Developer Comment by Mark Colwell on July 28, 2012 at 3:47am

I advocate the PX4 autopilot system, DEFCON guys will have no problem hacking them! Yummy hardware.

Developer Comment by R_Lefebvre on July 28, 2012 at 4:38am

Yup.  Something I posted the other day on another board:

We're all on the bleeding edge here, it's true. But I see this as a really exciting time, and I think being on the bleeding edge of something as revolutionary as personal autonomous flying robots... is not a bad place to be. I've seen a number of people compare this to the personal computer industry in the late 70's, and I think that's right on the money. Back then, people asked "So... why are you putting so much effort into this? What are you going to do with a personal computer?!" 

I can only imagine what it must be like now, to be one of the military industry guys watching what's happened in the past few years, after themselves having invested MILLIONS of dollars and trying to sell really small quads for $60k to recoup their costs...

Moderator Comment by Gary Mortimer on July 28, 2012 at 4:50am

PX 4 does indeed look to be very yummy there is no hacking involved of course as its all OS.

We are all on the edge of truly amazing hardware and in some parts of the world regulators are only talking to legacy manufacturers that are actually moving behind the curve. 

I am going to plug our podcast at sUAS News now but this episode is worth a listen especially if you are in Europe where higher and further is being discussed and it paints a fair picture of what's happening or rather is not happening in the USA.

We all know technology is miles ahead of the FAA now, I think I still stand my prediction of a CB radio scenario where they basically have to give in. But if you listen to the pod you will see others don't agree with me. 

I think we just entered the 1930's in the evolution of the UAS industry. Or is it the end of the second world war and we need the Russians to get into space to kick us into moving tech forward again? Oh dear did I just go well off topic.

Lets bring it back, the established industry has the connections sales and links to shut the door hard on emerging tech. In some parts of the world...

Developer Comment by R_Lefebvre on July 28, 2012 at 6:07am

Gary, not to get too political... but IMO, this is a great example of western governments completely dropping the ball on making important decisions on emerging technology, simply because they are too caught up in stupid "left vs. right" politics instead of actually governing on anything important.  Then throw in lobbying efforts by "those with the money" attempting to protect their niche, and we have a situation where we will completely fall behind.

Moderator Comment by Gary Mortimer on July 28, 2012 at 7:27am

Sounds about right to me!

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on July 28, 2012 at 10:26am

Is it just me, or do I look complete terrified in that photo? FWIW, that's not my normal expression ;-)

Comment by Cliff-E on July 28, 2012 at 10:35am

@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...

Moderator Comment by Gary Mortimer on July 28, 2012 at 12:25pm

@Chris you are perhaps worried by the chisel entering stage right to have your head off? 

3D Robotics Comment by Chris Anderson on July 28, 2012 at 12:38pm

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. 

Comment by Carl La France on July 28, 2012 at 12:40pm

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!

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