Speakers at the TEDGlobal conference have been debating the positive use of drones in society. “There are tonnes of great uses for unmanned drones but we need a framework for robotic weapons as it puts too much power into too few hands,” “Increasingly combat drones are making lethal decisions about human beings.” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22863447  In 2011 US drones created 300,000 hours of video surveillance, for example.”This is outstripping the human ability to review it all so increasingly people will rely on visual intelligence software,”
“This could be the next big network, offering millions of people access to better medication and other supplies in the same way as the mobile network offered them access to the internet,”
Such drones could also have a future in the heavily congested megacities of the future, delivering goods to businesses and consumers much more quickly and efficiently.