John Villasenor

Brookings Institution

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Non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles

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We've all heard about drones used by the military against hostile forces, by law enforcement and to patrol America's borders.

There May Be Drones in Your Future — Like It or Not

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The uses of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, also called drones, are limited only by the imagination. Think of hovering cameras the size of hummingbirds or flies.

There May Be Drones in Your Future — Like It or Not

The uses of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, also called drones, are limited only by the imagination. Think of hovering cameras the size of hummingbirds or flies.

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