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Ultimate Guide to Slip Rings for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
This detailed guide is intended to provide you with an in-depth understanding of industrial slip rings and their various applications. We put together this definitive guide. You’ll not only learn...
Ultimate Guide to Slip Rings for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
This detailed guide is intended to provide you with an in-depth understanding of industrial slip rings and their various applications. We put together this definitive guide. You’ll not only learn...
Flying Bathtub Drone: Rub-A-Dub-Dub, Six Rotors in a Tub
Well here’s a new one. Below are some videos of The Real Life Guys constructing and testing a manned hexacopter drone which happens to be made from a bathtub. You might ask yourself, why choose a bathtub? I say why not? The only things in the sky that get my attention these days are UFOs and people flying around in magic bathtubs.
The guy in the bathtub is not flying it by the way. That’s the other guy’s job. Since a flying bathtub seems pretty dangerous, I would want to drive if I were in it.
Weird and cool as seeing a flying bathtub is, they would get some serious bonus points if the thing was actually full of water and the guy was bathing. That’s what I really want to see flying over my head. Some guy just sudsing up and scrubbing his back as he waves down at me. Am I on drugs? No way to know for sure, but that’s not something you see everyday, so probably. Then when the guy is done bathing and soaking during his flight, he can just drain the tub and let the water go where it will.
These guys are some very cool You-tubbers. Am I right? Their next stunt involves a flying bed. Once they accomplish that feat, they plan to name themselves “Bed, Bath, and Beyond”, but they have to find a third member first.
I’ll be here all week.
[via The Awesomer via Geekologie]
Wireless charging will make drones always ready to fly
Drones are great until you realize running all those propellers, a camera, GPS and other assorted technology bits are a real drain on the battery. If you're just using one for images it's not too big of a deal. But if you're using one for surveying,...
Shocking Aerial Footage Shows a Massive Crack on Antarctic Ice Shelf
A new footage from British Antarctic Survey shows just how wide a crack on Antarctic’s Larsen C ice shelf has become.If the crack continues to get wider and cuts the ice shelf all the way through, it...
Aer Is a Giant Dart That Lets You Safely Throw Your GoPro
These days, shooting aerial video is getting easier and easier with drones like the GoPro Karma and DJI Mavic Pro. The price is steep for some at $1,000 or higher, though. Turns out there is a simpler and much cheaper way to capture aerial video. Kind of. Just throw your camera in the air with the Aer dart.
It looks like a giant lawn dart, and comes with a foam enclosure on the nose that protects the GoPro action cam that you place inside. It is also waterproof and designed to float. Just throw it in the air, drop it from up high, or whatever. The camera records everything it sees before safely landing on the ground.
We’re not talking about the sort of long running or controlled footage like you get from a typical drone. The Aer will get you a few seconds of somewhat random footage at a time. Also it could possibly get stuck in a tree or on a roof with no way to retrieve it. Still, it appears to capture some pretty cool shots from the demo video:
Aer is compatible with Hero 3+, 4, and 5. You can reserve a unit starting at €49 (~$55 USD) on Kickstarter.
[via Cool Things]
Aer Is a Giant Dart That Lets You Safely Throw Your GoPro
These days, shooting aerial video is getting easier and easier with drones like the GoPro Karma and DJI Mavic Pro. The price is steep for some at $1,000 or higher, though. Turns out there is a simpler and much cheaper way to capture aerial video. Kind of. Just throw your camera in the air with the Aer dart.
It looks like a giant lawn dart, and comes with a foam enclosure on the nose that protects the GoPro action cam that you place inside. It is also waterproof and designed to float. Just throw it in the air, drop it from up high, or whatever. The camera records everything it sees before safely landing on the ground.
We’re not talking about the sort of long running or controlled footage like you get from a typical drone. The Aer will get you a few seconds of somewhat random footage at a time. Also it could possibly get stuck in a tree or on a roof with no way to retrieve it. Still, it appears to capture some pretty cool shots from the demo video:
Aer is compatible with Hero 3+, 4, and 5. You can reserve a unit starting at €49 (~$55 USD) on Kickstarter.
[via Cool Things]
Aerial Survey Reveals Great Pacific Garbage Patch is Holding More Trash than Previously Estimated
Bayon Slat, a Dutch inventor and entreprenuer, was just 18 years old when he organized “The Ocean Cleanup” foundation with the goal of ridding ocean’s plastic pollution. On Monday, the...
The Hexicopter
Designed for disaster rescue and other squad-based missions, the Hatchet unmanned copter concept utilizes not one, not 2, not 3… but a 6 rotor design that gives it superior maneuverability and mid/low altitude stability beyond that of ordinary helicopters. Modular components can be interchanged for different missions so it’s capable of both surveying areas for preliminary reconnaissance and performing rescues or even fire extinguishments, making it a versatile tool for a variety of operations.
Other on-board equipment includes an infrared scanning imager, instant photography live-feed cameras, and an unmanned control system for operation from the ground.
Designer: Jurmol Yao
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