Unless you are a farmer or really hate bugs, the Agras MG-1 might not seem particularly exciting, especially when compared to all the other potential industrial uses for drones such as aerial photography or e-commerce deliveries.
While there are serious issues with the use of drones, such as human rights violations in the killing of innocent civilians, the assassination of U.S. civilians, international legal issues, and problems of oversight, the focus on drones is only one part of a much larger problem.
For example, in October the New York Times suggested that DJI's products may have been used by ISIS, writing that "the Islamic State is using simpler, commercially available drones such as the DJI Phantom, which can be purchased on Amazon".
The New York Times suggested that a Phantom might have been used in the fatal attack, writing, "The Islamic State is using simpler, commercially available drones such as the DJI Phantom, which can be purchased on Amazon".
The rangers have recently started using drones as a method of anti-poaching surveillance too.
3D-printed guns have already sparked legislation in congress, West Virginia is set to become the first state to ban using Google Glass in a car, and the FAA is committed to reviewing the rules that currently ban companies such as Amazon from using drones to deliver goods.
Conservationists have searched for non-violent remedies to such conflicts, which also exist in India and Sri Lanka, such as planting chilis near crops or using drones to scare elephants away.
Aided by non-profit organisations such as the New York-based Humactivists Foundareon, activists are using drones to send memory sticks from China loaded with books, encyclopedias and films.
Obama said companies such as Amazon.com Inc were looking at using drones to deliver packages.
Companies such as Aerial MOB had been using drones on film sets until a few years ago, when the FAA clamped down on their use.
