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

Sat Jan 5 07:39:24 CET 2013

I'd be interested :}. One idea I really like is the idea of having a solar
powered blimp so with minimal energy and build costs we could have a
persistent drone in the air
On Jan 4, 2013 10:25 PM, "Andrew" <andrew at roshambomedia.com> wrote:

> We discussed this a bit at sudo room tonight. I think the major problem
> that we should solve is how to keep the drones in the air. Jae and I were
> talking about creating charging stations for quadcopters. I think that if
> we solved this issue the rest will fall in to place. The charging stations
> could just be contact plates that the drones could locate and dock with.
>
> Anyone interested in working on a project like that?
>
> --Andrew
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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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