Small drones could soon become ubiquitous for a variety of personal uses, from snapping photos for paparazzi to monitoring children for protective parents, according to a story in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal. One example is a "personal sentry" drone now under development for the military at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The drone is only about a foot wide and weighs less than a pound. Four tiny propellers allow it to hover and maneuver quickly in every direction. A parent could affix a sensor to a child, and the drone would follow everywhere the child goes, sending real-time video back to the parent's iPhone. The drone could also easily look into neighbor's backyards and track errant spouses. "It would strike fear in the hearts of every celebrity having a birthday party," Gary Morgan, head of a celebrity-photo agency, told the Journal.
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