Air Force Lieutenant General Larry James, to a 10 kilometer by 10 kilometer stare, or two-thirds the size of Washington, D.C.

Putting on my sociologist hat, holding on to one's phone for longer is also likely to make switching operating systems that much more dramatic, which means the likelihood of people switching out of iOS should go down even further.

Though one manufacturer, MLB Company, which launched its business in the late 1990s when no one knew what a "UAV" was and associated "drones" only with Office Space, coined the name "spy planes" for the flying machines.

Finally, in an age of widespread hacking and data breaches, Apple's focus on privacy and security should benefit the compan. In fact, Apple displayed a tongue-in-cheek billboard this week for the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, emphasizing that very thing. ""What happens on your iPhone, stays on your iPhone," said the advertisement.

The surveillance industry wants drones to be more cuddly, though. In Britain, manufacturers have suggested painting drones bright colors as a way to make them seem friendlier and less reminiscent of war zones, reports The Guardian.

Amazon is working to develop a service that would deliver video games via online streaming, according to the report. The company is said to be in discussions with video game publishers about making their games available via the upcoming service, which wouldn't debut until sometime next year

To drone manufacturers, resistance is futile... but hilarious. California Congressman Buck McKeon, a proud member of the Unmanned Systems Caucus, gave a keynote hoorah at the AUSVI conference Wednesday morning.

Other sources point to Amazon's current job postings as corroboration, with opportunities for two engineers to work on "cloud games" and another posting that states, "This is a rare opportunity to take a technical leadership role to shape the foundation of an unannounced AAA games business.

Amazon already has numerous ties to gaming. It's the proud owner of Twitch, the video game streaming platform it purchased in 2014 for an estimated $1 billion. The unit is reportedly generating more than $500 million in annual ad revenue, with plans to double that to more than $1 billion annually.

The Air Force has 65,000 - 70,000 people working to process all of the data and footage it's currently collecting from drones. Lt. Gen. James says the analysts' work includes "watching life in Afghanistan and looking for patterns," and that a Rand review suggested they need 100,000 people devoted to the task.

Cape Canaveral is now a drone base. Since the space program is now on a death watch, it's good to know they've found a way to repurpose this base. U.S. Customs and Border Protection flies drones on our northern, southern, and southeastern borders.

The FAA Reauthorization Act calls for six drone test sites around the U.S. Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security plans to launch a site in June -- likely in the Southeast -- devoted to testing drones for use by first responders (local and state police, firefighters, etc.). DHS is looking to provide funds to industry partners so they can bring their drone technology in for test drives.

In order to take flight, drones require a controller, something the pilot uses to launch, land, and navigate. Controllers can take many forms, from gamepad-like controllers to smartphones and tablets.

Regardless of how they look, controllers need to communicate with the drone, and typically do that using radio waves

The Coast Guard thinks that drones will increase their prosecutions by 95%. Coast Guard Captain Chris Martino says the Coast Guard is currently restricted in its use of drones, and has to partner with the Navy to use theirs, but projects that integrating unmanned vehicles into the Coast Guard's array of tools will increase their surveillance of U.S. waters by 70%, meaning they'll catch (and prosecute) far more drug runners, among others.

drones are typically run by 2.4 gigahertz radio waves. To communicate with their aircraft, many drone controllers use Wi-Fi, which can be transmitted on the 2.4 gigahertz spectrum, and is something that smartphones and tablets can tap into without any accessories.

Not coincidentally, drones have adopted an array of onboard technology also developed by the smartphone revolution. One is a GPS chip inside the aircraft that relays its location to the controller.

It also logs the aircraft’s takeoff spot in case it needs to return unassisted. Gyroscopes, the kind that are found in smartphones’ accelerometers, are also crucial.

America Made the First Military Drones: Incorrect. The first country in the world to make drones for military use was Israel.

Drones Have Many Names: Correct. The U.S. military likes acronyms that are the first initials of descriptive terms, so they call this drone technology an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Commercial industry leaders like to call them remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) because some are piloted from a remote location. The rest of us call them drones for the droning sound that they make when they fly.

Terrorists were the First Drone Targets: Correct. Before the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in New York, the U.S. military created a drone for use in combat. After 9/11, the first drone named the “Predator” was ready for active deployment. Its mission was to target terrorists.

The first Drone Killing was Osama Bin Laden: Incorrect. It is true that the first target of the Predator UAV was Osama Bin Laden. However, the U.S. military could not locate him at that time. Instead, the first killing by a UAV was Muhammed Atel. He was a commander of Al-Qaeda.

American Military Drones Kill Many People: Correct. The American UAV program started under President George Bush Jr. and then expanded under President Obama. It continues to this day. Estimates are that about 5,000 people have been killed by military drones so far.

All Drones are Weapons: Incorrect. Many know about drones because of their military use to attack enemies with gunfire and smart-guided bombs. However, there are plenty of non-weaponized use of drones that are conducted by the military and civilians.

Only the Military and Police Use Drones: Incorrect. Drones are used in almost all industry sectors for many non-military or police needs. There are many non-governmental organizations, companies, and civilians who use drones for lots of good purposes, including very avid groups of hobbyists worldwide.