Madison, the flying billboard of the future. (The Drone Aviary) The future of humanity’s relationship with drones is both fascinating and, to be frank, creepy. That’s the picture painted by a team that put together The Drone Aviary, a research and development project from Superflux investigating what life could be like in the near future as drone technology continues to advance. The team’s vision, in this short film, will surely send shivers down some people’s spines.
The film is a low-altitude journey through London sometime in the future, perhaps ten or fifteen years. The stars of the film are five drones — we see the city through their eyes — that perform a variety of tasks, and incorporate converging social and technology trends into their design and function. Take, for example, the flying billboard. The not-so-unbelievable drone is a hovering display that can scan for target customers and fly to ...
