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Not even observations with a disinfected drone?

bayesian_horse 10y ago
Drones (in the quadcopter-sense) are too noisy to make observations on Human groups without getting their attention. And then they would still throw stuff at the drones. If at all, you'd need something alike a military surveillance drone, and even then the tree cover would make it difficult.
- terminado 10y ago
  Not entirely true. At 200 meters in altitude, many quad-copters under 5 kilograms are pretty much inaudible. With a telephoto lens, and 40 minuets of flight time inbound, 15 minutes of loitering, and 40 minutes of return flight, you could probably begin to catalog substantial data, without being invasive. You wouldn't be able to ingress beyond tree canopy, but quad-copter drones aren't the greatest at negotiating tree cover to begin with. You'd only be able to capture the beaches. Sticking to the beaches, and remaining above a certain altitude, the sound of the ocean would probably cover up much of the actual propeller and motor noise that reaches the ground. This would be a very expensive operation, given the remote destination. Nothing an individual could accomplish. But it's a concept within reach, using off-the-shelve consumer technology, if you've got the budget, and the logistical support to pull it off.
  - bayesian_horse 10y ago
    At 200 meters of altitude they still see the drone. With telephoto lenses, it doesn't make sense to use multicopters any more, in my opinion. Not even a quadcopter can track objects on the ground precisely enough, just by positioning its body, so the camera needs a gimbal, with some kind of automatic tracking. At that point, a bigger, fixed wing drone would be better, I think.
Razengan 10y ago
[0], from [1]. I can almost see the next scene in the village being the start of new religion, à la the opening to Star Trek: Into Darkness [3] :) [0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Índios_Isolados_4.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Índios_I... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontacted_peoples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontacted_peoples [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldxE2DLZ-tA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldxE2DLZ-tA

Drones (in the quadcopter-sense) are too noisy to make observations on Human groups without getting their attention. And then they would still throw stuff at the drones. If at all, you'd need something alike a military surveillance drone, and even then the tree cover would make it difficult.

terminado 10y ago
Not entirely true. At 200 meters in altitude, many quad-copters under 5 kilograms are pretty much inaudible. With a telephoto lens, and 40 minuets of flight time inbound, 15 minutes of loitering, and 40 minutes of return flight, you could probably begin to catalog substantial data, without being invasive. You wouldn't be able to ingress beyond tree canopy, but quad-copter drones aren't the greatest at negotiating tree cover to begin with. You'd only be able to capture the beaches. Sticking to the beaches, and remaining above a certain altitude, the sound of the ocean would probably cover up much of the actual propeller and motor noise that reaches the ground. This would be a very expensive operation, given the remote destination. Nothing an individual could accomplish. But it's a concept within reach, using off-the-shelve consumer technology, if you've got the budget, and the logistical support to pull it off.
- bayesian_horse 10y ago
  At 200 meters of altitude they still see the drone. With telephoto lenses, it doesn't make sense to use multicopters any more, in my opinion. Not even a quadcopter can track objects on the ground precisely enough, just by positioning its body, so the camera needs a gimbal, with some kind of automatic tracking. At that point, a bigger, fixed wing drone would be better, I think.

Razengan 10y ago

[0], from [1]. I can almost see the next scene in the village being the start of new religion, à la the opening to Star Trek: Into Darkness [3] :) [0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Índios_Isolados_4.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Índios_I... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontacted_peoples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontacted_peoples [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldxE2DLZ-tA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldxE2DLZ-tA