(WGHP) — Unmanned aircraft controlled by a radio signal were first used in World War I as a way to surveil a battlefield.
The people who created that technology probably wouldn’t recognize a drone today.
The term comes from the Old English word “Dran,” which was the term for a male bee, and modern drones buzz much like them. Although they weren’t terribly advanced over the first 75 years of their use, the ways they are used have exploded over the last 30 years.
“Drones are the future,” Winston-Salem Police Officer Benjamin Croke said. “Drones are a force multiplier. Drones can locate your child that ran away or your mentally disabled child that got lost in the woods.”
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And there is still plenty of innovation to come…