With the new relaxing of the SEC rules on public solicitation of investment, there have been a flood of startups seeking funding on sites like AngelList. Here are the current drone-related startups raising funds there now.
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Any other ideas on why "drones" happened now?
Convergence of multiple technology evolutions. Cheaper electronics manufacture, minaturisation, mass manufacture of Lipo batteries, cheaper and small sensors, open-sourcing of software implementations of PID's, brushless motors, manufacturing reliance on China.
Doubt it will slow down either. 3D printing (inc carbon-enhanced PLA), CNC machine "affordable", Flight controllers will soon be able to make situational decisions on their own, telemetry and control over 4G (and with it, the integration of commercial flight data, currently the preserve of augmented reality apps), Graphene as a conduit enhancer and a construction material, advancements in brushless tech, etc
Gary, you know as they say... "An overnight success, 95 years in the making." ;)
They have taken a while so far starting as they did in 1918 ;-)
I have a feeling, that drones will be common thing faster than we think.