Posted on 08/28/2013 11:39:05 AM PDT by null and void
When you think of a drone, you probably associate it with a military operation like combat and surveillance, but these days almost anyone can own a drone. You can even make one yourself.
So what are people doing with their personal drones?
In California, realtors are using drone technology equipped with high-definition cameras to capture not only aerial views of homes on the market, but also interior fly-bys for potential buyers to get a good look at a house without actually having to be there.
A drone captured this aerial view of this home for sale.
For example, according to KABC, realtor Phil Immel of San Diego, CA, sold a home to a man from Australia who saw one of his drone-made tours and came straight to America to buy it.
Technically, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) does describe this kind of commercial drone use as illegal, but realtors are still pulling it off.
Talk about a high-tech wedding. One California man used a drone to deliver the wedding rings to the bride and groom at his brothers wedding. Kevin Good figured he had about an 80% chance of this nice touch being a success and a 20% chance of it completely backfiring and hitting someone in the face.
Nobody likes running errands like picking up the dry cleaning. Manayunk Cleaners in Philadelphia, PA, has come up with a technical solution to that problem. Last month, owner Harout Vartanian turned a quadrocopter into the new dry cleaning delivery service. Although the drone can currently carry only 1 to 2 pounds, Vartanian told NBC that he plans to include a model that can carry up to 10 pounds.
OK, so this drone isnt exactly a DIY-type drone, but it is being used by civilians. With the swarms of mosquitos that dominate swampy areas, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District needed to come up with a tactic to keep them at bay.
So, on August 26, Condor Aerial will demonstrate how a 2-pound, two-and-a-half-foot drone can be of service to Florida residents.
If successful, the drones will be sold to the Florida Keys Agency and equipped with thermal cameras in search of potential breeding grounds. Then, it will call in one of the district's four helicopters to spray bacteria to kill them.
Dont forget, these days drones are also delivering pizzas, serving up sushi orders, and even being used as a journalistic tool.
If you had a personal drone, what would it do?
Watching you watching me watching you watching me...: )
I’m currently hacking together (poorly) a drone. They look like a lot of fun, and aren’t too hard to put together.
They are basically the R/C cars of the 21st century.
I see what you did there.
Can I get a drone that will patrol the airspace above my house and shoot down any other drone that flies through?
Planning an armada of quadrotor drones for the 2014 elections. Squadrons will be dropping trails of skittles leading away from strategic polling places while playing Wagner’s Ride of the the Valkyries.
I’m armed for that.....
I'm sure somebody is working on it....
You magnificent bastard!
> I see what you did there.
: )
Whats really funny is the guy isnt even a Russian and all the scenes were filmed on a family farm in Georgia. The feds got wind of him firing off Class III weapons and he hasn’t posted any videos I know of since then.
I could release the drones if someone tries to burglarize my house.
How can this end well?
I have a drone dog that explodes when shot.
Cool vid: one drone filming another in action — in a place civilians can’t access...
Two Christmases ago, wifey got me a remote control helichopter......I had it totally busted within three minutes.
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