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UAVs can be used to watch the watchers, too

Posted by Chris Anderson on November 14, 2011 at 8:51pm


People tend to assume that UAVs will be used by the police to keep watch on us, but as this video, taken by a RoboKopter of riots in Warsaw, shows, they can equally be used by citizens to keep tabs on the police. No need to wait for the local news to send a helicopter to get the aerial scene of a demonstration, just Do It Yourself!

 

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  • Axure November 15, 2011 at 5:59am

    BTW, if anyone was curious, the platform is a Y6 with a Canon DSLR:

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    Credit goes here:

    http://www.mmwarszawa.pl/393137/2011/11/11/zamieszki-w-warszawie-z-...

  • Axure November 15, 2011 at 5:51am

    I also don't own a TV and I was able to find these videos in many places on the web, but I was curious who actually paid for it.

  • Axure November 15, 2011 at 5:44am

    Robert, who did he sell it to?  Was it run in any mainstream media?

  • Alex Lee November 15, 2011 at 4:40am
    Would have been nice to see them land on one of the roof tops and hang out for a while. Still using pan tilt to keep an eye on things. Then when batt hits 30%, head back.
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