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FTR, I was on holiday recently and the house we were renting didn't have an HDMI cable, without which my daughter was unable to watch peppa pig. I ordered one next day delivery and all was well the next day, but I'd have paid an extra tenner to have to flown to the back garden in 30 minutes.

If spaceX can land a supersonic 20-storey rocket on a tiny barge in the middle of the atlantic (and amazon's Jeff Bezo's blue origin can do the same in the desert) then I see no reason why this isn't possible in some form, right now today, regulatory issues aside.
 
Crispy said:
FTR, I was on holiday recently and the house we were renting didn't have an HDMI cable, without which my daughter was unable to watch peppa pig. I ordered one next day delivery and all was well the next day, but I'd have paid an extra tenner to have to flown to the back garden in 30 minutes.

If spaceX can land a supersonic 20-storey rocket on a tiny barge in the middle of the atlantic (and amazon's Jeff Bezo's blue origin can do the same in the desert) then I see no reason why this isn't possible in some form, right now today, regulatory issues aside.
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How far was your holiday house from a warehouse that stocked HDMI cables?
 
bi0boy said:
How far was your holiday house from a warehouse that stocked HDMI cables?
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I have no idea. Within the Poole-Bournemouth conurbation. If this service takes off, I'd expect there to be one nearby.
(It was needed on a Sunday and I could not be arsed going out driving looking for one)
 
dominos-drone.jpg
the domino pizza wheeled drone is the most ridiculous yet
http://global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/Leisure/2009/dominos-drone.jpg
its got zero chance surviving in the vicinity of bored teens
 
Crispy said:
FTR, I was on holiday recently and the house we were renting didn't have an HDMI cable, without which my daughter was unable to watch peppa pig. I ordered one next day delivery and all was well the next day, but I'd have paid an extra tenner to have to flown to the back garden in 30 minutes.
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You could have just airlifted in a replacement daughter with Peppa Pig pre-installed.
 
NoXion said:
I wonder if the person standing next to it is just a random pedestrian or some kind of minder? Would seem to defeat the point of it, if it's the latter.
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Unless the video was shot in some weirdo fantasy parallel universe where technology goes through "testyng stagys" and "tryal runnz"
 
Corax said:
Unless the video was shot in some weirdo fantasy parallel universe where technology goes through "testyng stagys" and "tryal runnz"
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Fair point, I hadn't thought that they had got to the stage of testing in the UK, rather than in California where I usually see this kind of stuff being tested.
 
TopCat said:
Just as porn drove the development of the Internet, war is driving drone development.
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Actually I think it is being driven by the Daily Mail's endless thirst for pictures of minor bikini clad clebs in their back yards.
 
TopCat said:
Just as porn drove the development of the Internet, war is driving drone development.
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The military drove the development of the internet.

Outside of certain areas, drone development is probably now more to do with capitalism and the usual cost reduction goals than war. Certainly though some things like visual processing have their roots in miltech. Hawkeye for Wimbledon, anyone? Err yeah not quite why it exists.
 
mauvais said:
The military drove the development of the internet.

Outside of certain areas, drone development is probably now more to do with capitalism and the usual cost reduction goals than war. Certainly though some things like visual processing have their roots in miltech. Hawkeye for Wimbledon, anyone? Err yeah not quite why it exists.
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Daesh have been using off the shelf drones for war purposes. It all comes full circle (quad copter style things iirc. Not like those Predator things which really count as UAV's in my head.)
 
DotCommunist said:
Daesh have been using off the shelf drones for war purposes. It all comes full circle (quad copter style things iirc. Not like those Predator things which really count as UAV's in my head.)
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Even if they don't carry weapons, an extra set of eyes in an elevated position above the battlefield can be useful if used properly.
 
NoXion said:
Even if they don't carry weapons, an extra set of eyes in an elevated position above the battlefield can be useful if used properly.
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recon has been the main one apparently, I think I read something about weaponised ones, but I've no idea if the weight capacity allows them to carry enough weight of explosive to be much more than a terror weapon
 
DotCommunist said:
recon has been the main one apparently, I think I read something about weaponize ones, but I've no idea if the weight capacity allows them to carry enough weight of explosive to be much more than a terror weapon
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Yeah, anything capable of carrying heavy ordinance is going to be at least as difficult to maintain and operate as a fully-crewed vehicle, the only bonus being disposability. But I imagine that for Daesh, their fancy gear is more valuable than bodies, which I imagine are easier for them to acquire.
 
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