Face it, people: We're entering a world of robots, but it doesn't have to be a bad thing.
Recently, the folks at the North Dakota Chamber of Commerce were nice enough to fly me to Grand Forks so they could heap praise on their drone infrastructure to national news reporters.
North Dakota is aiming to be one of six sites where the FAA will test drones with the goal of integrating them into U.S. airspace, and it most likely will be selected for this economic windfall.
Now I had long considered myself a staunch anti-drone activist, both here and abroad, due to concerns for privacy and debatable war tactics.
The researchers, veterans, and students in Grand Forks, however, may have started to change my mind. Highly professional and dedicated, they are committed to the idea that drones — excuse me, "Unmanned Aerial Systems"— can improve everything from agriculture to telecom to, yes, surveillance and war.
Here at the University of North Dakota University Center for Aerospace Sciences these indoor tubes connecting buildings stand as tacit admission of the unflinching cold.
Here's what the campus looks like in reduced size.
It is one of the leading aviation schools in the world, hosting pilots from several different countries.
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