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Xiaomi Unveils Budget-Friendly Mi Drone, $460 For 4K Or $380 For 1080p (theverge.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Chinese consumer electronics company Xiaomi has officially journeyed into the drones product category. The Xiaomi Mi Drone is a quadcopter with a three-axis gimbal, 4K camera, and a remote control that uses your Mi smartphone as a viewfinder. The 4K version retails for about $460 while the 1080p model retails for about $380. When compared to drones from DJI or Yuneec, the Mi Drone seriously undercuts them as they typically retail for more than $1,000. Some other features of the Mi Drone center around modularity and serviceability -- the camera module and rotors are detachable. The 5,100 mAh battery that Xiaomi claims can last 27 minutes of continuous flight time on a single charge is also replaceable. It uses GPS and GLONASS for positioning. It even features a visual positioning system on the rear that allows itself to remain stable when flying at low altitudes in environments where a satellite signal cannot be reached. Some of the autonomous flight modes include: takeoff, landing, return to home, waypoint navigation and orbit, with the ability to create a geofence to limit its movement. The 1080p Mi Drone "will be crowdfunded on the Mi Hope app starting May 26, 2016," while the 4K Mi Drone "will be available for testing via an open beta program at the end of July." With such an affordable price tag relative to the competition, the Xiaomi Mi Drone may help increase revenues for the company whose sales barely grew last year.
3) Spying on people from above or looking in their windows
I wonder if Xiaomi's drones also mysteriously disappear soon after flying over other people's property.
I also wonder for how much will they sell on Ebay without a controller pad.
Or we could not ban drones and fine or take the drones off people caught using them inappropriately?
From the summary:
-- the camera module and rotors are detachable. The 5,100 mAh battery that Xiaomi claims can last 27 minutes of continuous flight time on a single charge is also replaceable.
Sounds like there is at least going to be a parts market! ;)
We must be making stuffs in America, we must ban foreign drones
Any silicon valley startup doing same thing?
Any similar crowdfunding attempt from American 'makers'?
Any?
So, let me get this straight, a major electronics company brings out a new product - and crowdfunds it? Seriously?
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Sounds like there is at least going to be a parts market! ;)
A quick Ebay search reveals this market is already working as expected.
People seem to be losing their controller pads along with any warranty of proof of purchase. It's a coincidence that seems to plague drones.
America shouldn't be trying to compete in prices with China.
The question I'd ask is "where is the best drone, no matter the cost, being built?".
If the answer is "still, not America", that would be the actual problem.
3) Spying on people from above or looking in their windows
These are all quite dangerous ways to use drones. Short of banning drones entirely, there's no way to stop this from occurring. Therefore, drones need to be banned.
I recommend a Mossberg 500 with, say... an M choke to give you the best compromise on pellet spread but you might want to experiment with that. According to Popular Mechanics you want number 8 bird shot shells with the largest pellet count you can find No. 10 or even 12 bird shot is even better if you can find it. If you live in an urban area blasting at drones with a shotgun might be a problem so your best urban-legal go-to option might be water based. Perhaps a powerful hose, or the most powerful super-soaker you can find but even that would probably not have the range of the shotgun. A more expensive option would be to build you own hunter-killer drone or a drone that snatches the offending one out of the sky and brings it to the ground so you can hold it to ransom. That last solution appeals to my inner nerd, my inner hill-billy likes the shotgun option best while shooting down drones with a super-soaker makes for a fun activity you can engage in with your kids. I also reserve a certain degree of admiration for this Russian reenactor who shot a drone out of the sky with a hand thrown spear.
Or just fly a bunch of balloons, tethered with monofilament.
The National Model Aircraft Association would like a word with you.
and a remote control that uses [a] Mi smartphone as a viewfinder.
Only Mi phones?
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
How'd you define 'Best'?
Average American salary has been stagnated for the past 2 decades or so and you are giving us that 'no matter the cost' lecture?
If you're from the 0.01% the cost shouldn't be a problem, but us, the grunts on the ground level, our shrinking income forces us to always factor in the cost, even for a gallon of milk
Let you know one thing, drones should not become the 'horse carriage' of yore, toy for the exclusive domain of the 0.01% bourgeois!
How about fricken drones with friken lasers attached to their foreheads?
http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/5/25/11773900/do-you-love-drones-enough-to-watch-a-72-minute-unboxing-of-the-xiaomi-mi-drone-
Be warned: 72 minutes of pure hype
The PTB rely on HUMAN FLESH in the FOOD SUPPLY to maintain their human appearance
Human flesh exists in a lot of foods today. Sometimes it makes the news. These are PTB slip ups, and/or conditioning this reality.
