This review-essay of Adam Rothstein’s Drone (2015) analyzes drone technology, more explicitly, the emerging opportunities for commercial and private usage of drones, in two parts: While the first part is dedicated to a careful reading of Rothstein’s book and an exploration of his method of tracing emerging technologies as narratives in terms of their constitutional technologies—the stories of four technologies that preceded the drone and proved integral to its emergence—the second part of this review seeks to extend his method toward recent examples of commercial and private drone-usage, exploring how the adaption of drone technology in different realms of application (such as commodity delivery, entertainment through drone-races, or even political protest and terrorism) shapes the societal conception of drones and their perceived usage. Since drones represent a derivative of military technology, a short section on the ethics of drones that engages with some of the points raised by Rothstein will show how, despite the drone’s unglamorous past as a hunter from above, the adaption of drone technology in new contexts might over time change this one-sided conception of drones as mere tools of warfare and surveillance toward a balanced understanding of the risks and chances associated with this young technology.

亚当·罗斯斯坦的《无人机》的这篇评论文章（2015年）更明确地分析了无人机技术，分两部分分析了新兴的商业和私人使用无人机的机会：第一部分专门研究Rothstein的书，并探讨了他将新兴技术作为叙事进行追踪的方法。就其宪法技术而言（无人机之前的四种技术的故事，并被证明是无人机的组成部分），本综述的第二部分旨在将他的方法扩展到商业和私人无人机使用的最新实例中，探索如何适应无人机技术在不同的应用领域（例如商品交付，通过无人机竞赛进行娱乐，甚至进行政治抗议和恐怖主义）塑造了无人机的社会概念及其可感知的用途。由于无人机代表了军事技术的衍生品，因此，关于无人机道德的一小段内容将与Rothstein提出的一些观点相联系，这将显示尽管无人机从上层作为猎人的光荣过去，但无人机技术如何在新环境中适应可能会随着时间的流逝而改变这种单方面的无人机概念，将其仅仅用作作战和监视工具，以平衡地理解与这种年轻技术相关的风险和机会。无人机技术在新环境中的适应性可能会随着时间的流逝而改变这种单方面的无人机概念，将其作为作战和监视的简单工具，以平衡地理解与这种年轻技术相关的风险和机会。无人机技术在新环境中的适应性可能会随着时间的流逝而改变这种单方面的无人机概念，将其作为作战和监视的简单工具，以平衡地理解与这种年轻技术相关的风险和机会。