Purposes for drones

Drones are just for taking pictures, right? Wrong! Drones can be useful for just about anything and everything. Here are just a few examples:

  • Suffering in a drought (hello, California) but need to water your crops? You can use a drone to map your whole farm. Then, run analysis on crop health, so that you know where to direct water. All the while sipping iced tea on your porch.
  • Want to walk the golf course, but don't want to hire a caddy or carry your own clubs? Caddy drone to the rescue! Make a motorized golf trolley, and have it follow the GPS signal on your cell phone as your walk the golf course.
  • Maybe you're a herpetologist on an expedition to a remote location and you found a new species of tree frog. Get it back ...

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