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Golf Channel Testing Out New Octo-copter Drone To Film Golfers This Weekend

Posted by Soulskill on from the hey-why-not dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In what seems like a surreal mixture of life imitating art, the Golf Channel has taken the wraps of a new camera drone. The hover camera appears to have 8 independent rotors supporting what looks like a gyro-stabilized HD camera. Though it is far from silent, the new drone will be on the course this week at the PGA Tour event taking place at Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Florida. No word on whether or not Lord Vader will be using these to monitor rebel activity on Hoth."

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  1. OT: TFA by Geste · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I am looking at how many cookies and scripts NoScript thinks I need to OK in order to get the full BusinessInsider.com experience. As they say: *plonk*

  2. Re: I wonder who's legally liable? by Jinker · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The 400' exemption in the FARs is *specifically* for hobbiest use. Commercial use is plainly not 'hobby' use. The National airspace system, and all the craft operating within it, and the FAAs authority to regulate its use do not magically start at 400 feet.

  3. The design by K8Fan · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Look closely at the image. This thing was designed by someone very dedicated to steampunk aesthetic.

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