SMITH BRAIN TRUST -- Drone industry experts say that while new federal regulations would limit many commercial applications for now, uses such as Amazon's planned package delivery and even pizza drop-offs will come eventually. The proposed rules are “a stepping stone for coming up with policies for how delivery drones are going to operate,” said Smith professor P.K. Kannan, who is researching how retail businesses can use drones. “I don't think the U.S. government wants to stifle a business that is really going to take off.” Read more in USA Today...
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