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Unmanned Aircraft Clustered via Bluetooth

Posted by timothy on from the zip-around-the-room dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at the University of Essex are using Linux and tiny embedded computer modules to build fleets of unmanned aircraft that fly in flocking formations like birds, while performing parallel, distributed computing tasks using Bluetooth-connected Linux clustering software. The Gridswarm project includes model trainers that can fly 120mph, while a parallel Ultraswarm project uses co-axial helicopters. A prototype of the later is believed to the world's smallest flying web server. The aircraft will run Linux on embedded computing modules from Gumstix."

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  1. Re:So... by flynns · · Score: 0, Redundant

    -facepalm-

    Thank you, Sir AC. You have made me laugh in hysterics on a horribly miserably day.

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  2. I never would have imagined... by thegnu · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...a beowulf cluster of these. It seems like someone's taken it a bit too far.

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  3. Re:There's competition? by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "Life" is several trillion cells' agreement to be "you" for awhile. Imagine if they didn't have to stick together so closely?

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  4. Yikes! by qray · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'd hate to see that system crash.

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