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Epson's 12 Gram Flying Robot
fraxinus-tree writes "Epson has developed a very small (8.6g w/o battery) flying device, something like a bluetooth-controled palm-top helicopter." Since it can carry 5 grams for only 3 minutes, I can't imagine much practical use, but it's still neat.
For your brilliant insight. I agree, totally worthless with nary a chance of practical application.
Wow, that's almost half the weight of a human soul.
I don't need a compass to tell me which way the wind shines.
nuff said
Obviously this will be used by terrorists. This kind of device should be banned.
The street drug trade finally gets a technology boost.
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You could deliver drugs and take payment with it.
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That's less than half an ounce, for us American folk. :-)
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Need E-mail virus targets new flying robots. Microsoft was brought down today by this new denial of service attack. Microsoft employees were quoted as saying "Those propellers really sting!"
I think I speak for everyone when I say that I don't want smaller robots. I want bigger robots. It would take, like, 300,000 of these guys to form Voltron. It's fair to say that the coolness factor of any given robot can be measured by the number of them which would be required to form Voltron. And, as you can imagine, I'll form the head.
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Perverts around the world are waiting for the model with a camera.
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Epson added an image sensor unit that can capture and transmit aerial images via a Bluetooth wireless connection to a monitor on land
Perfect for doing recon missions in the office!
- Coffee in the coffee pot? Check.
- Did the boss leave early? Check.
- Is the coast clear to sneak out early? Check.
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If it's anything like Epson's other offerings, you have to buy $40 of colored ink every month or so to keep it flying.
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Yeah, but subsequent 3.4g batteries cost $30 apiece and can't be recharged.
It's movie trickery, I say! Why else would she be standing in front of a BLUE screen. I half expect the next version of the video to have Godzilla in the backgroung with the Mothra twins flying the little helicopter.
5 grams of pot is a nice amount.
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That wouldn't work too well. The robot would get lost after using the 1st gram. By the time it gets the 3rd one, it would feel like finishing it's trip and fly in circles and look at the trees, man.
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Since it can carry 5 grams for only 3 minutes, I can't imagine much practical use, but it's still neat.
Neighborhood weed delivery.
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Building flying robots destroys all your html skills. I mean look at this page and the one in the original article.
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Just gotta make sure the terrorists are not equipped with fly swatters or newspapers.
Its not a'matter if it can grip it, Its a matter o' weight ratio...
it would be perfect for delivering, say, five grams of crack from, say, microsoft marketing to, say, microsoft engineering.
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you could actually see a guy above the "flying" helicopter pulling the thing up with a tiny fishing rope!
I want one of these on IR trigger in every room of my house, ready to fly into the air when a burglar enters the room and fire a poison treefog dart right between their eyes.
It actually looks like it's hanging from a line of some sort, as there appears to be some pendulum action going on... as if it was swinging side to side while being raised and lowered on a string.
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If I attach ten thousand or so to a lawn chair, and fly into space twice, then maybe win the $10M X-Prize!
Wait a minute! Suppose two robots carried it together?
No, they'd have to have it on a line.
Well, simple! They'd just use a strand of creeper!
What, held under the dorsal guiding feathers?
Well, why not?