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What's the real risk from consumer drones this holiday season?

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imageYay, a holiday drone! What could possibly go wrong?PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE, CC BY-NC-ND

This holiday season, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is estimating that over one million small “Unmanned Aerial Systems” (sUAS’s) – drones, to the rest of us – will be sold to consumers. But as hordes of novice pilots take to the...

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