The popularity of drones has sky-rocketed in the last few years
as technology improves and prices become more affordable. For
recreational purposes, drones allow average people to capture
incredible cinematic video footage and photographs from aerial
heights that would otherwise be completely inaccessible.
Commercially, it has quickly become apparent that the use of drones
can provide considerable cost-saving and safety advantages in a
wide range of industries such as agriculture, construction,
photography, oil and gas, survey engineering and
telecommunications, to name a few.
New innovative ways to use drones seem to appear every day. For
example, Rwanda has recently begun operating a hugely successful
drone delivery system to distribute blood and emergency medical
supplies to local hospitals and remote health facilities. This
program has proved so effective that more developed countries like
the UK and Australia have begun trials to emulate the system. Other
recent
