drones drones everywhere

[powerboatr]

now that big brother is moving forward with a massive new drones a flight above us campaign
we should all paint the tops of our cars to reflect NO landing zones, or paint a set of big eyeballs looking up



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[tommyg]

The drones are a serious threat to our privacy. The police don't like it if you
take pictures of them. They take pictures of you police think it is ok
too many double standards comming down. Gun sales are secretly recorded
and kept illegally. Total police state comming to you soon

[Dave2]

Gun sales are secretly recorded
and kept illegally. Total police state comming to you soon

Got any proof? (I suspect you're right... I'm just wondering how you came to that conclusion.)

[RPB]

Big Bang Theory: Series 4 Episode 01 – The Robotic Manipulation

Howard: Ah, there you have it, gentlemen. Our entire dinner unpacked by robot.

Raj: And it only took 28 minutes.

Sheldon: Impressive, but we must be cautious.

Howard: Why?

Sheldon: Today, it’s a Chinese food retrieval robot. Tomorrow, it travels back in time and tries to kill Sarah Connor.

Leonard: I don’t think that’s going to happen, Sheldon.

Sheldon: No one ever does. That’s why it happens.

When Anonymous hackers hack into the drone flying computator machine ... that will be a busy News Day.

[ajwakeboarder]

Love the BBT quote. Part of this is already happening. The Satellite Navigation is called NextGen. We are starting to learn about it in my Air Traffic Control classes.

[Dave2]

Love the BBT quote. Part of this is already happening. The Satellite Navigation is called NextGen. We are starting to learn about it in my Air Traffic Control classes.

Satellite navigation is NextGen? I know the FAA is a conservative bunch, but GPS was launched over a 1/3 of a century ago... it's more like PastGen than NextGen.

Or am I confused?

[ajwakeboarder]

Satellite navigation is NextGen? I know the FAA is a conservative bunch, but GPS was launched over a 1/3 of a century ago... it's more like PastGen than NextGen.

Or am I confused?

It's true that GPS is currently used in aviation. But Air Traffic is primarily controlled by radar. NextGen will replace radar ATC services with satellite based ATC services. Kinda like switching from analog to digital i guess. It should help eliminate radar blind spots.

[gigag04]

This is the only known means of protection....

[ajwakeboarder]

This is the only known means of protection....

Only an aggie...jk and gig em

[RPB]

Put that foil back on the windows ... where it belongs


We'll need all the foil we can get for shielding the X-Rays from the FBI vans

Do Not Name Your Wifi Network ‘FBI SURVEILLANCE VAN’

Please, do not name your wifi network FBI SURVEILLANCE VAN, or SECRET SERVICE SPY DRONE or anything like that.

more at http://gawker.com/5832665/do-not-name-y ... llance-van" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If a company makes "superball" roofing shingles for houses to bounce the missiles away ... I bet they'd sell a bunch of those to the tin-hat crowd ... (not that they'd work, but you'd never get asked for a refund on defective stuff)

[powerboatr]

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When Anonymous hackers hack into the drone flying computator machine ... that will be a busy News Day.


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didnt Iran already do this once? or at least caused the drone to go into lock out and land.....

[Dave2]

When Anonymous hackers hack into the drone flying computator machine ... that will be a busy News Day.

didnt Iran already do this once? or at least caused the drone to go into lock out and land.....

They claim they jammed the our control signal and confused its GPS system to get it to auto-land in what it thought was friendly territory.

[MadMonkey]

I don't really want to go off on my anti-fear mongering rant right now since I'm currently flying a UAV mission at this moment

Suffice it to say that a huge number of people are falling into the fear trap set by the media and are missing out on the big picture. UAVs will do what helicopters did many years ago... revolutionize many facets of business and industry. I'll type more later.

[74novaman]

UAVs will do what helicopters did many years ago... revolutionize many facets of business and industry. I'll type more later.

I'll save you the time:

I envision UPS drones bombing my house from 10,000 ft with car parts and ammunition.

Yep, I like where we're going with this technology.

[MadMonkey]

Okay, shift change

What those articles usually focus on are surveillance by law enforcement and government agencies, conveniently forgetting every other application that UAVs can be used for, which is almost infinite... Agriculture, search and rescue, aerial photography, transportation (cargo), mapping, pipeline inspections, security, atmospheric sampling (think NASA), meteorology, firefighting, wildlife tracking, communications, media (airborne video platform, MUCH cheaper than a helicopter), farming/ranching, lumber and oil industry, archeology, monitoring railroad lines, and the list goes on and on (and on).

I honestly believe that they'll be revolutionary in how a lot of things are managed; one I'm really excited about is search & rescue. Instead of having some searchers on the ground and maybe a plane or two in the air, several cheap UAVs with advanced sensors can be launched to cover a massive area in a short time with no risk to human pilots or crews.

Now, think logically about the absolutely EPIC undertaking it would be to build the infrastructure, aircraft, train crews, and maintain the fleet of UAVs that it would actually take to actually keep tabs on you. A UAV with a camera is capable of looking at one thing at a time. You're going to be seen on CCTV cameras more times in your next trip to the grocery store than you probably EVER will be by UAVs... the simple answer is that there is no reason to use a UAV for that purpose. Instead, I believe that they'll be used for things like traffic monitoring (news helicopters are already watching you drive), monitoring high-risk operations such as felony warrants (helicopters already do that), car chases (helicopters already do that), etc etc.

As with any technology, there is room for abuse. First thing that comes to mind is the scene in Blue Thunder where the pilots hover quietly outside a woman's window to watch her change... there's also a good chance that someone a couple of buildings over is already doing that with a telescope. However, the pros so outweigh the cons with UAVs that for me, there's really no question.

Big Brother is already here, no doubt about that. Will he use this tech? Probably, just as he uses the internet, GPS trackers, cell phones and essentially every other piece of technology available. That doesn't mean we have to be afraid of it.

I probably won't change any minds, but I urge you to really think about the implications of what I'm saying. UAVs are opening up a whole new industry worth hundreds of millions of dollars and will create a HUGE number of jobs... and surveillance of average, everyday people is a speck in the grand scheme of things.

And that's just the aircraft. Don't get me started on USVs, UGVs, and UUVs

I'll save you the time:

I envision UPS drones bombing my house from 10,000 ft with car parts and ammunition.

Yep, I like where we're going with this technology.

A friend and I were already discussing delicious cookie deliveries by RC plane between our houses.