... fifty years ago.
Posted on 03/07/2015 7:47:52 AM PST by shove_it
Privacy seems like such a quaint 20th Century concept, doesn’t it? Unbox Therapy has posted a video of the CX-10 Mini Drone, which is described as the world’s smallest drone and is a definite harbinger of things to come. In other words, it looks like privacy is finally toast.
The good news with this particular drone is that Unbox Therapy says you’ll have to fly it indoors since it’s so small and light that a good gust of wind could blow it down. This means that you can’t use it to secretly peep on into your neighbor’s window, for instance, or to trail someone while they’re walking outside.
All the same: At least with standard-sized drones there’s no way to miss them. If you’re being trailed by one or if one is hovering outside your window, there’s a decent chance you’ll see it. But as they get smaller and quieter as technology improves, they’ll be much harder to detect and will open up the door for every amateur NSA agent in your neighborhood to keep an eye on everything.
At any rate, Unbox Therapy’s video of of the CX-10 Mini Drone is very entertaining and you should check it out below.
(vid at link)
... fifty years ago.
Yet
Attach a camera to a kite.
Well you can always get a key chain camera and tape it on. Lots of RC people have done that. Camera cost is less than $10.
Best with self contained battery and no remote control.
RC plane flyers have done that as well.
It is also VERY possible to mount First Person View gear to quads, copters and RC planes. They work very well BUT it really isn’t a good idea to fly FPV because even with a wide angle lens you miss branches and other things.
Maybe the smallest easily available to the public, but I hear ARPA is working on insect-sized drones.
This is nothing new, I got an Estes quad a couple of years ago, several actually. They’re the same size, fit in the palm of your hand. I have a couple at home and one at the office. I fly it around in the afternoon to recalibrate.
One piece of advice, the pros make it look easy, it actually takes a lot of practice and at least a few ruined quads to get proficient, but maybe that’s just me.
Good point!
Gust of wind will do it in.
Greencheek conure chew toy.
Electric Eye - Judas Priest
Up here in space
I’m looking down on you
My laser’s trace
Everything you do
You think you’ve private lives
Think nothing of the kind
There is no true escape
I’m watching all the time
I’m made of metal
My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean
I’m electric, electric spy
I’m protective electric eye
Always in focus
You can’t feel my stare
I zoom into you
You don’t know I’m there
I take a pride in probing
All your secret moves
My tearless retina
Takes pictures that can prove
I’m made of metal
My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean
I’m electric, electric spy
I’m protective electric eye
Electric eye
In the sky
They feel the stare
So always there
There’s nothing you can do about it
Develop and expose
I feed upon your every thought
And so my power grows
I’m made of metal
My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean
I’m electric, electric spy
I’m protecting electric eye
I’m electric, electric spy
I’m protecting
Protective, detective
Electric eye
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