AT&T and Intel Team Up To Test Drone Technology (venturebeat.com)

New submitter MitchRandall writes: Wireless provider AT&T Inc said on Monday it will partner with chipmaker Intel Corp to test the functionality of drones on its high-speed LTE wireless network. AT &T will work with Intel to examine the efficiency of drones on its LTE network at higher altitudes and potential interference with airwaves related to areas such as video streaming and flight information, AT&T said in a statement. Intel has been aggressively investing in drone technology in recent years. With the U.S. wireless market over-saturated, AT&T is betting on growth from the 'Internet of Things', or web-connected machines and gadgets from cars, home appliances to drones, a new battleground for the company and rivals ranging from Verizon Communications Inc to Amazon.com Inc.

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[kheldan]

Hard hat manufacturers (for all the drones that will be falling out of the sky; got to protect people's heads), and cellphone jammers (to disable all those pesky drones that the sky will be lousy with in the near future). Also, here's a new term you'll be hearing in the near future: 'Sky pollution', referring to the sky being lousy with drones all the time. Might as well also predict PETA getting up in arms about birds being injured or killed by drones (when they naturally attack them, since it's really their airspace they'll be invading).

I'm also predicting this is going to be just another stupid fad, there'll be too many problems with the skies being full of these gods-be-damned things, and like all fads, it'll pass. It'll eventually even become 'uncool' to even have one that's a toy. The sooner it's over, the better, I say. Hasn't even really got started yet and it's already a freakin' nuisance.

Re:Drones have gotten really, really good recently

[koan]

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