What is Drone and how it works ?

Drones have taken many lives

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi recently unveiled a 4K drone that costs just $460 -- $40 less than GoPro's 4K-capable Hero 4 Black camera.

Drones help humanity

However, filling the skies with cheaper drones can be hazardous to passenger aircraft. 327 incidents of drones flying too closely to piloted aircraft occurred between Dec. 2013 and Sept. 2015 according to a study conducted by a research group at Bard College.

Drones fight crime

Over 325,000 people registered their drones between last December and early February according to the FAA. However, that represents less than a third of the one million drones that the agency believes were sold last holiday season

Drones deliver food and medicine

If drone owners continue ignoring FAA regulations, stricter rules might be introduced and enforced.

Drones are great farming assistants. They survey crops, and their footage will show farmers the damaged ones.

DHL used drones for 130 deliveries in the first three months of 2016. The company has been using drones to ferry packages between two small villages in the Swiss Alps. DHL's Parcelcopter drones can travel up to 45 miles per hour and carry up to 4.5 pounds

Drones can help you to record important sports games or celebrations from the air. With a drone, you will never miss a fireworks display.

$1.9 billion in venture capital has been invested in drone-related start-ups according to AngelList. The average valuation of these start-ups is $5.3 million, and the three most followed start-ups are commercial logistics firm Skycatch, cloud-based drone mapping and analytics firm DroneDeploy, and smart drone maker Matternet, in that order.

A drone is a stage manager’s best friend. It dangles decorations as it hovers in place.

The Aerial Target made my A.M. Low, was one of the first attempts at putting a UAV together.

Drones look like they'll be a bigger part of our lives in the near future, but investors should note that these forecasts aren't always accurate. Tighter regulations could throttle sales of drones, and mainstream consumers might not be that enthusiastic about the flying devices.

Over 181000 Americans have registered their drones with the Federal Aviation Administration of America. Stores report selling over 400000 drones.

Even within Apple's disappointing preannouncement of quarterly results, there was good news. CEO Tim Cook reported the company's services segment would be over $10.8 billion in Q1 -- 28% higher than last year. Services include AppleCare, Apple Music, iCloud, and App Store sales (for which Apple earns a 30% commission).

Drones attract creative minds. They have sparked creativity in the areas of robotics and military defense.

Services will reach an all-time high in every single geography for Apple, said Cook, even the Chinese market, where iPhone demand has fallen off a cliff. That's because services aren't tied to sales of new devices, but rather to the overall installed base

while some may be nervous about certain companies like Netflix attempting to bypass the App Store's commission, this is relevant to a relatively small amount of the overall services mix.

Some industry players call these vehicles UAVs, and others, RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems). They feel that RPAS are different because a pilot controls them from a distant location.

In addition, Apple should be launching its own TV streaming service later this year, which could further light a fire under the already strong services segment.

There could be 30,000 drones overhead in the U.S. by 2020, reports the Washington Times.

Despite the China woes, Apple is retaining customers and expanding its user base. According to Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), roughly 16% of new iPhone units went to Android switchers in November, which is up from the 11% mark in November 2017.

if Apple is still adding users to its ecosystem, iPhone unit declines should eventually find a bottom, even if the iPhone upgrade cycle is lengthening.