Helicopter senses surroundings

[Spirality0]

They always say its going to be used for humanitarian purposes, but it never is. Americans are being lied-to and spied on right now by their own government, their rights slowly stripped away, all in the name of freedom. Who's Freedom? Corporate freedom, the commercialization of the world and the suppression of the People.

[majstor037]

anyone familiar with Frontlines - Fuel of war ? :)

[Dayantos]

"When the robot is knocked to the floor its twin-blades keep spinning so it can become airborne again"

Isn't that the same as if it wasn't responding to it at all? =P

[mtolives]

ya right. the light weight battery will work for about what 2 minutes. sounds like an amazing machine to me

[MrLezuz]

can i buy it on e-bay?? kkk

[bestamerica]

what country make this small helicopter

[ReadyLOLRET]

you guys play too much Call Of Duty >_>

[tomatoface181]

MAN HACKS FROM HL2

ZOMGZZZZZZ

[Squish888]

hah! was just playing that game.

[uberplayer]

This is what they use to spy on goku and the rest of the Z Fighters for Cel's creation.

[ignaciojork]

the new weapon of the near future

[boukeversteegh]

camera? on that out of control spinning thing? prepare to get motion sick

[SeijiMutoEX]

sounds good to me!

[xXxSapphirelunaxXx]

its good for spyin aswell =P

[crbrs20]

or it can Be Used in the Military

[Tressco]

Another big brother toy, used of course only for "natural disasters"...

[N7a7v7i]

You're ignoring, of course, that all technology can be used for not-so glamorous purposes. Any bit of knowledge has the potential to greatly benefit or also to worsen the future of humanity. Yes, this could be used by a government to spy on its people. As it could be used by flying vehicles to avoid collisions, or military UAVs so that human pilots are no longer necessary. How can you not see the good things that could come out of this? Don't hate the technology.

[Tressco]

"Weapons don't kill people..."

I know people + we are ruled by irrational, paranoid, megalomaniac psychopaths.

We got 2 extremes: freedom on the one side, fascism on the other.

Did we gain more freedoms over the last decade...?

RFID ringing any bell?

[BoltOfThundor]

@N7a7v7i UAV already fly them selves, they have a fare more powerfull system then a meer toy like this. and do note that the lack of knowledge is just as dangerause as the mesiuse of it. just look at all the witch hunts (just a simple example, there are hundreads of examples to be made)

[xxoscarinxx]

share the weed dude xD

[yosoyelMiguel]

@N7a7v7i

the problem it is taht the technology may be dangerous (military technology like that nuclear boomb) or dangerous for the planet and the people and the countryes dont have the responsibility to use it

[Ainulph]

I know exactly how this is going to be used, anyone play Half Life 2?

[Zephy82]

Thats a scary thought. but yeah problery

[Grzld]

man hacks in real life  D:

[WoWaddict3d]

Haha totally!

[spells14]

@Ainulph omg the man hacks?? dude, scary..

[enigmas00]

Haha, I thought of man-hacks too.

[mtbboy313]

:O Make me wanna play half life!

haha

[trimi38]

@Ainulph FUUUUU

[CharDarwin]

Get this at Walmart for 29.99

[mulduvar]

armed with a camera? do you see how that thing spins? shit you're gonna get hella motion sickness watching that video feed

[pchackal]

@mulduvar

It can be designed that only the sensor spins, but the camera stay still. I see there are a round track in-between the sensor and the wings. I think it's the part that allows the sensor to rotate.

[hassiand]

@pchackal

Maybe use a gyroscope system?

[SadisticMonkey336]

this is pretty crap and looks like the work of uni students

[aurarus]

If this is sensing the world around you, I guess putting on blind folds and walking straight into walls are sensing the world around you too.

[Gearz86]

Not that impressive. Equivalent to a senior design project in electrical engineering.

[Qabz]

"Can sense the world around it" WTF it just bumps and moves away. If it 'sensed' its surrounding it would have used AI to actually avoid any obstacle.

[Tsylord]

@Qabz Yeah, its incredibly stupid, you could program it with Turing if you wanted to, its a very simple robot that uses hit detection (very simple technology).

[pimpjuicexxx213]

I think it senses that it hit a wall so it continues to do whatever it was doing.

[Gichnni]

We need that one for Haiti right now

[AJPlanet74]

What a brilliant little helicopter!

[themeloninc]

If I hear another "can be used to search buildings after a natural disaster" video... I"m going to puke. How come all the buildigs in Haiti haven't yet all been searched? There's hundreds of companies developing obscure robot, and machines for future military purposes, and I'm hearing that they all have some meaningless statement that makes you feel good when viewing them... So tell me, why not use things to search the buildings in Haiti?

