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

Sat Jan 5 05:35:08 CET 2013

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:
>>
>>> 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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