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In 1849 Austrians attacked Venice with unnamed balloon loaded with explosives. This was the very first UAV made my Austrians.
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This was the first time UAV"s used camera for surveillance.
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New technology has allowed drones to be controlled many many miles away from were it is being flown.
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The first drone/pilot less aircraft was made during WWII.
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In 1918, the u.s army created the Kettering bug ( a drone like UAV).The unmanned Kettering Bug was also intended to act as a flying bomb, but was much more successful, with the ability to hit targets 40 miles away.
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Engineers developed quad copters to solve the problems that helicopter pilots had with making vertical flights. The first was the Omnichen 2, invented in 1920 by Etienne Omnichen.
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Breakthroughs in transistor technology made it for the first time, that miniaturized radio-controlled components were available to customers at a reasonable cost.
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In 1991 there was always a drone in the air, at least one and sometimes more.
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In 1993, people started using drones to monitoring climate and the environment using drones. With this technology meteorologists can better predict severe weather saving lives and property damage.
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The CIA began flying armed drones over Afghanistan as part of the war against the Taliban.
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In 2001 they came out with the a very high tech drone, the Predator is an unmistakable aircraft featuring a bulbous nose just barely large enough to house the satellite antennae underneath.
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One year after hurricane Katrina occurred, drones were used to try to find survivors after big storms/national disasters.
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FAA issued the first commercial drone permits. These permits lifted some of the limitations placed on consumer drones flown for recreational purposes.
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The Parrot AR Drone was the first smartphone controlled quad copter UAV available for consumers.
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Infrared can make thinks that invisible to us and turn them visible so we can see them. Heat sensor or thermal drones do that also but only some sensors do it.
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Jeff Bezo's came up with the thought that drones could delivery packages instead of trucks. So he released a video showing is idea.
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In 2014, the FFA allowed production companies drones to be flown on set.
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Parachutes are being added to drones to make them safer so if they fall they won't hit someone in the head. They are also adding light attachments to drones so people can see them coming and the people controlling the remotes will see better. November 2016 is when this idea went into play.
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In 2016, consumer drones are at an all time high. Drones became very popular because their are so many different kinds and different technology available.
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Land Rover partnered with the Austrian Red Cross to design a special operations vehicle with a roof-mounted, thermal imaging drone. The vehicle includes an integrated landing system, which allows the drone to securely land on top of the vehicle while the vehicle is moving.
