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I'm your host, Elise Hu. It's safe to say that for good reason, nearly everyone seems to have an opinion when they hear the word drone.

What you may not know is that drones are becoming more and more integrated into the

infrastructure of our societies. I want to use my time today to talk about an entirely different

kind of drone use, much closer to home that's already having life-saving impact.

That's Adam Brees, who leads the U.S.'s top drone manufacturer. In this talk, he acknowledges that

most of us think of warfare when we think of drones. But he shows how autonomous drones are also

transforming everything from emergency response to public safety, preventing wildfires,

detecting faulty power lines, and catching crime in real time.

To showcase this, he ran a live demo on the TED stage where he launched a drone in Tokyo by piloting it from across the Pacific in Vancouver.

We're building towards a future where the default expectation for every emergency

is that a drone shows up in a few seconds to provide targeted information,

get better outcomes for everybody.

For Adam, the future is one where flying robots work seamlessly in the background, responding

to emergencies before a human possibly could.

Stick around after the talk.

We caught up with Ted's curator Bilavil Sidu, who shared a few more thoughts and takeaways on

Adam's work for us to consider. That's all coming up right after a short break.

And now our TED Talk of the Day.

My guess is for many of you, drone is a scary concept.

It might evoke images of weapons in Ukraine, in the skies over the Middle East,

where these things are creating damage and devastation at a massive scale.

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