Years later after Twitter has tied its service with things that make birds (because “tweet” is translated as “tweet”), seems quite logical that the company decided to shift its “chirping” in the sky.
Last week Twitter received a patent for “unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) controlled electronic messages”. According to the patent, the drone can record and transmit video, which is a common feature for modern flying robots. Also he will be able to cope “commands embedded in messages and sent to the account associated with UAVs,” in fact sending tweets to the name of the drone. And that’s not all: to send commands to the drone will not one person as “the control of the UAV may be carried out in a democratic way”.
Wait, what?
Imagine for a moment how a group of people trying to simultaneously control the drone. This is a nightmare for regulatory authorities; the drone-driven crowd. In addition, almost certainly people will not be able to arrange what order the drone that will lead to disaster.
If that drone will ever appear, it can be a funny toy for parties, but it is difficult to imagine how the crowd managed pilots the drone will be able to do anything but selfies and getting in an accident.
According to the materials of Popular Science