Till we get to the point we are wearing jetpacks, operating a drone is the nearest most people will come to flying.

Since the software and hardware technologies such as mobile phones, lithium-ion batteries, and cameras have emerged, the features and layouts which were limited to Hollywood movies are now available at your electronic retailer. You can now spend less than $1,000 to get a drone that shoots 4K video, pilots itself automatically, and stays in the air for thirty minutes.

Even better, the low end of the market has also grown; today, $50 is enough to buy a quadcopter drone with an integrated camera.

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