Droning On

When I was kid I used to have build airplane kits. Big paper wings on them and then do remote control flying of them. I usually crashed them and their debris was deposited somewhere it was not wanted. I could never get the knack of it.

I thought of this as I was reading about drones the other day. It was an article about using them to deliver burritos. What a great idea, (take out food delivery drivers take note - your career is threatened). What I thought remarkable is that these planes can fly and land and do stuff like drop burritos on exact GPS coordinates.

Yes I know they are also effective and used to drop bombs to kill people, but then too many burritos could have an adverse effect on your life as well. This is not the point I want to make. What I admire is that folks have perfected the technology I played with so many years ago. I’d like to think of myself as a pioneer in the field of drone development thinking and now drone writing.

There was also at time when I thought flying to the moon would be a crazy idea.