jeudi 3 janvier 2013

Flight of the drones

ABC Radio National's Background Briefing
Coming up this Sunday 6th January 2013
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FLIGHT OF THE DRONES
Reporter: James Woodford
Unmanned aerial vehicles have spread from war zones to toy shops. Now anyone can use a drone to point a camera into your private spaces and privacy laws can't stop them.
(Originally broadcast on 16 September 2012.)  

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Reporter: Wendy Carlisle
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(Originally broadcast on the 13th May 2012.)  

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Reporter: Ian Townsend
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Reporter: Wendy Carlisle
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