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They set fire to a pile of tinder surrounded by a rather large ring consisting of a few large branches and logs. Then during descent, not only has the fire visi
by bryans 5y ago
They set fire to a pile of tinder surrounded by a rather large ring consisting of a few large branches and logs. Then during descent, not only has the fire visibly burned out on its own, but there was barely any material there to begin with. Then in the extinguishing shot, the fire is all of a sudden raging again, but with a bunch of new wood that wasn't in the original fire. Then at the end everything is completely burned and charred (but still strongly smoldering), exactly as it would look if the fire had burned itself out within its natural boundary -- not actually impeded or stopped in some way.
Being able to autonomously send a drone to a specific location is not new. Using a sensor on a drone to detect a certain thing and perform an action is not new. So the only innovation in regard to "containing wildfires within 10 minutes of ignition" that actually matters is how to handle the fire, and they didn't address that part of it at all.
Everything about this video reeks of cheap tricks from a children's magic kit, and the whole thing feels like another dime-a-dozen startup scam looking for a quick buyout before anyone realizes they've been duped.