Smart Talk: Drones delivering packages; Helping Newtown recover
What to look for on Smart Talk Thursday, December 12, 2013:
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When the Conoy Township, Lancaster County Supervisors voted last March to prohibit unmanned aerial vehicles or drones in their municipality, many people wondered why. Some thought it was a waste of time dealing with a problem that didn’t exist. Most observers thought the supervisors’ action was designed to protect residents’ privacy. The supervisors said that wasn’t the case — it was to keep unmanned aircraft from flying over residents’ properties without permission and possibly being a nuisance.
The Conoy Township action was a surprise too because most of the discussion of drones centers on the aircraft being used in battle to strike enemy targets in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Turns out we may be seeing more unmanned flying machines here at home in the next few years.
The nation’s largest on line retailer Amazon says they are a few years away from delivering packages to their customers front doors with drones.
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On Thursday’s Smart Talk, Dr. Jay Parrish, a geological researcher at Penn State University discusses domestic drones.
Also, Rich Harwood of the Harwood Institute for Public Innovation led a group of parents and community leaders in Newtown , Connecticut in their efforts to recover after the mass shooting at Sandy
Hook Elementary School one year ago this week. Harwood appears on Smart Talk to address how a town recovers from a tragedy like Sandy Hook.
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Dr. Jay Parrish
