[sudoroom] [sudo-discuss] A thought for a collaborative hacking enterprise: drone net

[Anthony Di Franco]

See also:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers
On Jan 14, 2013 5:00 PM, "Jehan Tremback" <jehan.tremback at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hamcopter!
>
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> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Andrew <andrew at roshambomedia.com> wrote:
>
>> Whatever. Be the change you want to see in the world... Tacocopter Lives!
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>> On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Adam Stiles <adam.d.stiles at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>> Way too good to be true ...
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>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, January 8, 2013, Ray Lai wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sorry to report but Tacocopter is a hoax.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/28/business/la-fi-tn-tacocopter-internet-hoax-20120328
>>>>
>>>> I had the pleasure of chance meeting one of the meme creators on the 38
>>>> Geary. I was trying to recruit her Mechanical Engineering doctorate for my
>>>> motorcycle ice cream delivery company, Atomic Ice Cream, and she mentioned
>>>> Tacocopter, the meme, the hoax. Atomic is legit though.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Raymond Lai
>>>> Ice Cream Man
>>>> Atomic Ice Cream
>>>> Facebook.com/MotoAtomico
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 8, 2013, at 10:51 AM, Aaron Juchau <aaronjuchau at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So this just came to my attention.  http://tacocopter.com/
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Ryan Bethencourt <
>>>> ryan.bethencourt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'd be interested :}. One idea I really like is the idea of having a
>>>> solar powered blimp so with minimal energy and build costs we could have a
>>>> persistent drone in the air
>>>>  On Jan 4, 2013 10:25 PM, "Andrew" <andrew at roshambomedia.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> We discussed this a bit at sudo room tonight. I think the major problem
>>>> that we should solve is how to keep the drones in the air. Jae and I were
>>>> talking about creating charging stations for quadcopters. I think that if
>>>> we solved this issue the rest will fall in to place. The charging stations
>>>> could just be contact plates that the drones could locate and dock with.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone interested in working on a project like that?
>>>>
>>>> --Andrew
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It would be really useful to have an open source gunfire locator
>>>> system, similar to the ShotSpotter system Oakland is currently paying lots
>>>> of bucks for:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/us/shots-heard-pinpointed-and-argued-over.html
>>>>
>>>> ShotSpotter is using microphones across the city to instantaneously
>>>> locate where in the city a gunshot came from. Microphones on aerial drones
>>>> would pose much less of a privacy issue - they only have to be sensitive
>>>> enough that any gunshot is picked up by at least three drones - and you
>>>> could send a camera to the site of any gunshot within minutes.
>>>>
>>>> Patrik
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Ryan Bethencourt <
>>>> ryan.bethencourt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I love the idea of drones, how about a drone surveillance network for
>>>> downtown Oakland? It could be a safety thing with criss crossing coverage
>>>> of a fairly small radius and maybe payed for by local companies, businesses
>>>> and residents? No payload but you could potentially see charging a monthly
>>>> fee for a panic button on a mobile phone that would launch a drone to your
>>>> co-ordinates to observe, record and interact in a potentially dangerous
>>>> situation or an ongoing crime which could be streamed out to the web or
>>>> emergency responders? It might actually have an effect on crime,
>>>> particularly if an operator could boom out from the drone in response to a
>>>> robbery or something like that?
>>>>
>>>> Very 1984 but it could be useful in increasing local safety and might
>>>> have a sustainable business model!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Jehan Tremback <
>>>> jehan.tremback at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> We should try to come up with convenient labels that contain both a qr
>>>> code and a sufficient amount of magnetic metal to be used as a secure
>>>> carrying attachment point. These could then be attached to plastic bags.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Jehan Tremback <
>>>> jehan.tremback at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
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