The mad scientists at the GRASP Lab, University of Pennsylvania have developed this swarm of nano quadrotors that can perform remarkable flight operations.
Anyone who saw The Terminator series knows that this is how it all began in the development of Hunter-Killer unmanned aircraft. Here are those cute GRASP nanos in a few years . . .
That is the coolest thing I have ever seen. However when they fly in formation in ranks it is scary. Hats off to you Professor, this time!
but can they do etch-a-sketch?
http://youtu.be/eakKfY5aHmY
Bud 1, February 2, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Dredd,
Hopefully journalists will use them to assist in legitimate reporting,
as opposed to spying and controlling.
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My guess is that citizen journalists will be more forthright with technology than Big Brother’s main stream media has been and will be.
Dredd,
Hopefully journalists will use them to assist in legitimate reporting,
as opposed to spying and controlling.
Bud 1, February 2, 2012 at 9:02 am
Police forces will love these.
Put cameras on the bottom and
they’ll be able to spy on anyone.
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So will citizen journalists.
Professor Turley,
Actually the first attack machines are very old (Picture).
They are much older than the organic realm which includes the human species.
They cause anything from Mad Cow disease to herpes. They are called prions and phages (ibid).
I Remember Years ago, a Terrible Movie starring Gene Simmons as a Mad Scientist with Cyber Bugs… This is Them!
You say nano quadrotor, I say pull.
BN,
That word you are using, “toy”. I do not think it means what you think it means . . .
This is a video called “Precise Aggressive Maneuvers for Autonomous Quadrotor Flight”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvRTALJp8DM
Function follows form. Ask yourself, “What is this being designed for?”
I think it’s pretty clear that these are most certainly not toys.
Lighten up. They’re very sophisticated toys.
For now.
I think Len is having a very appropriate reaction.
No place to hide.
Just another tool to use in order to “keep the populace in line”. My “laughter” goes way beyond “nervous”. This scares the hell out of me.
Black humor… Sometimes it’s “laughter” that keeps one going…
why would anyone find this amusing? is it the nervous laughter of recognition of how men devise their destruction as amusements?
Bud,
First laugh of the day. Thanks.
Police forces will love these.
Put cameras on the bottom and
they’ll be able to spy on anyone.
Good work.
Put it to good use.
Rescue, fire fighting, cleaning up weather disasters, looking for victims of earthquakes, etc.
Don’t let the warmongers get hold of them.
Terminator: The machines will definitely win. Even if they have to domesticate a few human beings to do it.
O my gosh. Very fun. Until someone gets his eye poked out.
I am ready to see it…