Drones are everywhere nowadays. From fun toys and aerial photography to modern-day warfare with UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles). Did you know that the first camera drone was an Israeli invention?
Abraham Karem was born in Baghdad, Iraq, to an Assyrian Jewish couple. His family emigrated to Israel in 1951, where he grew up. From an early age, he had an innate passion for aeronautics, and at the age of 14, he started building model aircraft. Karem is regarded as the founding father of UAV (drone) technology. He graduated as an aeronautical engineer from the Technion. He built his first drone during the Yom Kippur War for the Israeli Air Force. In the 1970s, he immigrated to the United States.
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