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You heard that right. With the police arrest journalists at Occupy protests and the govt. shutting down airspace to news helicopters, futre protests will be covered with cameras attached to homemade Predator Drones:

The term “drone journalism” has been gathering steady buzz in the media.
The idea that a drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), can become an eye-in-the-sky witness taking pictures or video of protests or other breaking news events is a timely one. There’s a lot going on, here’s what journalists need to know to get started.

Drones are already starting to cover hot spots. Check out these stunning shots from a remote-controlled drone hovering over massive protests following the contested elections in Moscow. It was fired on with pistol shots but stayed aloft, getting views of the city that no single journalist could have captured in the circumstances.

They are an affordable way to cover disasters, breaking events. “I think drones — small, cheap, easy-to-use vehicles that can fit in a small bag and carried into the field by a reporter — offer a major opportunity to improve certain kinds of reporting,” said Professor Matt Waite of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, who recently founded the Drone Journalism Lab, in an interview with Los Angeles Times database producer Ben Welsh.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/03/1050718/-Game-of-Drones-Eye-in-the-Sky-for-Occupy-Meet-the-OccuCoptor?via=siderec

Build your own drone:

http://www.diydrones.com/