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This startup wants to control loose drones with deep-sea fishing line

Based out of Lewes, Del., and Bethesda, Md., SEESPAN is designed to return control of rogue drones to their operators.

It may go without saying, but drone technology isn’t exactly perfect. Sometimes, the little buggers adopt on a mind of their own and fly out of control. Less frequently, they can get hacked by nearby vandals and hooligans.
One startup believes it has a solution.
Based out of Lewes, Del., and Bethesda, Md., SEESPAN uses high-strength fishing line, tethered to a moving vehicle, to reel in rogue drones as if they were 300-pound marlins. The line and the device that controls the line itself are designed to return control of rogue drones to pilots.
With SEESPAN, your drone effectively becomes an old fashioned kite.
Current drone legislation only allows drones to fly within 500 feet of the public. SEESPAN believes its product gives operators such precise control that it’s applying for an exemption to get quadcopters within 50 feet, according to a recent article in D.C. tech site Bisnow.
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