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Drone, Drone, Everywhere a Drone -- at CES (Video)
One thing Timothy noticed at CES was that there were drone vendors all over the place. Drones are obviously one of the hot-hot toy/gadget trends of the moment. The Drone that won 'Best Robot or Drone in Show' was the camera-carrying, "follows you like a dog on a (Bluetooth 3) leash" AirDog. They already had a crazy-sucessful KickStarter campaign that led to a large stack of pre-orders, so don't count on getting your very own AirDog right away, even if you have $1300 to spend on one.
FUCK OFF WITH THIS SHIT ALREADY YOU PACK OF ASSHOLES
Dont you get that your audience hates this shit and usually for very good reason?
and i'll tell all of you who want to buy a drone like i've told amazon and my local police, who in turn i know told my local fbi office: if i find your drones from any of you around my house they will be shot out of the sky and destroyed completely.
slashdot is fucking awful
and takes the 3d printing bubble with it, ugg this shit is ass.
1) Purchase three AirDog drones
2) Velcro-strap each drone's follow-me remote onto the next AirDog drone
3) Press the "launch" button on all three remotes simultaneously
4) Enjoy the resulting interpretive dance
I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.
Time to move onto a real geek site?
Ideas?
That is all.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
I guess I'll take their word for it that CES had lots of "drones". I'd like to see more than this one advertisement.
I'm a computer scientist / EE
Every one of these drone articles basically comes down to somone:
-strapping something new on a quad
-doing fancy programming on a quad
Is anyone else not impressed?
Black screen, and some guy telling me about all these effects available. Definitely not buying that!
I see little more than an overpriced POS.
Really $1300?
Let's start at the weight 4 lbs. WTF are you guys thinking?
Flight times of 10 - 20 minutes and operating conditions of up to 14 mph winds, yeah I'd like to see where you get 20 minute flight time in 14 mph winds.
Completely waterproof so the battery bay is watertight? The motor stators and windings are watertight? The flight control board is also watertight? While it's not supposed to be submerged or get wet if you advertise a flight time of 20 minutes and someone is using it in sub-optimal conditions they may expect that 20 minute flight time and accidents will happen.
Also how do they plan on countering the feared new legislation and regulation we in the hobby expect to come from the FAA?
We've already seen what having the ability to throw down a credit card and buy a phantom without knowing the first thing about safe operation can and has gotten us.
Looks like AirDog has lowered the bar even further.
So not looking forward to the next "AirDog crashes on Whitehouse lawn", which I realize was a DJI but still same difference.
I am Bennett Haselton! I am Bennett Haselton!
I've been building and flying my own quadcopters and tricopters for a few years now which gives me a slightly different perspective to most. There have been some impressive advancements in consumer, hobby and professional level "drones" in the last few years. Barriers to entry have larger disappeared so that it is now possible to purchase an all in one, ready to fly, package and all that is required to get flying is to charge the batteries. Unfortunately, this also means that their are an increasing number of people that a flying with no understanding of the rules, laws or safely precautions that apply to their new toys. There are amusing stories of people destroying their new toy on the first flight, with amusing videos online to show their silly mistakes, but there is also a dark side to this.
Most of the negative news stories about personal drones in the mainstream media relate to these uneducated new users flying in places where they are not legally allowed, often for very good reasons, such as, over crowds, near airports or busy cities. People that have been in the hobby for a while, and fly responsibly, are terrified that these idiots are going to have our hobby outlawed.
Education in the rules, safety and a basic technical understanding of the equipment is very important. The air space regulator in Australia, CASA, provide a simple brochure to outline the most important legal limitations for new users. The simple dot point style doesn't give all the details but is better than nothing and it is short enough so that people might actually read it. It doesn't address other safety issues or the technical limitations of the equipment.
Those spinning propellers can cause serious injury, particularly if you are unlucky enough stick a finger in there. Many of us in the hobby have had minor cuts during the setup of our gear but some have serious injuries that require stitches and approach amputation. I'm referring to adults here - a child could easily lose a finger in some of these boxed packages. Why use this as an example? Seeing the idiot explaining the airdog shit suggest catching a quadcopter with spinning props does allow for exactly this issue. It is possible the best example of the worst drone product ever to be created.
The U.S. Media and the 13-Year-Old Yemeni Boy Burned to Death Last Month by a U.S. Drone
Most Americans, by design, will have no idea that their government just burned a 13-year-old boy to death and then claimed he was a Terrorist. If they do know, the boy will be kept hidden, dehumanized, nameless, without the aspirations or dreams or grieving parents on display for victims of America’s adversaries (just as Americans were swamped with stories about an Iranian-American journalist detained in Iran for two months, Roxana Saberi, while having no idea that their own government imprisoned an Al Jazeera photojournalist, Sami al-Haj, in Guantanamo for seven years without charges).
Way to go! Rectal feeding freedom fighters!
I think the title is inspired by 1970's era hit: "Signs" which contains a lyric "Sign, sign, everywhere a sign" by the Five Man Electric Band. Song hit #3 in the US.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeT5otk2R1g
"at CES (Video)" ... ok, expected video, CES, expected shameless plug, advertisment, informertial ... yup, got that, expected, watched it anyway.
Cool toy, want one.
Read the comments, got unexpected whiny comments, guess that's slashdot.
Clicked to post, I'm logged in, but it's Anonymous Coward, that's unexpected ... but doesn't change my first thought, you whiny little shits, join Reddit why don't cha?
Not all of us think youtube is the best thing since a slice of bread.
There are three kinds of falsehood: the first is a 'fib,' the second is a downright lie, and the third is statistics.
Turn off auto-play you villains!