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The Audience Laughs – the Founders Recognize the Threat

September 15, 2013: The CDU is on its election campaign in Dresden Neumarkt. The Federal Chancellor, Angela Merkel, sits next to other high-ranking CDU politicians. The Saxon State Premier, Stanislaw Tillich, is just about to announce her when a small remote-controlled drone that has been circling above the heads of the spectators starts its descent towards the stage. It crashes onto the stage just two meters away from Angela Merkel. Tillich makes a funny comment, the audience laughs, and even the Chancellor cannot help smiling. A short while later, the German 'Pirate Party' (Piratenpartei) declares itself responsible for the action. Its intention is to show the Chancellor how it feels to be observed via a drone.

The incident is over – at least for the public. However, this marks the birth of Dedrone: Dr. Ingo Seebach cannot just ignore the incident. Together with his old friend, Jörg Lamprecht, founder of the drone manufacturer Aibotix, he discusses what would have happened, for example, if instead of a camera the drone had been armed with explosives. Jörg knows what small drones are already capable of, what developers worldwide are working on, and that the market is growing extremely fast. Together they decide to develop technology that will provide protection against civilian drones.