Merge tag '1.7.0' into develop

1.7.0 version
Merge tag '1.7.1' into develop

1.7.1 version
Updated the package description
Fixing dependencies so that node-ffi isn't required anymore
Updating the changelog
Merge branch 'master' into develop

Conflicts:
	package.json
Version bump + changelog
Merge branch 'release/1.7.3'