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

Sat Jan 5 01:32:23 CET 2013

http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/OccuCopter

On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Susan Werner <heinousbutch at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you want to prevent violence with drone surveillance, I must insist
> that you
> start by surveilling the police.
>
> --
> Susan
>
> On Jan 04 15:03, 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:
> > >
> > >> 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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> >
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