They rely on the consumption of human flesh to retain their human appearance. They all have the same scent. They exist from the bottom to the top of the pyramid. Some are bums, some are middle/upper class, some are those dancing for you on TV, in a web of deceit to keep your mind and body occupied.
If you want to try and let one of them know that you know what they are, you might say to them:
"This hamburger is really quite human"
(inhale deeply) "This planet is filled with creatures which all smell the same"
"I hope you enjoyed your flesh burger"
"How long did your last regeneration period last?"
"What office do you work for?"
Average American salary has been stagnated for the past 2 decades or so and you are giving us that 'no matter the cost' lecture?
Americans are not the only customers of American products. As long as America continues selling better, more expensive, products, there's a way out. Europeans and Asians with that money will also opt for the better product.
If the strategy changed to "let's have a cheaper, less protected workforce and compete with China in prices", the end would be a few decades in the future. I don't expect that to happen.
Therefore, news like these must push America towards the future. Towards products beyond what's being done in China. It makes no sense to compete on even ground if one can stay on higher ground.
Silly AC. You should know better than to speak the truth around these parts.
Anyway, if you don't want to get modded down I the future, just work a remark about teh evilz Micro$oft into your comment.
Samsung is doing IOT Samsung and SK Telecom to launch world's first nationwide network for the Internet of Things in South Korea http://www.readnews247.com/det...
I recommend therapy. I would think the drones you see spying on you are just in your imagination.
I would like to see the data on your "most drones are used for evil" study.
Personally i would ban stupid and selfish people.
I recommend therapy. I would think the drones you see spying on you are just in your imagination.
No, that's impossible. I wear a tinfoil hat.
How about fricken drones with friken lasers attached to their foreheads?
I prefer a chainsaw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Nah, its any Android phone 4.2 or later.
It looks like a really nice drone, if they'd launched it immediately then it would do well. But pre-announcing it is stupid, DJI will have time to drop the price on the DJI 3 professional by the time this hits market.
So once the DJJI is more price competitive and then Xaomi will have what advantage?? A slightly longer flight time, a slighter more compact travel set (the legs fold flag when packed away), nothing else.
Why do you think American can stay on higher ground? I work in the Midwest, and the native-Americans we interview turn out to be idiots most of the time. Our last three good hires are all Chinese.
http://i.imgur.com/x7bd0yf.jpg
I can't tell whether the poster is trolling or whether he really is that stupid.
"Why do you think American can stay on higher ground"
Engrish. Speak it?
Let you know one thing, drones should not become the 'horse carriage' of yore, toy for the exclusive domain of the 0.01% bourgeois!
In other words, you have no problem of the drones being exclusively enjoyed by the ultra wealthy 0.01% bourgeois, albeit not only the bourgeois from America, but also the bourgeois from Europe, and also those from Asia
We, the grunts, will be shut out of the fun
I guess you must be ultra wealthy to have this attitude
I recommend a landing net for salmon - about the right size, quiet and useful during fishing season.
Remember, these things basically have cell phone cameras with wide angle lenses. You're not really 'spying' on anybody until you are about six feet from them.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
Personally i would ban stupid and selfish people.
Don't be so short-sighted. We need stupid and selfish people- They're like honeybees: You make cute little boxes for them to live in, make sure they have enough flowers to play with, and every so often you blow smoke up their collective asses while you take their honey. Repeat as needed.
America shouldn't be trying to compete in prices with China. The question I'd ask is "where is the best drone, no matter the cost, being built?".
Found the Lockheed-Martin CEO!
Ezekiel 23:20
Just wondering.
Cars? I have my doubts, that would probably be the Germans or Italians, depending on preference.
Ships? Sorry, its the Koreans - throw in Phones, TVs, etc, etc while you are at it.
Fashion? Well, you could perhaps argue Jeans, but for all the rest, look to Europe mostly.
Tools? Been the Japanese for a long time.
Heavy machinery? Again sorry, its the Japanese and/or Koreans.
You could probably claim Computer CPUs (but not cellphone..) thanks to Intel (although none of them are actually MADE in the US).
Oh, and most certainly 'Laws to protect Corporations incumbent global profit positions through IP', the US certainly leads there..
Ah, sorry I have it, The US certainly leads in celebrity gossip and media frenzy as an industry!
Oh, and I think you will find pretty much ALL of them are built in China, you have confused 'assembled/packaged' and 'built' if you
think America makes much of anything any more, unfortunately.
has officially journeyed into the drones product category.
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