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A few questions come to mind...<br>
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Do the usual municipal ordinances against shooting guns into the air
within city limits also apply to shooting arrows from long-bows?
How'bout crossbows? Private drones could be really good for archery
practice. Especially with customized arrows that have harmless
balsa wood tips, and trail a couple of strands of piano wire to
entangle in the propellers! (Yeee-hawwwww!)<br>
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Do the federal regulations against aiming lasers at aircraft with
live human pilots also apply to drones? After all, if someone wants
to make a hobby out of snooping on their neighbors from the sky, the
least we can do is see if their spybird will chase a dot around in
the air the way a cat chases it around on the wall! Just as long as
no laws are broken, of course.<br>
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Is there still an Air Force phone number for reporting UFOs, or
should we just report them to the local police? And, if a few
hundred UFO calls come in to police dispatchers every time a strange
object is seen buzzing around in the sky, which is obviously too
small for a human pilot (it must be an invasion by teeny-tiny ETs!),
will the costs to municipalities be passed along to the owners of
the strange objects once they're identified? <br>
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Is anyone interested in inventing a TV-B-Gone for drones? <br>
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And finally, on a serious note, what do y'all think of raising some
money to send one of us (perhaps Eddan if he wants to volunteer) to
that conference in New York? I'd chip in $50 - $100 toward sending
someone who has relevant skills & background. Anyone else? <br>
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-G.<br>
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<div><b>From:</b> Christopher Kin-Man Wong <<a
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<b>Date:</b> May 20, 2013, 3:08:57 PM PDT<br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>[Ipprofs] CFP - Drones & Aerial
Robotics Conference @ NYU Law, Oct 11-13</b><br>
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On October 11-13, the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law
& Policy at NYU School of Law will convene the Drones
& Aerial Robotics Conference, a first of it's kind,
massively interdisciplinary event to explore a 360 degree
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will open in the next few weeks but we're putting out a
call for proposals now that I thought would be of interest
to many of you. The CfP is below, and you can find more
information at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://droneconference.org/" target="_blank">droneconference.org</a>.
Please feel free to distribute widely. Thanks in advance
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<p><font size="4">Call for Proposals<br>
Drones & Aerial Robotics Conference<br>
October 11-13, 2013<br>
NYU School of Law</font><br>
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The program committee of the inaugural Drones &
Aerial Robotics Conference (DARC) is now inviting
proposals from individuals across a broad spectrum of
expertise. DARC will convene a wide range of
stakeholders to explore civilian drones and their impact
on society. The conference is presented by the
Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU
School of Law and will be held October 11-13, 2013. We
invite contributions from all interested disciplines on
or before May 27, 2013. <br>
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<b>ABOUT DARC</b><br>
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What do hobbyists, journalists, university researchers,
soldiers, and police all have in common? They're all
testing or using aerial robotics, commonly called
"drones."<br>
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Imagine a near future in which networks of autonomous
robots roam the skies, performing everything from law
enforcement, to communications, to crop dusting, shipping
and logistics. Sound implausible? It might be. But that's
the future that the aerospace industry, the FAA, and a new
class of entrepreneurs are busy preparing. And this
future is closer to reality than many realize. Drones
force a broad reconsideration of the laws and regulatory
frameworks that protect vital interests like civil
liberties, due process, privacy, innovation, and security.
But they also herald new innovations and new public
interest applications.<br>
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These technologies are powered by some of the same
phenomena that propel the mobile industry—Moore's law,
economies of scale, and ever more sophisticated software
built by large companies or open source hackers. Anyone
can buy a toy drone at the mall for $299, assemble a
relatively capable DIY drone for $1000, or buy a
sophisticated $50,000 aircraft for amateur photogrammetry.<br>
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As the FAA scrambles to meet its 2015 integration
deadline—which will open domestic airspace to hobby
aircraft as well as the types of aircraft that currently
fly over Afghanistan—DARC provides a forum for
entrepreneurs, policy makers, and civil libertarians to
constructively engage. Join us this Fall to explore this
fascinating, emergent space.
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<b>PROPOSALS</b></p>
There are few technologies that stimulate such deep and
wide-ranging questions about law, technology, and
international relations. We welcome all proposals, but
please stay substantive and constructive. This list is
not exhaustive, but we invite proposals along the
following lines:<br>
<ul>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Anecdotal talks</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Popular research</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Demos or tutorials</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Scholarly research</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">
Constructive discussions</li>
</ul>
Proposals should address -- but are not limited to -- our
five main areas of interest:
<ul>
<li style="margin-left:15px">General Interest &
Zeitgeist</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Makers & Entrepreneurs</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Law & Regulation</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Privacy & Surveillance</li>
<li style="margin-left:15px">Security</li>
</ul>
<p>Proposals can be submitted via the conference website
at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://droneconference.org/proposals"
target="_blank">https://droneconference.org/proposals</a>. <b>Proposals
will be accepted until May 27, 2013</b>. Questions
may be sent to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:contact@droneconference.org"
target="_blank">contact@droneconference.org</a></p>
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-- <br>
Christopher Wong<br>
Executive Director<br>
Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy<br>
NYU School of Law<br>
Wilf Hall 408<br>
212.998.6595<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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