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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Recordings of the talk are now available in the DEF CON 20 media archive:
DEF CON 20 - Chris Anderson: Drones!
It's not the only one related to aviation either, check out the rest of this year's archive! Past events have also featured small flying vehicles, with or without computers in - or applied to - them.
DEF CON talks appear archived online at some point, keep your eye on this page (and check out the past events, there are lots of interesting talks within): http://defcon.org/html/links/dc-archives.html
@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.
You just missed Kevin Finisterre... you two should have had beers. You know that is his turf.
Chris,
Is there a transcript of your defcon talk somewherre? I'd really like to read it if there is.
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!"
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