Efforts to deploy drones for humanitarian purposes are hampered by public fears
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Drones may be best known for their surveillance and military capabilities, but there's a growing movement to use them for humanitarian aid. Inventor Mark Jacobsen is building drones to deliver humanitarian aid to Syrians stuck inside their war-torn country. But as he's learning, bureaucracy - combined with public fears about the use of drones - has hamstrung efforts to get that aid anywhere near the Syrian border.