Books in Inside the World of Drones series

As drones become more sophisticated and inexpensive, technology experts and educators alike expect their use to proliferate within classrooms and around school environments generally. As a tool for research, newsgathering, and multimedia instruction, the potential to leverage drones for learning is vast. This book guides readers through some of the endless possibilities available to students hoping to use drones in school projects, teachers employing them in their lessons, and even their use by administrators and other members of the school community, like school security specialists, physical education teachers, and student and faculty organizers of extracurricular activities and performances.

The development of drones for surveillance and military missions has revolutionized modern warfare. Today, law enforcement is merely learning the ropes at the dawn of the drone technology revolution in policing and government regulation. From securing borders, to involvement in active shooter situations, terrorism, emergency management, and security and prevention, this book explores the incredible capabilities drones may provide those who work in public safety and emergency response. It also tackles the troubling legal and ethical implications of using these dynamic and rapidly developing technologies on the public.

In the public imagination, drones are tools of the military and law enforcement. However, there are many sectors in which government at all levelslocal, state, and federalhas the potential to leverage drone technology. In this book, readers will be exposed to the history of drone use, as well as currently developing and theoretical future uses of drones. From scientific surveys, to enforcing statutes and environmental regulations on public lands, to helping with traffic management, weather analysis, disaster response, and search and rescue, the possibilities remain endless.

Throughout the history of warfare, combatants have sought out higher ground. With the development of military drones, the United States and other powers now have access to the highest ground: the sky itself. The incredible and sobering power of drones as weaponsboth as tools of surveillance and as delivery systems for missilesis explored in this book. Readers will be fascinated by the history of drones, their current usage in hot spots around the globe, and their possible future incarnations. The coverage of the very controversial ethical and moral issues surrounding drone use also makes this book a valuable resource.

Already widely used to deliver blood products in rural Africa, medical drones are on the verge of vastly improving health care in the United States. Medical Drones shows how unmanned aerial vehicles are being used to bring medical samples to laboratories, transport organs for transplants, and even serve as flying ambulances to save the lives of sick and injured patients.

Drones have become a frequent subject of media coverage. Governments, businesses, the military, scientists, filmmakers, and even private individuals are using drones for a variety of purposes. And with their proliferation have come difficult questions regarding privacy rights, government overreach, airspace rights, and ethics. Each book in this series explores a different aspect of the world of drones. Topics include the explosion in the use and popularity of drones; the opportunities drones offer in media, the arts, business and commerce, military technology, law enforcement, and education; the ways drones could improve government’s essential functions; and their great potential for abuse.