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The world’s tiniest drone shows privacy may be dead for good
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| 5 May 2015
| Brad Reed
Posted on 03/07/2015 7:47:52 AM PST by shove_it
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Cool! I want one. It'll drive the cat nuts.
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posted on
03/07/2015 7:47:52 AM PST
by
shove_it
To: shove_it
Correction: Change 5 May 2015 to 5 Mar 2015.
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posted on
03/07/2015 7:52:09 AM PST
by
shove_it
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen -- Dennis Prager)
To: shove_it
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posted on
03/07/2015 7:53:20 AM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Vendome
The guy in the vid said ~$30-40.
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posted on
03/07/2015 7:56:13 AM PST
by
shove_it
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen -- Dennis Prager)
To: shove_it
Something else an old fashioned Fly Swatter will knock out.
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posted on
03/07/2015 7:59:18 AM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: SandRat
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posted on
03/07/2015 8:00:46 AM PST
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: Vendome
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posted on
03/07/2015 8:01:52 AM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
To: SandRat
Hmmmm ... those ME guys you never see around, but you know they live in the apartment across the street from you ... y'know ?
Or do we all live in the country now and forget our urban 'roots' ?
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posted on
03/07/2015 8:03:59 AM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
To: SandRat
Hmmmm ... those ME guys you never see around, but you know they live in the apartment across the street from you ... y'know ?
Or do we all live in the country now and forget our urban 'roots' ?
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posted on
03/07/2015 8:03:59 AM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
To: shove_it
No camera. No privacy invasion. Unless, as already mentioned, buzzing cats applies.
To: shove_it
I wish I had money for a serious drone with a camera for overhead shots in the countryside.
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posted on
03/07/2015 8:10:02 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: shove_it; knarf
Saw in vid the cost...
Thnx!
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posted on
03/07/2015 8:10:10 AM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: shove_it
Doesn’t look like it is very controllable. I want to see one with much better flight and hover characteristics.
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posted on
03/07/2015 8:10:28 AM PST
by
Truth29
To: shove_it
Looks like it might be a Cheeson quad. Same model number, CX10. They are cool but very difficult to fly if you are a noob.
I have a slightly bigger Hubsan that comes with a camera already built in and replaceable batter. Cost me ~$30 on Ebay IIRC. It is also difficult to fly indoors.
My youngest son has a SYMA X5C-! which is bigger still but VERY easy to fly. It also comes standard with a camera and the controller is much better.
Here is a video of his first outdoor flight taken form the quad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbnHheb_oaw
This video is his first flight but the view is from our balcony so you can see how high the quad went.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtRwoXIbBX0
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posted on
03/07/2015 8:12:45 AM PST
by
prisoner6
(Unmutual and Disharmonious)
To: samtheman
Yah, I didn’t hear anything about a camera in the vid. Technology will miniaturize a video camera down to grain of sand size in no time, if not already done.
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posted on
03/07/2015 8:13:01 AM PST
by
shove_it
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen -- Dennis Prager)
To: shove_it
There are fundamental trade offs that limit the degree to which a camera can be miniaturized; these limitations are imposed by the wave nature of light.
A camera the size of a grain of sand wouldn’t have very much resolution.
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posted on
03/07/2015 8:19:27 AM PST
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
To: prisoner6
Cool. Looked like a nice calm day and well done first flight.
:o)
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posted on
03/07/2015 8:21:21 AM PST
by
shove_it
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen -- Dennis Prager)
To: cripplecreek
.
the webpage had an advertisement for a "game hunting" (/sarcasm-off) night vision airborne drone for about $ 3,500 ...
welcome to the brave new world ...
the $ 100 million Obama-Holder question(s) ?
1) when will the government ban these items for civilian purchase ?
2) when will government agencies such as the Post Office and Education Department announce a government requisition bid for 125,234 of these units ?
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To: Vendome
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posted on
03/07/2015 8:22:59 AM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: Truth29
I've had a few of those smaller, traditional helicopters and IMO, they ARE difficult to operate ... without a fair amount of practice
The controls are like squeezing a trigger ... you don't really push or pull, rather ... kind of squeeze ... the stick(s)
For ME ... they need to move more quickly than slowly ... like in the video .... you can get the thing to hover and all that, but a sneak up on 'em maneuver is probably impossible .... they just like to go fast and quick
If anyone masters these smaller machines ... uncle sam wants to talk to you
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posted on
03/07/2015 8:28:51 AM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
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