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San Luis Obispo, CA
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
OpenPilot, Quadcopters
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San Luis Obispo, CA
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"This explains it:
Google's Eric Schmidt: "Don't Be Evil" was Stupid
http://www.dailytech.com/Googles+Eric+Schmidt+Dont+Be+Evil+was+Stup..."
Google's Eric Schmidt: "Don't Be Evil" was Stupid
http://www.dailytech.com/Googles+Eric+Schmidt+Dont+Be+Evil+was+Stup..."
"The really sad thing here is that companies like Google pay effectively a 0% tax rate yet have an outsized influence on policy. It's amazing that they evade taxes, then essentially shunt some portion of that to lobbying. And they don't even have…"
"Fantastic work!"
Eric Schmidt is at it again:... In comments made to the Guardian, Schmidt called for international regulation of civilian drone technology and, going a step further, for an outright ban of inexpensive “everyman” minidrones. Schmidt’s comments are…
"I think this means that Google is working on a GoogleCopter."
"Where can I find info on this build? I want one! :-)"
"Wow, that's an impressive flight - agile & stable.
Someone should do a shoot-out of the new Ardu hardware vs the OP Revo when it goes public."
Someone should do a shoot-out of the new Ardu hardware vs the OP Revo when it goes public."
At the University of Michigan on Wednesday, researchers for Darpa announced they’d created a very small chip containing a timing and inertial measurement unit, or TIMU, that’s as thick as a couple human hairs. When the satellites we rely on for…
"Sorry: above should read: "from pitching forward and scraping the dome ON LANDING?""
"Hmm, thinking about it a bit more, how are you going to prevent the plane from pitching forward and scraping the dome? Landing gear would seem the obvious answer but would also interfere with the FOV from the dome. I guess getting the center of mass…"
"Wayne, so this fuselage must be targeted at a fully-automated flights? Personally I don't like & have a bad record at judging LOS landings. My ideal setup would include both a low-resolution FPV camera and a down-looking camera on an A/B switch to…"
"Impressive! At the conceptual level looks quite optimal. The only suggestion I might make is to add the provision to add a forward-looking fixed-mount camera for FPV-mode operation.
Which CAD package are you using for design? Is the model…"
Which CAD package are you using for design? Is the model…"
The World Wildlife Fund is turning to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a bid to tackle an upsurge in illegal poaching of rhinos, elephants and tigers carried out by increasingly sophisticated and well-equipped cartels. The WWF provided two…
