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10:04 pm
February 21, 2011
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sheila
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Coming Soon to a War Near You: Robo-Hummingbird Drones?
links to a video demonstration
Dubbed “Nano Hummingbird,” this camera-toting, remote-controlled surveillance tool is the latest gadget to fly out the doors of DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency).
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4:20 pm
February 22, 2011
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Andrea_A
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Post edited 4:24 pm – February 22, 2011 by Andrea_A
It might become really interesting if such things get autonomous and/or relatively cheap.
There are already some guys tinkering together home-made drones [1] — and few weeks ago I saw this one as "video game" in a consumer electronics store [2].
The mdr blimp is some kind of drone, too. They even used it within a church! [3] A smaller one (about a meter?) might maybe work as low-cost alternative to the hummingbird (but not on windy days). And those air-penguins are flying autonomously [4].
[1] http://rcexplorer.se/files/ba1…..6-246.html
[2] http://ardrone.parrot.com/parr…..r-drone/en
[3] http://www.mdr.de/sachsenspieg…..87019.html , http://www.rcmovie.de/video/1d…..-minizepp- (German)
[4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..PGgl5VH5go
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12:12 pm
February 23, 2011
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sheila
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those all sound pretty frikken cool. I am going to wait until I get home to watch since I have been too distracted lately and need to get more work done.
yesterday I didn't manage to get into a quasi flow until later in the day. have spent some time following peoples comments on Libya, wondering why there isn't a no fly zone, etc.
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1:59 pm
February 23, 2011
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Hljothlegur
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sheila said:
Coming Soon to a War Near You: Robo-Hummingbird Drones?
links to a video demonstration
Dubbed “Nano Hummingbird,” this camera-toting, remote-controlled surveillance tool is the latest gadget to fly out the doors of DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency).
How elegant that it really looks like a hummingbird?
You know this will lead to dozens of real hummingbirds being blown to kingdom come by paranoids with shotguns full of birdshot.
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3:43 pm
February 23, 2011
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Andrea_A
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Post edited 3:44 pm – February 23, 2011 by Andrea_A
Hljothlegur said:
sheila said:
How elegant that it really looks like a hummingbird?
You know this will lead to dozens of real hummingbirds being blown to kingdom come by paranoids with shotguns full of birdshot.
Paranoid people wallpapering with copper mats against "earth rays" and electric smog, plus fly strips in every room — and one of their victims may own a curious cat …
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3:48 pm
February 23, 2011
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Hljothlegur
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Andrea_A said:
Hljothlegur said:
sheila said:
How elegant that it really looks like a hummingbird?
You know this will lead to dozens of real hummingbirds being blown to kingdom come by paranoids with shotguns full of birdshot.
Paranoid people wallpapering with copper mats against "earth rays" and electric smog, plus fly strips in every room — and one of their victims may own a curious cat …
Logical sequela all! I see really really big fly strips to catch those suckers.
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4:06 pm
February 23, 2011
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Andrea_A
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sheila said:
those all sound pretty frikken cool. I am going to wait until I get home to watch since I have been too distracted lately and need to get more work done.
yesterday I didn't manage to get into a quasi flow until later in the day. have spent some time following peoples comments on Libya, wondering why there isn't a no fly zone, etc.
Lybian civil war is much more important. Politic goal is to avoid refugees flooding the EU (especially Italy). This dirty job had been done by Gaddafi.
I hope it will be worth the price the Lybian people are paying — and end well.
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12:18 am
February 24, 2011
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Andrea_A
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Hljothlegur said:
Andrea_A said:
Hljothlegur said:
sheila said:
How elegant that it really looks like a hummingbird?
You know this will lead to dozens of real hummingbirds being blown to kingdom come by paranoids with shotguns full of birdshot.
Paranoid people wallpapering with copper mats against "earth rays" and electric smog, plus fly strips in every room — and one of their victims may own a curious cat …
Logical sequela all! I see really really big fly strips to catch those suckers.
A couple of years ago I met a man in a train, travelling with a cat (in a box), and a birdcage with a cockatiel. He told me, that the bird once had been glued at a fly strip and circling anround. Very funny (not for the bird, of course).
A German science fiction author (Andreas Eschbach) wrote a short story about a spy-fly (modified animal) a couple of years ago. Summary: First time CIA managed to place camera and microphone on the Chinese prime minister's desktop. The last transmitted picture showed the "Peking Review" …
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10:17 am
February 24, 2011
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Hljothlegur
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Andrea_A said:
A German science fiction author (Andreas Eschbach) wrote a short story about a spy-fly (modified animal) a couple of years ago. Summary: First time CIA managed to place camera and microphone on the Chinese prime minister's desktop. The last transmitted picture showed the "Peking Review" …
Har har. Coming at the camera really, really fast. 
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