DRONE TECHNOLOGY: Sky’s the limit for drone advances

The world is on the cusp of a revolution in the use of drones with everything from crop analysis to search and rescue missions part of their potential, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

When amphibious cars were marketed in the early 1960s, it was said that they would revolutionise drowning.

It remains to be seen what impact hoverbikes will have on the drone industry and motorbikes. The hoverbike is a drone or a pilotless aircraft. It flies like a helicopter, but is supposedly “more rugged”, according to the UK-based engineering company Malloy Aeronautics, and easier to fly.