{"id":2990,"date":"2014-08-19T10:45:11","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T15:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/?p=2990"},"modified":"2020-08-17T17:39:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T17:39:30","slug":"academics-decry-faa-limits-on-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/2014\/08\/19\/academics-decry-faa-limits-on-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Academics Decry FAA Limits On Drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Academics Decry FAA Limits On Drones.<br \/>\nFrom: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/news\/nation\/2014\/08\/17\/academic-researchers-say-faa-rules-are-forcing-them-ground-their-drones\/8iNrbYGo5AGevXl6b3XGiL\/story.html\">The Boston Globe<\/a><br \/>\n(8\/17, Meyers) reports<\/p>\n<p>A regulatory battle in Washington has compelled professors to ground their research drones, the tiny aircraft academics consider vital for archaeological surveys, river mapping, and countless other discoveries.\u201d The Globe explains that the FAA \u201crecently clarified that only hobbyists can fly unmanned aircraft without a special permit,\u201d however, \u201cnow scholars warn the FAA\u2019s action jeopardizes their work and undermines basic education.\u201d The Globe says that Paul Voss, an associate professor of engineering at Smith College, has coordinated a protest letter signed by nearly 30 researchers. \u201cIf you go to Walmart and buy a 15-inch remote-controlled helicopter and use it for fun, it\u2019s a toy,\u201d Voss said. \u201cIf you use it for education or research from 4 feet off the grass, it\u2019s an unmanned aircraft system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academics Decry FAA Limits On Drones. From: The Boston Globe (8\/17, Meyers) reports A regulatory battle in Washington has compelled professors to ground their research drones, the tiny aircraft academics consider vital for archaeological surveys, river mapping, and countless other &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/2014\/08\/19\/academics-decry-faa-limits-on-drones\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5081,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2990\/revisions\/5081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dankohn.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}