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Even without the robot angle "cool" aspect of a drone, it's a step along a progression that's shown clear demand: first selfies, then selfie sticks, then no-sti
by majormajor 5y ago
Even without the robot angle "cool" aspect of a drone, it's a step along a progression that's shown clear demand: first selfies, then selfie sticks, then no-stick-needed non-selfie selfies.
- whatshisface 5y agoDrone photography predates selfie sticks.
- ceejayoz 5y agoNo, it doesn’t. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/23/photograph-1926-shows-selfie-stick-older-than-meets-eye https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/23/photograph-1...
- scoot 5y agoIt seems much more likely that the stick in this picture was used to press the shutter release button of a camera on a tripod than to suspend the camera itself.
- whatshisface 5y agoIf you're allowed to use that as an example of a selfie stick, then I should be allowed to use James Wallace Black’s 1860 aerial photography. :-) https://time.com/longform/aerial-photography-drones-history/ https://time.com/longform/aerial-photography-drones-history/
- simonh 5y agoOr maybe the pigeoncam from 1907. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-turn-of-the-century-pigeons-that-photographed-earth-from-above https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-turn-of-th...
- croon 5y agoIn terms of invention, sure, but definitely not in terms of wide consumer availability/adoption.