 GonePremium
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Re: Because walking 400m with your kid is -just- too far. Um, the man built a self-propelled drone that is capable of following a child around and transmitting video back to the control station.
Tell me, when have you ever built something so elaborate or - dare I say - so cool? |
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Same thing only commercialized - Already in use by various police forces.
1080P HD cam or why not go with FLIR?
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said by Gone:Um, the man built a self-propelled drone that is capable of following a child around and transmitting video back to the control station.
Tell me, when have you ever built something so elaborate or - dare I say - so cool?
It may be elaborate but definitely not cool.
The man should take the 15 minutes to walk down to the bus stop and walk back. Probably the best 15 minutes he could ever spend with his kid.
And really... what is this helicopter drone going to do if someone kidnaps the kid? Shoot the person? |
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| said by Robrr:It may be elaborate but definitely not cool. The guy who built this is an editor at IEEE Spectrum. I think it's safe to say that this has more to do with building something cool (just like there are people who build furniture or build cars) rather than being too lazy to walk his kid down the driveway. |
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Last winter, I fantasized about sitting at my computer while a camera-equipped drone followed him overhead," wrote Wallich.
Lazy! Plain and simple. |
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Toronto, ON | reply to I_H8_Spam
said by I_H8_Spam:http://www.draganfly.com/uav-helicopter/draganflyer-x6/
Same thing only commercialized - Already in use by various police forces.
1080P HD cam or why not go with FLIR?
That thing is sick! If I had $25,000 to spend on something I don't need, I'd get that. |
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said by Gone:The guy who built this is an editor at IEEE Spectrum. I think it's safe to say that this has more to do with building something cool (just like there are people who build furniture or build cars) rather than being too lazy to walk his kid down the driveway.
This. It's sad that everyone here has overreacted to the extreme because one inclined gentleman did something awesome. I bet his kid is going to get to learn and build a lot of very cool gadgets and toys that most kids only dream about when he's older. |
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said by Robrr:His quote sums it up nicely He's the editor of an online technical magazine. He built something and then wrote a piece about what he did, using whatever creative license he felt would make his piece more interesting to readers. That's all there is to it. Beyond that, any allusions to his lazyness or his worth as a human being is nothing but unsubstantiated conjecture from people who may not fully grasp the context for which the comment was made and the publication for which it was first published in. |
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said by Gone:I think it's safe to say that this has more to do with building something cool ...
Well, this american guy didn't really build it.
He bought the "quadrocopter kit and attached a smartphone with a video chatting app enabled." The open source app already has GPS tracking so all he did was put a GPS beacon on his kid.
Anyone can do this, if you buy the quadrocopter kit. There are some on Amazon for under ~200-250$. |
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said by I_H8_Spam:Given the sheer scale of idea conception, design, part accrual, construction, programming, testing, and deployment. I'd hardly call the author lazy.
Lazy is right. It's a bought kit.
Just the GPS beacon wasn't part of the kit. |
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What does his nationality have to do with any of this? |
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said by I_H8_Spam:Given the sheer scale of idea conception, design, part accrual, construction, programming, testing, and deployment. I'd hardly call the author lazy.
It's funny though. People go out of their way to be lazy, even if it involves more work. lol
I think this is cool. I'm actually getting a Parrot AR Drone 2.0 soon.
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said by Robrr:The man should take the 15 minutes to walk down to the bus stop and walk back. Probably the best 15 minutes he could ever spend with his kid.
If you think walking a child to the bus stop is "the best 15 minutes he could ever spend with him", I'm sure glad I'm not your kid!
The guy built one of the world's neatest toys and for some reason some feel the need for sanctimonious moralizing.
Here's my idea of spending quality time with your kid: spend the afternoon flying your own personal camera-equipped drone. 
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London, ON | reply to Dones
said by Dones:said by I_H8_Spam:http://www.draganfly.com/uav-helicopter/draganflyer-x6/
Same thing only commercialized - Already in use by various police forces.
1080P HD cam or why not go with FLIR?
That thing is sick! If I had $25,000 to spend on something I don't need, I'd get that. no need to spend that much...i don't know how much this is, but i can imagine it is likely "only" several hundred dollars for his set up.
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz2zU5bNcaQ
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dirtyjefferAnons on ignore, but not due to fear.Premium
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London, ON | reply to TLS2000
said by TLS2000:said by I_H8_Spam:Given the sheer scale of idea conception, design, part accrual, construction, programming, testing, and deployment. I'd hardly call the author lazy.
It's funny though. People go out of their way to be lazy, even if it involves more work. lol I think this is cool. I'm actually getting a Parrot AR Drone 2.0 soon. these are cool too:
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ErEBkj_3PY
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said by Gone:Tell me, when have you ever built something so elaborate or - dare I say - so cool?
You mean bought off the shelf parts and assembled as such? 
Gone, not trying to bash his technical skill set but hardly something new or original, there are many quad-copters out there and this was more of an assembly project. I would have been impressed if he actually designed it and made it himself, all of it; in short he built a Heath-Kit.
My point, I am just disgusted that he would rather sit at home then spend time with his kid. Hell that project it would have made a good Father-Son project, a teaching experience as well as bonding experience.
In short he should be less of a child himself and be a parent a bit more. |
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