Hobbyists Selling Tesla Coil Kits To Fund Drone Flight Over North Korea

An anonymous reader writes Imagine for a moment having at your fingertips the ability to send a small robotic messenger — a minion if you will — virtually anywhere in the world and back. Sure, you've seen those fun little drone toys at the mall and perhaps you have had a friend that likes to tinker around with model airplanes, but what you are about to see unfold here is genuinely an unprecedented work of good 'ol fashioned American ingenuity. Apparently a group of hackers has started a kickstarter to build and fly a small drone over North Korea and back and is selling mini tesla coils to do this. "All of the money from this project will be used to extend the distance our drone can fly, so the more backers we have, the farther it will be able to go," they say.

Comments

What could possibly go wrong???

[Anonymous Coward]

This aught to be fun to watch...

Re:Super idea!

[jeffmeden]

Nothing helps ease tension in a hotbed area run by a bunch of crazies with cannons aimed at Seoul like tiny drones. Good on ya, you bunch of smarties!

Even better, if you spend enough on the Kickstarter you can get your name on the drone that will crash land in N Korea after running out of batteries and be broadcast on State TV as a trophy of the regime.

Re:Sony, next Kickstarter

[Anonymous Coward]

Nah, this is really a proposal to fund the North Korean Airforce.

Way to bury the lede

[aaron4801]

"All of the money from this project will be used to extend the distance our drone can fly, so the more backers we have, the farther it will be able to go,"
Power be damned, they invented a drone that flies on money!

Re:Way to bury the lede

[BitZtream]

Everyone knows if you have money you can buy power.

to be able to fly from coastal California all the

[user.aaaaa]

holly shit... we need to hire private geography teacher for that idiots... WHY CALIFORNIA??? because it is totallly gay?? what about Alaska.. Hawaii... or Guam? never heard about them?

Re:Risks and Challenges

[Zalbik]

Interesting that "Starting a War" does not appear in that section.

That's just a perk of the $1000 reward level:

"Get all of the previous rewards and we will give you the opportunity to choose a payload to put in the drone as well (as long as the weight and size fit the constraints)!"

Just cough up $1000, and ask they drop off a copy of "The Interview" in Pyongyang. That will likely start a war.

Not because it was disrespectful towards Kim Jong Un, but because it was such a godawful terrible movie.