Even facing the risk that e-waste poses to the environment, much has been done in recent months and years to combat the situation. The benefits to the environment, and to us as residents of the environment, are innumerable. Perhaps the use of drones will help scale our efforts and realise even more of these benefits than we can list.
Future robotics is expected to change the way we manoeuvre through the modern world.
Drones and autonomous machines will help us perform menial tasks, and even take care of issues too dangerous or even impossible for humans to attend to.
This is one of the key areas of development – aiding and assisting humans in the workplace, in their individual lives and on a wider, global scale.
UPDATE 17 June 2016: A recent survey has identified that a section of the ruin is in imminent danger of collapse, the area in question being the location of Scotland's first James Watt Steam Engine (1786). This ruin must be saved and it needs your help now. Please donate at: https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/kennetpans-trust-1?utm_id=2&utm_term=W5GvXpBaK
Kennetpans (near to the town of Alloa in Clackmannanshire) was founded in the 1720s by the charismatic and controversial Stein family, and became the largest distillery in Scotland. It played a key role in Scotland's industrial revolution and helped found two of the world’s most famous drinks brands, Jamesons and Haigs.
With a passion for Scotland's history (and an enjoyer of a wee dram now and again!), Airborne Lens photographer and aerial filmmaker, Liam Anderstrem, spent a weekend at the ruins to capture a variety of digital media that he hopes will raise awareness of it's remarkable story and encourage viewers to form an emotional connection to the site and perhaps even take the time to visit for themselves.
Kennetpans remains untouched since the last workers left in 1825. In its day, production rose to such levels that duty paid by the Kennetpans and Kilbagie distillery complex was greater than all land tax collected annually in Scotland.
“The site is of great importance to the industrial archeological heritage of Scotland. It would be nothing short of a tragedy if the site was left to vanish.” Charles MacLean, Master of the Quaich.
Find out more about this fascinating story on the Kennetpans Trust website: http://www.kennetpans.info/
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Commercial drones equipped with high-resolution cameras have been used to document progress of a major infrastructure upgrade to Scotland’s transmission network for ScottishPower. Scottish digital media production company and licensed drone operators Airborne Lens, were commissioned to capture footage of key installations and project milestones.
