Chris speaks DEFCON...
"The do-it-yourself (DIY), open-source drone movement is turning into a real business that could disrupt the commercial and military drone industry. It’s another case of how exploiting the curiosity of hackers can turn into a commercial opportunity.
"That’s the view of Chris Anderson (pictured), editor of Wired magazine and a drone hobbyist and businessman on the side. He spoke about this DIY trend and his own efforts to lead it in a talk at the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas today."
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@MarcS, youre right that DARPA plays a big role in encouraging technology. I just happen to admire the hell out of what Chris has accomplished without any government sponsorship and the emphasis on peaceful civilian applications.
MarcS: Oh, my--I must not have done a very good job explaining things to the kids. That "camera" was just my laptop's webcam! It's not for sale ;-)
Awesome! I was at Defcon I & II when I was 12 / 13 yrs old. My parents sent me off with my hacker crew. Amazing to see the evolution. :)
Now also in german: http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/gadgets/selbstbau-drohnen-von-chris-...
Funny sentence at the end (rough translation): After showing the DIY-Drones shop to the "Defcon Kids" they ask Chris if he earns money with it: "Sure". After he is gone, one of the kids says "I think he only wanted to sell those camera to us"...
@Harry: Isn´t the military (in the form of DARPA etc.) one of the main sponsors of research in the US? Look at all the Boston dynamics "Big dog" stuff.
Is a recording of this talk available somewhere?
"We will bury them with their own confusion!"
You look Good Chris! you have to look twice to notice the hair do! nice tan . there are very intelligent people on this web site some pure Genius! A think tank of brilliant people interacting with brilliant people around the world sharing their views on topics a lay man would find hard to understand . The military is usually the front runner soon if not already they will be playing catch up .Gary made a point when he said the established industry has the connections sales and links to shut the door hard on emerging tec . The little guy usually gets the shaft
here it is the little guy that can make things happen ! You guys have a good day!
I think that was the moment when I realized that I hadn't turned the wifi on my laptop off, so there were now 3,000 weaponized nerds in the audience probing me.
@Chris you are perhaps worried by the chisel entering stage right to have your head off?
@Chris
Maybe it's because [I guarantee...] some hackers in there trying to crack your smartphone and surveying the signals in the room (common). I would have ;P (j/k, but walking around with a wireshark/DPI mobile client..)... if I was there this year.
Such a fun conference to attend.
And you know, you just threw the gauntlet down for DC folks to look into hacking comm systems on DIY UAVs--where ISM-based radio systems can be pretty easy to disrupt...
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