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MD4-1000
Target Groups which use MD4-100
1) Public Authority with UAV
2)Research/Development, Education by UAV
3) Industry with UAV
4) Business by UAV
The Underlying Pathological Aspect of Advancing
Technology
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MQ-1
Predator Drone
•Built by General
Atomics
•Used by: USAF and CIA
•Carries Cameras,
censors and fires two AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles
•Seen Combat over
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bosnia, Serbia, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, and Somalia
- Program Development Cost $2.38B U.S
- Unit Cost 4.03M U.S
- Production output 360 Units
- Total Costs = $3830800000 Insane!
- Shouldn't we be Spending our Money on Something Else?
MD4-1000
Target Groups which use MD4-100
1) Public Authority with UAV
- Police, Government, Military, Fire Fighter
2)Research/Development, Education by UAV
- Research Institutes, Universities
3) Industry with UAV
- Energy Supplier, Security, Aerospace, Agro, Geographical Information System, Photogrammetry
4) Business by UAV
- Media, Service Provider
In a fast-paced continuously developing world, technology
is a dominant, lucrative industry, having immense impacts on life and
societies. The demand for the most
cutting edge technology is prevalent among all industries; the advancement and
attainment of technology correlates to power.
At the beginning of the technological era, the events of the Cold War
defined the advancement of technology to be an everlasting competition. From sending men into outer space to having
weapons of mass destruction, countries at the leading end of the technology
evolution have asserted their power over countries who cannot keep up in the
arms race. Though the Cold War is an
issue of the 20th century, the attitudes towards and uses of
advancing technology are applicable to today’s world. Surveillance and invasion of privacy are the
most prevalent concerns with the advancement of technology.
Drones – the newest form of surveillance that is
continuously undergoing improvement, is one of the most controversial
milestones in modern technology. Drones
are unmanned aerial vehicles that have the ability to produce detailed
surveillance on areas they are hovering over.
One of the latest types of drone has challenged the aerial surveillance
to the next level. Innovative and
different from the classic drones, the Hummingbird Drone, developed by
AeroVironment, operates closer to the ground and it is the size of an actual
hummingbird. Unlike typical drones, the
Hummingbird Drone looks like a bird, flaps its wings like a Hummingbird, and
weighs a mere 19 grams. The concept of
the Hummingbird Drone is very sly and secretive in nature; it does not look
like a typical surveillance camera. At
its stage in development, it cannot endure certain weather and has a short
range to fly. Though the Hummingbird
Drone is not yet in a position to be used as secretive surveillance, it has the
potential to be the biggest invasion of privacy. It allows spying to be taken to a whole new
level.
In addition to the Hummingbird Drone, surveillance has
been taken to the next level with the Cyborg Beetle. Similar to the Hummingbird Drone, it
manipulates the nature, behavior, and structure of an animal to be used as
secretive surveillance device. The
Cyborg Beetle crawls and flies like a real beetle; a beetle’s size is ideal to
hold the technology the Cyborg Beetle needs.
The Cyborg Beetle consists of an off-the-shelf microprocessor, a radio
receiver, and a battery attached to a custom-printed circuit board, along with
six electrodes implanted into the animals’ optic lobes and flight muscles. The beetle’s flight and movement patterns are
controlled by a laptop via radio-frequency transmitter. Like the Hummingbird Drone, the Cyborg Beetle
also poses a large threat to privacy. There has been rumor that now, with the advancement in nano technology there is a prototype drone that is as small as a mosquito, and carries lethal fluids in its body. Below is a picture
In Relation to 1984!
We saw in 1984 how the Inner Party and Big Brother
projected a utopian society through constant surveillance via the Telescreen.
Whether it may have been at home, work or in the streets, there were always
eyes watching Winston’s every step. Even when Winston had thought he was safe
living upstairs in Mr. Charrington’s shop, he is later captured and imprisoned
because he did not know that there was a Telescreen behind the picture of St.
Clements Church. This is frightening because although it is illegal for the
government to spy within private areas such as households, as the Cyborg Beetle
and Hummingbird Drone becomes more known and popular, along with nano
technology becoming more advanced, 3rd party groups may start to
manufacture or buy these surveillance items and people might soon not be able
to tell the difference between a hummingbird flying around the neighborhood and
a drone, or even a beetle that may be buzzing outside your window. Look Out!
Works
Cited
Rothschild, Anna.
"The Hummingbird Drone." PBS. PBS, 29 Oct. 0013. Web. 12 June 2014.
Technology Review, 29 Jan. 2009. Web. 12 June 2014.
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