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Why is pointing a laser pointer at a plane a big deal?
It can blind the pilots.
http://www.laserpointersafety.com/page52/laser-hazard_diagra...
So much more they could have said but did not. When do we see the first set of drones that fly into AT&T Park and land on a ledge somewhere letting someone outside the park watch the game? When do we have a drone at 399' run out of charge and fall down doing property damage or injuring someone and the owner never claims their drone back? When do we get Papparazi chasing celebrity weddings with drones? (I believe I re…
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"Not bee drones, rather drone drones, with military and terrorist capabilities. There is already a (foiled) terror plot using model airplanes. How easy would it be to stop a mechanical “bee” which injects a human target with rapidly-acting poison?"
I can't wait for the drone delivery businesses to pop up. Food from across town, delivered hot in 15 minutes. EBay now: now only $.75 per delivery thanks to near zero human delivery labor. Couple a drone quad copter with a google self driving car and we've got the makings of an excellent robot slave industry.
Sushi drone restaurant: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2013/jun/1...
Domino's testing drone delivery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on4DRTUvst0
TacoCopter seemed like a joke not all that long ago. No longer.
So much more they could have said but did not. When do we see the first set of drones that fly into AT&T Park and land on a ledge somewhere letting someone outside the park watch the game? When do we have a drone at 399' run out of charge and fall down doing property damage or injuring someone and the owner never claims their drone back? When do we get Papparazi chasing celebrity weddings with drones? (I believe I re…
How about insect-sized assassination drones? http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2013/06/wha... Excerpt: "Not bee drones, rather drone drones, with military and terrorist capabilities. There is already a (foiled) terror plot using model airplanes. How easy would it be to stop a mechanical “bee” which injects a human target with rapidly-acting poison?"
Not that someday it won't happen, rather that today you could carry a 12 ga shotgun shell around with a camera that lets you see where you are. All of that tech is 'off the shelf' today. Hence the more immediacy of the change.
If you think cheap drones for consumers won't be abused, note there are many thousands of incidents of people purposely pointing green lasers at aircraft in the USA each year.
Why is pointing a laser pointer at a plane a big deal?