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

[Jehan Tremback]

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:

> Unfortunately there is probably some liability to a building owner whose
> roof is being used a charging and relay point for the drones. They would
> probably need some sort of license or card for their property to be used as
> a transfer point for the product.
>
> The solution to this is to separate charging and relay stations. Drones
> pass product off on another convenient rooftop near the charging station.
> They then charge at the actual station, holding no merchandise at all.
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Jae Kwon <jkwon.work at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> gears, frames, rotors, yes.
>>
>> On Jan 3, 2013, at 11:16 PM, Aaron Juchau <aaronjuchau at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Could the 3D printer print workable rotors, frames, gears, etc?
>> Sudocopter?
>>
>> 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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