Miscellaneous non-military uses of UAS

  • Drone racing on ESPN
    • http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/04/drone-races-are-coming-to-espn-thanks-to-unprecedented-popularity/
  • Drones build/weave materials to construct structures; Ammar Mirjan
    • http://www.dezeen.com/2015/03/04/movie-drones-architecture-weave-tensile-structures-ammar-mirjan-gramazio-kohler-research/
  • “Follow Me” mode, “for when you’d like aerial UAS footage of your every step”
    • http://www.dronethusiast.com/drones-that-follow-you/
  • “Happy cows ‘smile’ in #CowArt”, captured via UAS, Derek Klingenberg, 2015:
    • https://youtu.be/h9shDfw9HAM (00:59)
  • Drone+, 2014
  •  “Lakemaid Beer Drone Delivery” via UAS in Wisconsin (FAA suspended its operations in early Feb. 2014)
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmHwXf8JUOw (01:09)
  • Dubai’s World Drone Prix
    • http://www.worlddroneprix.com/
    • Grand prize for track competition is $250,000
    • “Drones for Good Award”
  • Apple used to host drone apps that tracked kills/strikes, but removed such apps in September 2015
    • https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/30/apple-removing-drone-strikes-app
  • California law re: paparazzi use of drones
    • http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-pol-sac-brown-drones-paparazzi-20151006-story.html
  • “ZMR250 Butter Drone Sculpture”, April 2016
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6mKuz0VBbw (00:59)