What Exactly is a Drone?

This may sound like a ridiculous question, but the answer might surprise you. A drone is considered any unmanned aerial vehicle that can navigate on its own using GPS. Many of these drones are equipped with high powered cameras, crash avoidance systems, and many other high-tech settings not available on RC flying machines. For the most part, drones have four propellers, this allows the drone to steady itself and hover in mid air. Take a look at how powerful some of these cameras can be. Drone Footage

However, the bigger these drones get, the bigger the propellers get as well, and need to spin harder to get the drone off the ground. With these bigger drones comes more injuries. There are numerous stories of people losing fingers or their visions from mistakes with drones. Because drones are unmanned aircrafts they seem to fall into sort of a gray are legally. New laws are being put into place to hold the owner of the drone responsible for any damage. Here is a story from Pasadena, CA, where a drone crashed in front of a mother and her 11 month old baby. The drone crashed and pieces of debris were sent flying in the direction of the baby and mother. The baby received minor bumps and scratches, but this incident could have been a lot worse.
Drone Injures Baby