Table of Contents Hello Emerging Tech Careers Aerospace Engineer Artificial Intelligence Researcher Drone Photographer Mechanical Engineer Software Developer UAV Pilot Can You Imagine Glossary Index About the Author 4 6 10 14 18 22 26 30 31 32 32
Hello Emerging Tech Careers In the past In the present Groundbreaking inventions made life easier in many ways New technologies are changing the world in mind-boggling ways The future is yours to imagine WHAT COMES NEXT 4
Who would have thought Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone in 1876 In 1879 Thomas Edison invented the first electric lightbulb The Wright brothers successfully flew the first airplane in 1903 And don’t forget Henry Ford He invented a way to make cars quicker and cheaper These brilliant inventors did things that people once thought were impossible To go from candles to electricity From horse-drawn carriages to automobiles and airplanes Wow The sky’s the limit Now technology is being used to do even more amazing things Take drones for instance A drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle UAV that is navigated by remote control or special software Many people have toy drones that they fly for fun More powerful drones are used by the military for traffic and weather monitoring search and rescue operations firefighting and package delivery This book explores the people and professions behind drones Some of these careers like UAV pilot are so cutting-edge that they didn’t exist just a decade or so ago Others like mechanical engineer offer exciting new twists using drones Read on to explore exciting possibilities for your future 5
