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Kevin Kelly's avatar

Chris Anderson was the editor of Wired (after me). He later quit Wired to run his emerging drone business when drones were just a do-it-yourself hobby space. Once he got his 3DR company up funded and running, for a brief moment the US *was* the leading drone company in the world. Then DJI came along and ate his lunch. Now Chris runs Kittyhawk the person-sized drone (flying car) company. You should interview him about the reality and possibilities of the US regaining a lead in drones. -- KK

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Kenny Easwaran's avatar

I’ve long thought that Los Angeles should try to position itself as a leader in drone development. It has a historic aerospace industry (partly due to weather), and it also has a weird quirk of city policy that, from about 1970 to 2010 required all buildings over 75 feet tall to have a helipad on the roof for fire safety but which could serve as a built-in supply of takeoff/landing sites for crosstown delivery operations.

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