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Ending the Aerial Wild West implies that the wild west is no more. There are plenty of places to buy drone parts, controllers, etc... that do not require any r
by LinuxBender 8y ago
Ending the Aerial Wild West implies that the wild west is no more. There are plenty of places to buy drone parts, controllers, etc... that do not require any registration. Would it perhaps be more accurate to say, that the wild west is slightly limited to true hobbyists and terrorists? Would such regulations just limit the average person from buying their "toy" drones? The drone hobbyists that I know are not impacted by this. They use 3d headsets and race their drones through buildings up to 6 miles away.
- superkuh 8y ago> race their drones through buildings up to 6 miles away. This is a pretty incredible claim. I think your friends may have been exaggerating things or you misunderstood.
- LinuxBender 8y agoNot at all. They are actually working on methods to extend even further by creating a network mesh in the air. This involves multiple RasPi's and multiple drone blimps and multiple quad drones.
- superkuh 8y agoAlright. That's a little more plausible. At least that would give them line of sight. Now it's just incredible and unlikely instead of completely infeasible.
- LinuxBender 8y agoThere are companies deploying commercial solutions similar to what my friends are doing. There are a couple companies in the EU that will send an AED drone to emergency callers for heart attacks. The drone's wings collapse and it converts into an AED. It can fly to locations minutes before first responders get there. They are also being used to deliver medicine to remote camp-sites in the mountains and some jungles.