There are two major ways unmanned aircraft systems can be approved for departmental use on campus.
Tag: drones
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
In defense of drones
Jacob Lauing [follow id = “jlauing”] Drones. Never has one word instilled so much fear in some, and so much excitement in others. At Mustang News, we fall into the latter group. When our digital adviser walked into the newsroom one day with what’s essentially an iPhone-compatible, remote control helicopter-like flying camera, I think we […]
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Hollywood Motion Picture Experience: The production studio in the hills
Apparently there’s a film production company in San Luis Obispo County.
Posted inNews
Cal Poly group questions robot ethics, before it’s too late
As the shift to move responsibility for armed drones from the CIA and into the hands of the military is ongoing, unmanned combat is quickly becoming the norm for modern warfare.
Posted inOpinion
Why Uncle Sam, what big eyes you have!
Zachary Antoyan is a political science junior and Mustang Daily liberal columnist. Our popular culture holds that if the President of the United States ever needed to launch nuclear weapons, there is a shiny, big red button he or she has to press. This button, invariably, is inside of a bullet-proof briefcase handcuffed to someone’s […]
Posted inOpinion
Drones don’t kill people, people do
Ashley Pierce is a political science freshman and Mustang Daily conservative columnist. The drone war: it’s all the news outlets seem to be focused on a lot of the time, and with good reason. In theory, drones are absolutely fantastic. An unmanned plane sets off to find its target, a dangerous threat to U.S. safety, […]