Welcome to the 21st Century, Baby

[kham]

There's Something New In the Air

Remember when camera gadgets were maybe remote triggers and lashing things to trees or tripods?
Yeah

Now, wait a couple years - or less - and you get stuff like this
I expect a surge in UFO sightings from the tinfoil hat people
AND some very cool shots

[dlodoski]

...Remember when camera gadgets were maybe remote triggers and lashing things to trees or tripods? ...

Yea, I saw that at B&H when I checked the latest GoPro pricing.

But don't expect me to jump into one of those soon. We have a lot more interesting things to do first.

Having said that though, I would imagine that this thing has at least one gyro - and can 'maintain' hover automatically.

[kham]

They at least haven't priced themselves out of existence, which is smart. It's not tops on the list of things to get, but it is at least a cool gadget. You can easily come up with stuff it could be used for

[dlodoski]

They at least haven't priced themselves out of existence, which is smart. It's not tops on the list of things to get, but it is at least a cool gadget. You can easily come up with stuff it could be used for

Well, the guys that have been making a small mint flying R/C Helicopters and tethering balloons for real estate photo and video purposes won't be happy about this.

[Sydney]

They at least haven't priced themselves out of existence, which is smart. It's not tops on the list of things to get, but it is at least a cool gadget. You can easily come up with stuff it could be used for

Well, the guys that have been making a small mint flying R/C Helicopters and tethering balloons for real estate photo and video purposes won't be happy about this.

I think the GOOD ones will add this as a tool to their arsenal. Unlike an R/C helicopter, this might actually be optimized specifically for aerial photography, which will make it less likely to "jitter" without modification. And yet much more controllable than a tethered balloon. And some people would still prefer to hire someone rather than learn to take good aerial photos themselves.

[Mynock]

Yea great, another method of cheap advertisement......now as well as being harassed on the internet by a constant stream of solicitation I can be followed around in real life by little robot helicopters trying to sell me shit......

[Duncan Edwards]

Yea great, another method of cheap advertisement......now as well as being harassed on the internet by a constant stream of solicitation I can be followed around in real life by little robot helicopters trying to sell me shit......

Just think of it as a self propelled skeet.

[kham]

Think of them as Terminator HKs for OUR side....

[Mynock]

Yea great, another method of cheap advertisement......now as well as being harassed on the internet by a constant stream of solicitation I can be followed around in real life by little robot helicopters trying to sell me shit......

Just think of it as a self propelled skeet.

Time to fight fire with firepower......

War Roomba.jpg

[nachtjaeger]

Cabela's sells a kit to turn two Ruger 10-22 rifles into a twin-barrel AA gun. Classified as semi-automatic, so no special BATFE permit needed. It would of course be illegal to motorize the weapon, and adding two more barrels would just be overkill.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Gatling-Gun-Kit/741483.uts

Yea great, another method of cheap advertisement......now as well as being harassed on the internet by a constant stream of solicitation I can be followed around in real life by little robot helicopters trying to sell me shit......

Just think of it as a self propelled skeet.

Time to fight fire with firepower......

War Roomba.jpg