Welcome to the next level: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/17/warsaw-protester-launches-drone-to-spy-on-police/ Warsaw protester launches drone to spy on police
During protests in Warsaw last weekend, one crafty activist deployed a flying drone to spy on riot police. YouTube user latajacakamera — or “flying camera” in Polish — uploaded the amazing video that the drone effortlessly captured as it hovered over teargas-filled streets. In another video, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) floats in front of a formation of police in riot gear as they rush towards demonstrators. None of them appear to notice. Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson confirmed that the flying machine was built by the Polish company Robokopter. Watch this video from latajacakamera, uploaded to YouTube Nov. 12, 2011.
Verra nice! Imagine the NYPD's reaction, after they kept the press and news helicopters away, if a couple of those had shown up while they were clearing the park? (I bet on Reaction: Completely ape-shit.) Oh well, welcome to the 21st century boys. http://forums.whyweprotest.net/threads/imperial-probe-droids.45809/
Of course it can be shoot down easily with bean bags for example. But for each down one that went down, ten ... It's cheap.
So long as the operator didn't make the mistake of stopping and hovering in close, it might take quite a few shots to hit it, and meanwhile those bean bags would definitely hit something else. Messy. A shotgun would have a better chance, but ditto with the pellets in a city environment.
^ Yeah, somehow I think standing in the midst of a crowd of protesters shooting at the sky would probably garner some negative attention.
now that is awesome. i could get into working with something like that. that could be used to look into windows of any building without the people inside knowing anything about it. i'm gonna look into this, costs, range, tech details. if anyone has any knowledge on this or ideas please let me know.
There's about fifty videos on that channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/latajacakamera?feature=watch#p/u
That was surreal. Also, I finally went exterior with full stereo soundtrack. For free! I'm making my own cert. The protests around the world are surreal enough as it is. But that flying camera copter is awesome.
Pure brilliance, every protest or direct action should have one. Does it upload video directly or does the operator have to collect the data and upload it?
It looks like someone is using these in Russia too. The question is: government or protestors? http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8389112/ufo-filmed-above-russian-protesters LMAO at all the OMGALIENS!1!!! comments.
http://rt.com/news/moscow-ufo-protests-drone-685/ And here's that shot direct from the UFO: Priceless!
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/artic...ng-camera-captures-photos-attention-in-Moscow http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&site=&q=AirPano Moscow, protest rally on Bolotnaya Square • 360° Aerial Panorama
