Gartner: Demand for drones to take off in 2017
Use of personal drones will continue to grow because they represent an affordable extension of consumers’ smartphones for taking photographs and other entertainment options, Gartner officials said. “The commercial and personal drone markets are increasingly overlapping, as lower-priced personal devices are being used for commercial ventures,” Gerald Van Hoy, senior research analyst at Gartner, said in a statement. Citing a less onerous regulato…