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

[Jehan Tremback]

I'm in.


On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Jae Kwon <jkwon.work at gmail.com> wrote:

> While noting that all emails get saved somewhere in a bunker for use
> against us, I want to mention that light, valuable pharmaceutical delivered
> by drones in the bay area sound interesting.
>
> On Jan 3, 2013, at 8:05 PM, Jehan Tremback <jehan.tremback at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> ah pharmaceuticals... that's ideal. The challenge is to find other light,
> valuable things. Small electronic parts for example.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Anthony Di Franco <di.franco at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I don't know if anyone has publicly looked at that comprehensively, but
>> about a year ago a startup called matternet was assuming about a kilogram
>> of payload, about 30 minuted of flight time at some I guess lowish speed
>> and looking at transporting pharmaceuticals in places without roads such as
>> interior Africa: low weight, high value, timeliness matters a lot. That
>> would seem to be about the ballpark in which one would be playing.
>> Imagine.
>> On Jan 3, 2013 2:07 PM, "Jehan Tremback" <jehan.tremback at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What could it be used for? How much weight can a drone carry? Let's
>>> stick to current technologies, as the development of such key components as
>>> batteries, motors, and materials is unlikely to be affected much by the
>>> development of this network (unlike the internet, where demand quickly
>>> caused a lot of innovation in networking equipment).
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Anthony Di Franco <di.franco at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2013/01/dronenet-the-next-big-thing.html
>>>>
>>>> (I'm a bit interested in the routing problem myself.)
>>>>
>>>> "A short distance drone delivery service built on an open protocol.
>>>> Think short haul logistics.
>>>>
>>>> "It's a system that will explode in a way that is very similar to the
>>>> way the Internet grew up -- where connections were bought by individuals
>>>> and installed one modem and IP address at a time, and where the early
>>>> providers are local geeks with shelves full of modems and an expensive T-1
>>>> lines.
>>>>
>>>> "It's an approach that uses "uncontrolled airspace" and incremental
>>>> purchases of cheap, standards compliant pads/drones to roll itself out
>>>> (very similar to the way the Internet was able to piggy back on the old
>>>> telephone system).
>>>>
>>>> "As a result of this open approach and decentralization, it's something
>>>> that could grow VERY fast."
>>>>
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