[Mastan0]

OH GOD THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE MANHACKS!

[sonicfreak94]

I was just thinking the same thing! XD

[re619]

did you know that helicopters such as those could be used for private property security? all you'd have to do would be add guns on it, AI that knows how to operate guns, aqnd the order to shoot anything that moves (also, a voice-recognition software to make sure it doesn't fire at anyone friendly)

That would be pretty cool.

[puretroubleman]

ever seen judge dredd?

[re619]

no, what about it?

[puretroubleman]

they had AI in charge of guns with voice recognition. wasn't the best idea as they tended to fail or get hacked and kill the owners.

[MoonDoggiez]

Soo, the flying blade helicopters from Half Life 2 are becoming real!? Sweet...

[aquaguy34]

you mean manhacks?

[tavitooo]

Please Why NewScientist put subtitles in SPANISH??

[youstupidwoman]

bumped in to a wall sloppy programing ?

[mrmaciejm]

natural disaster? You mean army application...

[DeimosSaturn]

Eventually everyone will have these things so the military's use of such technology will be the least of your worries. Buy some window curtains for your teenage daughter's everyone.

[mrmaciejm]

I have a son, but maybe one day he will watch some teenage girls through the window using this technology that is design to save lives.... :)

[bmwm3cs]

Dude the robots are gonna take over!!!!! Then were all gonna live in the MATRIX.

[blazednlovinit]

yeah but since matrix is exactly as real life is, it wont make a blind bit of difference, its simply an arguement over the principal of the matter ^^

[Gigaspine7]

I've actually come up with a way to avert robots wanting to rule by way of being superior by developing lifelike bionics first, and making robots meant for domestic interaction out of these materials alone and giving them the most advanced AI, and keeping heavy war machines under remote control rather than giving them AI aswell.

[xedenedex]

@gigaspine7 looks like you've got it all figured out......

[lonemangx]

@Gigaspine7

well we just don't have to build war machines in the first place if we advocate the venus project..

[Gigaspine7]

While using weapons in unnecessary situations is bad, being completely without them is worse. Think of it more like this:

The best weapon is the one you don't have to use more than once.

[Jesusdragon737]

Someone's been watching Iron Man lately.

[fenix611]

@lonemangx people just dont understand that it's as simple as that. i agree with you coompletely.

[serridgeas]

the only problem is with the body of the robot spinning like that you wouldn't be able to work out whats in a room

[blazednlovinit]

i'm guessing computers decrypt the information from the spinning camera, if it can sense how much the camera spins, it can compensate to give you a 3D image of the room

[serridgeas]

yeh but tis gonna mean carrying round computer everywhere you use it thus making it too bulky for rescue operations after natural disasters

[blazednlovinit]

it only gives you options, technology. and options are never a bad thing

[uscdave1124]

@blazednlovinit

no but absolutist statements like that usually are

[blazednlovinit]

i challenge you to think of a hypothetical where its a bad thing to have options

[Cyrathil]

"yeh but tis gonna mean carrying round computer everywhere you use it"

By the time this technology becomes practical, such as the bugs getting worked out of the system just as it is now, a regular laptop, or at least specifically designed laptop since no one said this would be cheap, could most likely run it. Since you need a visual relay anyway, that's not too bad.

[carlisio123]

cool

[minirobot1]

I want a whole swarm of small ones.

[InfoTransmission]

Hm well i think it more suited to like one of those robots that enter a hostage situation room because that could be better for getting up the stairs to the criminal then those dam robots.

[Yagdash]

why don't u test it now in Haiti

[johanz128]

@Yagdash Because no one cares about haiti

[princeofexcess]

@johanz128 more people care then should. Something big happens and people are all over it like ants but everyday starvation disease and death moves them little. We should concentrate on progress and finding solutions long term instead of going for the small fish. Not to mention all those people that donate to hati and earn fame and money on the disasters. PaTheTic

[7171997007]

@princeofexess and i'm sure if you own mother died today you would just pass it off and say that millions of people die everyday, why should i mourn over one person.

you are a hippocratic douchebag that needs to get some sympathy and respect for other people's LIVES.

[princeofexcess]

ha! i never said that those disasters arent disasters. We still should care for those people just instead of going with media hype and donating where they tell you too, i think of others that noone talks about the ones that suffer all their lives through generations so they are the old story. I think its terrible that people died in hati but im not blinded by a single even while everyday many more die and none cares. THAT is hypocrisy. Im pretty sure you cant even name those countries!

