How I Accidentally Kickstarted the Domestic Drone Boom

Post by zem » Sun, Jun 24, 2012, 10:20 AM UTC

Gussy wrote: post #19

zem wrote: post #16

> Indeed, some of the newest sensors combine three-axis accelerometers, gyros, and magnetometers (nine sensors in all), plus a temperature gauge and a processor, into one little package that costs about $17. which model is he talking about? i got curious and went looking, and the best i could find was $50

Chris would be talking about the new MPU9150 from Invensense: http://www.invensense.com/mems/gyro/mpu9150.html Pricing isn't public yet but you can get an idea by looking at the 6-axis products.

nice. if it's really going to end up that cheap, it's an exciting development, paralleling the low-cost arm chips like the raspberry pi. it's going to be a good decade for hardware hobbyists.

Post by eli » Sun, Jun 24, 2012, 9:33 PM UTC

Alex3917 wrote: post #14

forgottenpaswrd wrote: post #8

"It’s safe to say that drones are the first technology in history where the toy industry and hobbyists are beating the military-industrial complex at its own game." Oh, really? Mr Limdbergh begs to differ: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh He got some training in the military but he then beats them later. Technology has been historically been pushed as much by civilian industry as the military, or more.…

"Ethernet and laser all those amazing tech was created by private companies and computer networks were created by enthusiast before DARPA." But would we ever have actually had the Internet before DARPA? It took over 30 years before the Internet actually became a mainstream and profitable thing. If the net had been developed by private companies then they would have done it in such a way that would have let them becom…

I feel confident that some form of interconnected global computer network was inevitable. I don't know if it would be better, but surely it would exist.

And there are many examples of private companies pioneering something new even if it takes huge upfront resources and years of planning.

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