WHAT IS THE INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT), and why should drone pilots care? In the most basic sense, the IoT is made up of devices that have sensors to collect data and share it with other devices through a network. A number of big name companies like Amazon.com and Google, as well as tiny startups, are all competing to put intelligent, autonomous, networked drones in the sky, under the sea, and on our roads.
Because drones are flying computers that can connect to the internet, other drones, air traffic control, or directly with their operator, they ought to be a perfect fit for integration into the IoT. However, there are still a lot of big holes in that theory.
Colin Snow, an industry analyst and CEO of Skylogic Research points…
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Drone 360 (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2017