A company in France has figured out a way to track down the foolhardy drone pilots that give responsible hobbyists and commercial operators a bad name. The robotics company ECA Group announced they have built and tested an on-board drone technology that can locate malicious drone operators in under a minute. ECA, of course, isn’t revealing exactly how it works, but French government authorities have seen it in action and they were apparently “fully satisfied.”
For ECA, the timing couldn’t be better for rolling out their new technology. Earlier this year, Paris was plagued with reports of drones mysteriously flying near the Eiffel Tower, the U.S. embassy, power plants and other sensitive areas of the city. Although they are banned over the city, some 60 different drone flights have been recorded since October 2014. The unauthorized flights have exposed serious security gaps at places that are meant to be secure. ...
