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

[Jehan Tremback]

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On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Jehan Tremback <jehan.tremback at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm in.
>
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> 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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