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You can always fly drones around. Edit: Non-Lethal, Non-Army drones. Just flying cameras to see what's happening there, or how they're living. Even better, real
by terhechte 13y ago
You can always fly drones around.
Edit: Non-Lethal, Non-Army drones. Just flying cameras to see what's happening there, or how they're living. Even better, really small cameras that look a bit like slow-moving birds.
- JoshGlazebrook 13y agoSomehow I think drones wouldn't do well in the dense jungle.
- ekianjo 13y agoMaybe quadrotors, then.
- dirktheman 13y agoI think it would freak them out. A metal bird, making strange humming noise, hovering over their heads... A couple of years ago I was driving on the I-95 from Las Vegas to Tonopah. Out of nowhere, a predator drone came up and flew next to our car for a good couple of hundred yards. A strange and somewhat frightening experience, even for someone who knows what drones are. Besides, the thick jungle canopy wouldn't allow drones to get a good look anyway. We could launch crawling cameras, disguised as forest creatures, but the risk of getting exposed isn't worth the potential damage to the tribe, IMHO. I think the best thing to do is to just leave them alone.
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- StavrosK 13y agoHow long do you think it'll be until drone hunting is a widespread sport? Although, the only place with enough hunting rifles is the US, and it's probably not going to be popular there.
- tobiasu 13y agoHow about this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnR8fDW3Ilo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnR8fDW3Ilo
- b0rsuk 13y agoHow about this one ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8pyzOkTiAU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8pyzOkTiAU Just kidding.
- finnw 13y agoWhy would it freak them out any more than the helicopters which they have seen before?
- ekianjo 13y ago> A metal bird, making strange humming noise, hovering over their heads... Because a huge tanker stuck in the water would not freak them out, maybe? It's way more impressive than a small drone flying around, for people who don't even have boats.
- chrischen 13y agoHaha. I think the army was doing target practice on you. They usually practice targeting the drones on unsuspecting cars in that area.
- dirktheman 13y agoPretty sure they were. I can only imagine the smile of the drone operator, seeing the faces of the freaked out tourist couple in their rental car... Can't say I wouldn't do the same!
- coopdog 13y agoElvis[1] does this too with water, great fun! (they do near misses and only over water obviously) 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_(helicopter) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_(helicopter)
- lotsofcows 13y agoThe beauty of _not_ having science is that you can explain anything. Initially they'll be frightened and respond appropriately (withdrawal with cautious acts of violence, it seems), over time familiarity will breed contempt.
- b0rsuk 13y agoI think the best way would be really tiny drones that can pass for insects. Then we will be able to observe them without disturbing them.
- sandGorgon 13y agoNo you cannot. Not in the Andaman Islands. These islands are the base for the Indian Tri-Services Command [1] and rumor has it, for the Indian Nuclear ICBM command. In addition there are more rumors of serious electronic warfare going on there against the Chinese listening posts on Coco Island. No way are there going to be drones around Andamans anytime soon. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Command
- workbench 13y agoThink by drones they meant a quadcopter camera