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Posted: Sat Apr 21st, 2012 21:29

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Kathy Baker

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The future. So now if you build your own drone to follow your cat around the neighborhood I guess you will need permission from the government.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304331204577354331959335276.html

Posted: Sat Apr 21st, 2012 23:49

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Robert

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Interesting Kathy, I suppose we will see them over here as well soon. Although with some exceptions our airspace is pretty crowded. We do have model helicopters with cameras on sale from toy shops. There are video's on You Tube.

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Posted: Sun Apr 22nd, 2012 05:11

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Iain

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Robert wrote:
Interesting Kathy, I suppose we will see them over here as well soon. Although with some exceptions our airspace is pretty crowded. We do have model helicopters with cameras on sale from toy shops. There are video's on You Tube.

Yes, I've seen them advertised.

Posted: Sun Apr 22nd, 2012 08:16

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Doug

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creepy quadcopters

Can you imagine hundreds of these in the future at protests/events/pubs etc

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Posted: Sun Apr 22nd, 2012 08:28

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Robert

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Wow!

That's amazing Doug.

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Posted: Sun Apr 22nd, 2012 11:09

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Ray Ninness

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Cool stuff!!!!

They are already talking about deploying Drones here in the States, for what and where is not yet defined..

:hardhat:

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Posted: Sun Apr 22nd, 2012 11:31

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Doug wrote:
creepy quadcopters

Can you imagine hundreds of these in the future at protests/events/pubs etc

A few of those get near and you'll be reaching the the fly swatter. :salute:

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Posted: Sun Apr 22nd, 2012 16:27

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Doug wrote:
creepy quadcopters

Can you imagine hundreds of these in the future at protests/events/pubs etc

Are you sure they dont use them already ?
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Posted: Tue Apr 24th, 2012 18:16

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I've no doubt we will all see them spying down on us in a few years.

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Posted: Sun May 13th, 2012 10:32

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wingnut wrote: I've no doubt we will all see them spying down on us in a few years.Easy brought down with a bit of lead, or possibly blinded with a 1W laser.

The way this could end up is with fighter drones, to hunt & destroy the enemy's drones.

At worst this technology might be a precursor to something rather ugly. At best and as it is at present an affront to privacy.

The one thing that disturbs me about drones is the potential for atrocity, the pilot is detached from the real world and that can't be a good thing. Throw in a bit of biological targeting & bob's your uncle.

Umm..."nope, not one of ours nothing to do with us"

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