The future of TED talks (with quadcopter robocameras), as imagined by director Ridley Scott,

David M Eno March 21, 2012 at 1:42pm

They have a method for powering RC aircraft with lasers from a ground station.

John Moore March 21, 2012 at 1:41pm

Seems like the big thing keeping us from using quadcopters in that way is battery technology.

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Mark Harrison March 19, 2012 at 5:40pm

@Fedor, it looks like it might be Guy Pearce:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001602

Fedor Kotov March 19, 2012 at 2:16pm

What is the actors name?

Ellison Chan March 19, 2012 at 1:32pm

Cliff, even more advanced than gods, size according to Ezekiel, even the god's wings(propellers) generated noise:

23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.

24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, Rev. 1.14, 15; 19.6 as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of a host: when they stood, they let down their wings.

Cliff-E March 19, 2012 at 12:57pm

They must be gods in 2023: they can produce propellers that makes zero noise, zero buzz.

David M Eno March 18, 2012 at 7:18pm

Flávio Henrique P. de Oliveira March 18, 2012 at 6:45pm

"we are gods now".... what a unhappy thing he said!

Aaron Buckner March 18, 2012 at 6:46am

In the very near future I see swarms of drones covering events around the world, remember that slightly hokey feature on DVDs when they were first released where you could change the angle in a scene? Imagine being able to pick your view out of 20-30 different views or follow the one the editor/director wants you too. I think we will end up with much more immersion due to the massive amounts of visual data we will start accumulating. Though I think they should all be required to look like Dalek's ;)

Anish March 18, 2012 at 6:07am

@chris that is good to hear, talking to one of our diydrones folks who works in film industry that is very likely ;). I would like open source to have the same stability as zenmuse from DJI

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23	And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
24	And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, Rev. 1.14, 15; 19.6 as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of a host: when they stood, they let down their wings.