Evan

Unmanned aerial vehicle (aka drones) are not just for hobbyists or taking videos of football games. A drone forum hosted Tuesday night in Durham by WRAL TechWire highlighted the possibilities of a technology that’s still in its infancy but was punctuated by a disagreement about the legality of commercial drone flight. The takeaway: When a drone leaves the ground it is mired in many legal and ethical challenges, and different entrepreneurs, legislatures and federal and state agencies approach those in different ways. Bob Young, the CEO of Raleigh-based drone company PrecisionHawk and Tuesday’s keynote speaker, said his company’s drone...

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