Speculative Design- Commercial Drone Laws / Kalkidan Fikadu

Commercial drone laws :

What will happen in the next 10 years?

    • Very obvious Drone disasters will decrease drastically compared to the time FAA laws were passed.
    • Based on new conditions more safety regulation will be introduced
    • job creation –
      • drone professionals/pilots
      • separate drone traffic policing or monitoring government organizations will be established
      • more drone pilot training companies
    • Drone-related crimes will rise since low-flying drones are harder to detect
    • Drone pilots will be required to use only specific kinds of apps for flying drones and other mental health screenings,  to ensure safety and drone regulation easier.
    • More no-go zones will be introduced
    • Big companies will dominate the commercial market

Render possible scenarios that would come about

The commercial side of drone flight market will be dominated by big cooperate companies. Big companies will have a resource to hire a more human resource to keep up with government regulations. For instance, the government requires only professionals to fly drones, that means startups that use drones will have to hire extra manpower. If by accident small or startup companies violate drone laws they might be fined a large sum of money and run out of business. Whereas, similar fines might not affect the operation of large cooperate companies.

Solve the problem by  designing objects or systems

    • A possible solution can be developing an area specific drone.
    • AI technology is  cost-effective. The more information and data we input into an AI system, the more it operates effectively,  without failures and human-related errors. Hence my training AI drone we can reduce the chance of crush.
    • What makes an area specific AI drones different from other drones is that, before beginning operation, the drone will be trained by professionals to be very familiar with the surrounding of a particular area. Additionally, in order to guarantee safe drone usage, drone flights can be limited inside an area/ or become area specific.

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