http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/2012/10/drawing-the-line-on-drones/ How human ingenuity is changing the way we live Wed, 22 May 2013 23:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/2012/10/drawing-the-line-on-drones/comment-page-1/#comment-1229 Randy Rieland Tue, 16 Oct 2012 23:34:00 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/?p=4027#comment-1229 Thanks for providing the correct information. I apologize for the error Thanks for providing the correct information. I apologize for the error

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/2012/10/drawing-the-line-on-drones/comment-page-1/#comment-1228 Les Dorr Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:20:22 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/?p=4027#comment-1228 Randy, You wrote, "When the first test site, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, finally gears up later this month.... The FAA has not selected any test sites. We are currently developing the Screening Information Request for management of those sites. The Fort Sill ops are solely DHS-sponsored. Randy, You wrote, “When the first test site, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, finally gears up later this month…. The FAA has not selected any test sites. We are currently developing the Screening Information Request for management of those sites. The Fort Sill ops are solely DHS-sponsored.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/2012/10/drawing-the-line-on-drones/comment-page-1/#comment-1224 Jim Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:58:53 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/ideas/?p=4027#comment-1224 Another issue that may need to be explored is the issue of property rights and trespassing. Under the common law, a person's rights in his or her real property extend all the way to the "heavens." Although exceptions were granted for transportation, when the aim of the technology is to hover over property for the purpose of peering down on it, is this a physical invasion of property/ trespass? Another issue that may need to be explored is the issue of property rights and trespassing. Under the common law, a person’s rights in his or her real property extend all the way to the “heavens.” Although exceptions were granted for transportation, when the aim of the technology is to hover over property for the purpose of peering down on it, is this a physical invasion of property/ trespass?

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