Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Tiny Surveillance Aircraft Fly in Tucson

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the eye-spy dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Science Daily reports that thirteen teams from the United States, Korea and Germany will be in Tucson April 9-11 to compete for $6,000 in prize money during the 8th International Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) Competition. MAVs are tiny, radio-controlled airplanes that carry video cameras."

2 of 106 comments (clear)

  1. Microsoft kills. And it is a US company. by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Actually as a country the USA does more to save lives than it does to kill.

    And yet, it stops anti-trust proceedings against companies who kill. This is criminal. Murderers should be tried, whether they are individuals or companies. Politics shouldn't allow them get off scott-free.

    Yes Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer are responsible for the loss of 7 innocent lives:
    Microsoft Powerpoint fingered in space shuttle crash

  2. Re:I don't understand the problems by Jackie_Chan_Fan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    As a geek, i love it. Its a great challenge, a new thing... push on.

    As a citizen of this world and then of America, one can only make one observation about our world...

    There never were civil rights. Its a myth because those who followed, never really beleived it applied to anyone other than themselves. Freedom is a radical experience where those with the most capital get as they please while others get monitored through mini airplanes :)

    So get to work guys! Stop being so moral and ethical. Get rich and you too can have your civil rights... and imunity from the law.

    Frankly i far more impressed with that recent soccer autonomous robot. As a big fan of robotics and the robotic soccer games.... I was just impressed to see what a civilization in love with technology and progress where intrigue and curiousity for the good of man kind dominates, build such a unique thing.

    Sony and Honda have also done similar things. Its amazing how Japan has created so many wonderful things and how its embraced by their culture compaired to ours. We seem so quick to build new missles, spy planes etc...

    Lets get started on a nice friendly game of autonomous soccer. We have our competitors in this country but... its a shame such a great and wonderfull acomplishment goes so unnoticed by our civilization.

    Perhaps we just dont appreciate science and technology for the sake of creation enough. Perhaps we diserve to destroy our own culture.