Anderson, however, is aiming at a different market — although it's entirely possible that 3D Robotics may achieve some cheap, off-the-shelf type innovations that the military eventually shows an interest in. For now, the company seems to be more about developing cool flying machines that can be programmed to fly themselves, rather than hunt down terrorists on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
"Why would anyone want a personal drone?"
To shoot videos, of course. That's 3D Robotics' thing: personal camera drones. But whether you accept Anderson's argument that DIY Drones are somehow the flying robotic equivalent of the Apple I that Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak unleashed on the personal computing public, you can see some obvious applications for journalism...or just spying...I mean journalism. ...
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