History
The future of drone use is uncertain as regulation and
Military commanders have always dreamed of
attacking their enemy from a dis-tance. This was first
seriously developed during the Second World War
with the Ryan Firebee. However, before that in 1849
the Austrians sent up explosive bal-loons with timed
fuses over the city of Venice.
Current
Since then technology has improved around GPS
and surveillance equipment with further military
research into Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
changing the battlefield.
With this new weapon a negative
connotation has emerged as drones have become
renowned for killing people in Middle Eastern
countries. All controlled from a control room
anywhere in the world.
The issue has grown considerably now with
the Huffington Post and the Guardian both having
dedicated columns on drones.
Monitioring
It’s not all bad though. Commercial use of drones
has skyrocketed as the tech has reduced in price over
the last 10yrs. They are being used with cameras
mounted to the undercarriage of the drone and
remotely controlled from the user on the ground,
some including live feeds of what it is seeing.
As a result they are being used for nature
films, sport coverage, property sell images,
agriculture and 3d mapping. With such a variety of
uses you can see why they are becoming more and
more popular.
Future
battery life begin to infringe on the development of
drones. Currently the FAA and similar bodies across
the globe have strict commercial regulations about
flying in certain situations. Furthermore most com-
mercial drones have a battery life which lasts only
20mins on average. Once these obstacles have been
passed there is no doubt to the endless possibilities for
the use of drones.
Amazon primeair is one future concept which
doesn’t seem too far away at all. The concept is
amazon packages are attached to the drone’s storage
compartment and the drone is then sent off to the
customers house. After landing and dropping off the
package the drone then flies home for its next delivery.
Emergency Services
Emergency services could use them for tracking of
people, forest fire detection and reviewing accidents.
Buisness Activity
Construction Monitoring – Real time monitoring of
building projects so the managers can watch the pro-
gress of a build.
Instant Environmental Impact Assessment – Instantly
monitor, anticipate, and record environmental chang-
es on any project.
Power Line Monitoring Drones – Checking for prob-
lems, deterioration, and signs of danger.
Thermo Imaging of Buildings – To spot heat loss.
Open Seas Pirate Monitoring Drones – Drones fly
around container ships in sensitive areas and make the
captain aware of any vessels heading their way.
Gaming Drones
Three Dimensional Chess Drones – What’s the fun in
2D chess when you can fly your knight or rook in for a
perfect kill? Checkmate!
Drone Jousting Matches – The collisions will be spec-
tacular.
Drone Racing – The drone version of the Indianapolis
500.
Drone Obstacle Courses – Great training for aspiring
drone pilots.
Drone Hunting Season – Forget the clay pigeons, this
is far more challenging.
Drones
Emergent Technology
History
Cars have in many ways been pioneers in creating new
technology. With such an extensive market and the
amount of money in the industry car makers have been
able to improve on efficiency, power, manufacturing
cost, safety and even electric. Some firms such as Tesla
even to the extent of driverless cars.
Driverless cars have always been a possibility as
auto pilot on planes and self steering rudders on ships
have. But the issue with cars has always been problem
of real life driving with so many objects/ scenarios they
have to deal with.
Driverless Car of the Future, advertisement for “Amer-
ica’s Electric Light and Power Companies,” Saturday
Evening Post, 1950s.
Current
Electric cars are currently a very popular area of interest
within the car market. Thanks to the increased efficien-
cy and power of batteries the realistic effectiveness of
electric cars have been noticed. Manufactures have put
both an electric and a combustion engine, also known
as hybrids which allow the batteries to be charged by
the main engine, swapping back over once the batteries
are charged.
A fairly recent development has been the introduction
of half driverless cars entering the market. At the mo-
ment they are not fully driverless, but while sitting at
the wheel the car will control its speed and position on
the road, reacting when necessary.
The Google driverless car is one example of a car which
is not far from hitting the market.
Future Mercedes is experimenting with airbags which are lo-
cated on the outside of the car. For example if a collision
is imminent an airbag deploys beneath the car to slow it
down.
One expected feature of cars of the future is that they
will be able to communicate with each other. For exam-
ple if a car runs a red light this alerts any other traffic
around and enables them to react before a collision.
Furthermore this could extend to objects on roads as
well.
Augmented reality dashboards are also a strong possi-
bility. Any information would be displayed directly onto
the windscreen. Not only speed and directions but also
indicators for potential hazards.
Another promising development is body panels which
store energy. Currently batteries are heavy and big
which makes storing them a problem. The panels would
store energy from charging and regenerative braking.
Toyota is even experimenting with panels which absorb
solar energy.
Cars
Emergent Technology
History
Crowdfunding is a way to raise money, awareness and
support for a project, from the people around you. It’s a
means of funding that allows individuals to make their
ideas a reality with the power of the crowd.

Crowdfunding is a fairly new creation which has come

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It enables any one to put out an idea or a project and but also help animals, personal injury and emergencies.
with peoples support get it to market. This allows people to support who they choose
financially

The advantages of crowd funding is not only does it help

the creator fund the project but the financial support
suggests there will be a market to sell to. Basically
ensuring a guaranteed demand and supply cycle.

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Crowd Funding
Emergent Behaviour

As the planet has warmed over the past century the
effects of environmental change has begun to increase
steadily. As a result many places across the globe such
as the Maldives and the Artic are suffering, specifical-
ly sea levels.
In response education about looking after the planet
has been introduced and children are growing up
with sustainability instilled into them.
Online websites such as recycle now give you infor- Looking to the future there is a strong possibility to
mation regarding what you can recycle and where effects are going to become so bad that there will be
you can do it nearby. Its resources like these which are a tipping point in government policy, where they will
encouraging to see. have to enforce strict regulations.
Public transport is becoming more favoured as in-
creased taxes on cars and inner city driving by gov-
ernments and councils. As a result people are choos-
ing to save money and also save the environment.
As of 2015 drought in the USA particularly the west
coast has been a real issue and its problems like this
which begin to illustrate that global warming is a real
threat.
Currently investments into water infrastruc-
ture is increasing as they find innovative and promis-
ing ways to alleviate the issue.
Park and ride schemes into cities are becoming poplar
whereby you park outside the city and a bus or train
brings you into the centre.
Recently the 5p plastic bag scheme has been intro-
duced to help curb plastic waste. Instead people are
encouraged to by sustainable bags for life.
Enviromental Consiouness
Emergent Behaviour