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If the article writer is concerned about some helicopter footage, he would have an aneurysm over this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJLr0KMsRAA https://www.y

If the article writer is concerned about some helicopter footage, he would have an aneurysm over this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJLr0KMsRAA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJLr0KMsRAA AFAIK this was done with commercially mass produced silicon, and it was 10+ years ago. Nowadays they can probably do 10x+ better.

ok_dad 4y ago
Yea, the overlays are the least-worst thing there. Imagine what they do with the 2TB of videos (or more) that they are storing! They could run all kinds of analytics on that data, with time/location tracking included in there. Someday, you won't even have to pan + zoom a camera turret and will just digitally pan + zoom, because there will be cameras covering everything below the helicopter in great detail at all times. Imagine doing facial rec on it all, knowing where anyone was that was within ~500 meters of any police helicopter. Now, imagine you remove the requirement that the helicopter has a pilot, just run drones all over the place with charging terminals.
dukeofdoom 4y ago
Instead of planes, why not used a tethered balloon with a 360 camera, and direct fiberoptic cable to the ground. Curious how high a balloon like this could go up before it exceeded the weight and strength limits of the filament line.
- 57FkMytWjyFu 4y ago
  Looks like your answer is about 3,000 feet. https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/cbp-deploy-aerostat-nogales https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/cbp-deploy-...
  - dukeofdoom 4y ago
    Okay great thanks, so a consumer 1200mm lens can zoom upto 8 miles. But I guess under 45 degree angle, you would only get about 4500 feet horizontal range
runnerup 4y ago
Even ten years ago there were much much higher quality versions of this same concept: https://youtu.be/QGxNyaXfJsA https://youtu.be/QGxNyaXfJsA

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If the article writer is concerned about some helicopter footage, he would have an aneurysm over this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJLr0KMsRAA https://www.y

by rogers18445 4y ago

ok_dad 4y ago
Yea, the overlays are the least-worst thing there. Imagine what they do with the 2TB of videos (or more) that they are storing! They could run all kinds of analytics on that data, with time/location tracking included in there. Someday, you won't even have to pan + zoom a camera turret and will just digitally pan + zoom, because there will be cameras covering everything below the helicopter in great detail at all times. Imagine doing facial rec on it all, knowing where anyone was that was within ~500 meters of any police helicopter. Now, imagine you remove the requirement that the helicopter has a pilot, just run drones all over the place with charging terminals.
dukeofdoom 4y ago
Instead of planes, why not used a tethered balloon with a 360 camera, and direct fiberoptic cable to the ground. Curious how high a balloon like this could go up before it exceeded the weight and strength limits of the filament line.
- 57FkMytWjyFu 4y ago
  Looks like your answer is about 3,000 feet. https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/cbp-deploy-aerostat-nogales https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/cbp-deploy-...
  - dukeofdoom 4y ago
    Okay great thanks, so a consumer 1200mm lens can zoom upto 8 miles. But I guess under 45 degree angle, you would only get about 4500 feet horizontal range
runnerup 4y ago
Even ten years ago there were much much higher quality versions of this same concept: https://youtu.be/QGxNyaXfJsA https://youtu.be/QGxNyaXfJsA