In the long tradition of Hollywood disaster movies it has often fallen to the United States Navy to rally the final defensive line, or provide the rescue platform solution to one of the world’s impending Apocalypses, with a long line of contenders for most deadly, including: ‘The Day of the Triffids’, ‘Battleship’, ‘Voyage to the… Continue reading COVID-19 IMPACTS MARITIME NAVAL OPERATIONS, A TIME TO PRESS FORWARD WITH AUTONOMOUS SOLUTIONS OR NOT?
Month: April 2020
DRONES AND SOCIAL USE ETHICS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
By Chris Lavers * In recent weeks there has been a lot of television and internet footage of widespread Chinese drone use in a range of COVID-19 related applications. Many have seen YouTube video footage [1] showing food and vegetables, being delivered by drones to ‘quarantined’ residents. In Zhejiang, province in Eastern China, the local… Continue reading DRONES AND SOCIAL USE ETHICS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19