Kangaroo also against quadrocopters
From the point of view of any sensible boom, flying drones and other quadrocopters with the possibility of aerial photography (preferably as FullHD) are unrealistically cool. Especially if the device supports video broadcasting in real time, allowing you to see the world from a bird's-eye view right on the screen of your own smartphone.
However, contrary to common sense, every month there are more and morecrazy paranoids , opponents of these innocent entertainment, claiming that flying machines are fraught with a serious threat to privacy, at times increasing the possibilities for unauthorized surveillance and penetration of private property into the airspace.
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It is not difficult to guess that such fear is expressed mainly by Americans and Europeans, for whom the concept of “privacy” is part of the basic principles of a democratic society. And if in terms of global surveillance on the Internet, citizens have already caved in under the pressure of “fighters against international terrorism and other hackers”, then in terms of drones a man in the street is demonstrating a very principled position. Thus, according to a recent poll organized by the American sociological service Reason-Rupe, 47% of respondents expressed a negative attitude towards flying gadgets crossing the boundaries of private property, saying that they would shoot down such violators to the best of their ability.
It turned out that such a hostile attitude towards arrogant quadcopters is peculiar not only to ordinary Americans, but also to Australian kangaroos.
The other day a small video appeared on the Web, filmed by a wildlife lover with the help of a flying drone. On the video you can see how the device hangs over a small flock of kangaroos in the hunt for rare shots. But soon the gadget gets under the hot hand of mother-kangaroo, who decided to stop the brazen intervention of the electronic alien in her private life. As we see from the video, the air defense kengurinoy worked flawlessly - in a matter of seconds the drone was on the grass.
By the way, this is not the first time that an aircraft on a remote control gets "on the nuts" from the harsh representatives of the local fauna. In the spring of this year, a similar incident occurred with wildlife researchers from the RMIT UAS group. True then the attack was not a quadrocopter, but with a winged bird-shaped drone. And in the role of a fighter made a real eagle, confusing robot with feathered appetizer. Air interception occurred very effectively, but predictably it did not work out for the bird. As a result, the eagle received an invaluable experience of fighting anunknown electronic gadget, the researchers got a torn-up drone, and we got a minute and a half of exciting video:
PS: For those who are interested in this burning topic, we strongly recommend to watch the “The Magic Bush” series of the last South Park season. There it is revealed in all its glory.
PPS: Those who took the "crazy paranoids" close to the heart, we hasten to reassure. Comrades, this is irony, designed to express the attitude to the advocates of privacy of at least "crazy geeks." The author in this dispute remains an indifferent arbiter, not fully sharing either one or the other point of view and only allowing himself to tease a little over both.
Author: Andrey Gasilin
Source: SlashGear
However, contrary to common sense, every month there are more and more
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It is not difficult to guess that such fear is expressed mainly by Americans and Europeans, for whom the concept of “privacy” is part of the basic principles of a democratic society. And if in terms of global surveillance on the Internet, citizens have already caved in under the pressure of “fighters against international terrorism and other hackers”, then in terms of drones a man in the street is demonstrating a very principled position. Thus, according to a recent poll organized by the American sociological service Reason-Rupe, 47% of respondents expressed a negative attitude towards flying gadgets crossing the boundaries of private property, saying that they would shoot down such violators to the best of their ability.
It turned out that such a hostile attitude towards arrogant quadcopters is peculiar not only to ordinary Americans, but also to Australian kangaroos.
The other day a small video appeared on the Web, filmed by a wildlife lover with the help of a flying drone. On the video you can see how the device hangs over a small flock of kangaroos in the hunt for rare shots. But soon the gadget gets under the hot hand of mother-kangaroo, who decided to stop the brazen intervention of the electronic alien in her private life. As we see from the video, the air defense kengurinoy worked flawlessly - in a matter of seconds the drone was on the grass.
By the way, this is not the first time that an aircraft on a remote control gets "on the nuts" from the harsh representatives of the local fauna. In the spring of this year, a similar incident occurred with wildlife researchers from the RMIT UAS group. True then the attack was not a quadrocopter, but with a winged bird-shaped drone. And in the role of a fighter made a real eagle, confusing robot with feathered appetizer. Air interception occurred very effectively, but predictably it did not work out for the bird. As a result, the eagle received an invaluable experience of fighting an
PS: For those who are interested in this burning topic, we strongly recommend to watch the “The Magic Bush” series of the last South Park season. There it is revealed in all its glory.
PPS: Those who took the "crazy paranoids" close to the heart, we hasten to reassure. Comrades, this is irony, designed to express the attitude to the advocates of privacy of at least "crazy geeks." The author in this dispute remains an indifferent arbiter, not fully sharing either one or the other point of view and only allowing himself to tease a little over both.
Author: Andrey Gasilin
Source: SlashGear
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/364829/
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