[mitsukai89]

wtf? ever heard of nano technology? those chips are huge. i bet i can reduce the weight of that thing by 80%.

[sweYoda]

@mitsukai89 damn idiot

[Evilfisher]

dont the western millitary use weps similiar to these

[jesuslives57]

All that is needed now is a battery that last more than 3 minutes.

[CognosSquare]

With this technology we might build giant mosquitos that fly in to the terrorists houses and get stuck in the window. So when the terrorist mutters off to open the window for the creature, he is seriously encumbered and looses his train of thought.

[monkeyafg]

how about haiti?

[elchicoboy]

it can be useful but please don't send the mini heli in the night, it wont find anything.

[xoANONiMUSox]

it can be used to search buildings after disasters?

well, lets hope the buildings in the future become more and more resistant to those disasters :|

[ZenonDorinPower]

It can search the buldings that aren't.Or maybe it can search buldings underwater =))

[narcoleptus]

Like he way it avoids stating the obvious ie it's potential military applications, as if it doesn't have a creepy, sinister side!

As if it isn't going to be used by high tech oppressive rogue governments.

Imagine a cctv camera that follows you down the street, without you knowing it, then peers through the windows of your home.

Vision of the future!

[AndrianGo]

Ultimate reality show

[SAsgarters]

Better start developing countermeasures then. Shouldn't be too hard.

Maybe you could train bats to hunt and kill them.

[JixMa]

Oh, yeah, right. It'll be used to "search buildings after a natural disaster". Yeah, sure. I'm so sure *that's* what they're developing it for.

[pikachu48]

This would be useful in haiti.

[RareAirSupply]

@pikachu48 no it wouldn't... There are no buildings to search through...

[adsilcott]

It looks like a good small heli design, but the video doesn't explain how it "senses its surroundings".

[chilapa90]

nice toyyyyyy

[MrTimoteo1596]

they could put that kind of technology in a car so the cars avoid other cars

[rv186rs]

already done in some cars

[Niosus]

after a natural disaster.... or before blowing up the front door and shooting everyone inside.

[pubtor]

cool

[billythefifer]

Roboheli tenis the next sport.

[artvandelay13]

lol it looks like one of those little lizards from Avatar that spin around and fly...

[jackybuzz]

search buildings after natural disasters, true, it can..

but what if it flies into that building, knocks something or touches it, then the whole building collapses...gg?

[marsCubed]

"knocks something or touches it, then the whole building collapses"

Good point, they should maybe have a warning saying 'do not use on buildings made from packs of playing cards'

[3MTARTANTAPE]

every time a useless robot shows up, they say it'll be used for search and rescue missions on collapsed buildings

[LusciousBrown]

i agree

[xXDominoXx]

You're video uploads are awesome.

[hornetobiker]

An exquisitely optimistic view of the potential use.

C'mon mate.

[s23b]

Minority report is getting real :|

[Livenderrr]

i will use this helicopter to spy on my friends grandmother in the shower, damn i love those 80 year old sluts

[ut00bguru]

now if they could only figure out this rash........

[LogicOfLife90]

omg i love science O_O

[rockbass]

IT'S BECOMING AWARE.

[AussieChangster]

What's a Manhack?

[ClassicIrish]

A tranny xD

[xXbestefarXx]

It's from the game Half Life 2.

[AussieChangster]

@xXbestefarXx ahh lol thx :)

[Infendo]

It's a little piece of machinery developed in the early1900's by Dr. Gordian Freiman

Basically what it was designed to do was to act as a recon machine. It was very advanced and ahead of it's age.

It didn't catch on since it was easy to shoot down, due to it's light weight wooden armor.

It was only recently put back in action by the Combine, equipped with a new metal armor and metal rotor blades.

Very interesting piece of tech there.

[Athaeus]

@Infendo

I spy with my little eye.. Half-Life?

[GBsleekie]

Nothing a crowbar cant handle.

[neelradhakrishnan]

Hahah.

[WhiteDragon103]

Having rings attached to the blades? Simple but brilliant. Took us long enough to figure that out.

[nikkle2]

Now thats a fuckin nice manhack right there!!

[kionji]

Nifty.

[newcoleco]

It looks like fun, isn't it? I want to try.

[StephmoS]

MANHACKS

[NB5BHVL]

Gimmie me a fly swatter I'll kill it lol

[int3rl0per]

Whoa. An actual Manhack.

[Coecoo]

A plastic manhack.

[maulcs]

greedo