- Aerial Display System with Floating Pixels
- Aerial Display System with Floating Projection Screens
- Aerial Display System with Marionettes Articulated and Supported by Airborne Devices
http://blogs.marketwatch.com/themargin/2014/08/22/disney-may-use-drones-in-theme-park-entertainment/
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can't believe it took 18+ mos to this point and 1st flights back in '10.
@Craig: thanks, we'll be talking soon... & to the 3DR team and APM devteam, keep up the excellent work guys... :)
@monkeynutz: convincing a multibillion dollar company to truly invest in "so called" controversial tech, well, a youtube video, or a snazzy powerpoint ain't going to do. But having been a dev w/openmoko back in '07, I get your point 100%!
@Gary & Quadizmodo: that's Ars.Electronica (trek video), very cool group & awesome tech.
Gary - I hadn't seen that London Star Trek thing. Very cool!
Tearig - Drone supported marionette has been done. Here are two examples.
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@Craig- But I don't want my arducopter to strike anything!
He's a bit late isn't he?
ArduCopter strikes again!! Go Cliff!!! http://diydrones.com/profile/CliffW
This happened in week the FAA announced a flight of two sUAS in a range to see if night flight of two RPAS was safe and possible. I kid you not, they were jolly proud of the trial. This flight in the centre of London underneath the approach to Heathrow.
The screen has been done already as well, not sure about the puppets though.
This is very demonstrative of what the USPTO patent market has become, please list the examples of the prior use, as I think it is our job as to serve our community to show either the prior example or that this is obvious so that irrelevant patents are not issued, because when they are it stifles innovation.
Yes especially the floating pixels not much research done by the Disney folks.
always with the patents.. whatever.. all this stuff has been done before.