New at Skysafe.io:
The SkySafe system can take control of a rogue drone over the air and safely land it.
With detailed event history and real-time notifications, SkySafe offers an unprecedented level of airspace security.
- Real-time detection and notification
- Uninterrupted protection
- Does not rely on radio jamming
- Does not interfere with legitimate drone operation
- Searchable event history
- Enterprise management
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Lol I think this is pretty absurd. Why would the inventor of Do It Yourself Drones want to promote a type of "drone Stasi"?
Halloween prank maybe? Sure got me scareweed! :-s
But seriously, this requires every drone to have the ability to be taken over by someone else, and the whole system standardised across the industry so that skysafe (skynet rebranded?) can take over...or any other so inclined person with the skills. Where's the added safety in that? What happens if a "big brother" with an app means harm or causes a crash because of taking over mid flight to blame it on the drone owner?
Being an app I'd say it works over wifi? What about wifi encryption or those (many more) drones without wifi or telemetry at all? I doubt it does RC as well, if so how, and who else might be affected by it because it can't target specific drones? For 95% of current drones the app would just say "this number is not connected". Or will only DJI and Solo's have this extra functionality? Not a good marketing ploy. Besides even if it could somehow connect to it's wifi what's the useful range and how easy is that to disable and fly just waypoints instead...plus this provides no "safety" against malicious drone operators at all. So what's the point?
The main safety issue is the size of the drone and it's ability to do damage to persons or property.
That is where good regulation would start, not by pursuing a massively expensive (or profitable?) skynet program. Electronic wizardry is no replacement for cold, hard, old fashioned physics. Look at the aussie CASA sub 2kg category on how to. Besides, why first create an industry under the guise of open source, and then regulate it, to profit from it, and subdue the competition by forcing their drones to land on command?? lol Maybe DIYD should be rebranded to DIMWDONAA (do it my way drones or not at all!) ;-)
To me it sounds preposterous and counter intuitive as it doesn't meet any worthwhile goal, other than publicly advertising that the "drone industry" is working on a solution to the "safety problem" it itself created. (I'd welcome evidence to the contrary)
I think the cats out of the bag on that one, either way you look at it.
Regards JB
Detecting and plotting it would be handy for law enforcement. The stopping it flying bit is a bit silly.
When I was much younger, back in the days when honest speech was the norm, this would have been called piracy.
I anticipate a slew of lawsuits. Someone had better be able to prove self-defence or have a court-order in hand.
I would not like to some wise guy dropped me on head rc drone touching to smartphone...
This video will be a great marketing tool for those UAV companies offering encrypted control/data links!
Disgusting, I believe that even the FAA consider this unlawful in the USA and leaves the perpetrator liable for damages and the consequences of this stupid action. presumably including damage to the UAV.
Who determines the difference between legitimate drone operation and reckless and malicious drone operations?
Oh boy! I can't wait to see the lawsuits that come out of this. Once they "take control" and someone or something gets damaged/injured, who's fault is it? Was the pilot flying unsafely, or did the SkySafe system cause the accident?
Who's going to have access to these things? Is anyone going to be able to just drop drones out of the sky?
Is this going to happen with automated cars as well? If you're driving too fast, can someone take over your car and drive it for you?
LoL !!! Are we going to see DJI Phantoms falling from the sky everywhere? At least is safer than what a few people have done, which is shoot them out of the sky with shotguns.
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