Make Your Own Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - Chris Anderson

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/30/DIY_Drones_with_Chris_Anderson

Chris Anderson, editor in chief of Wired, demonstrates his geeked out RC plane "EasyStar," which has been outfitted as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with built-in autopilot.

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The 4th annual Maker Faire Bay Area hosts Chris Anderson, editor in chief of Wired. Anderson discusses making low-cost, unmanned aerial vehicles like planes and blimps.

Following on President Obama's call to "begin again the work of remaking America," Maker Faire 2009 was organized around the theme of Re-Make America. Held in the San Francisco Bay Area, Maker Faire celebrates what President Obama called "the risk takers, the doers, and the makers of things." - Maker Faire 2009

Chris Anderson is editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine, which has won a National Magazine Award under his tenure. He coined the phrase "The Long Tail" in an acclaimed Wired article, which he expanded upon in the book The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More (2006). He currently lives in Berkeley, California with his wife and four young children. Before joining Wired in 2001, he worked at The Economist, where he launched their coverage of the Internet. He also has a degree in physics from George Washington University and did research at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He has also worked at the prestigious journals Nature and Science.

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[Aphradonis]

2000m? Pah! Imagine having minibases set up to fly around the world via live feed; start in California, make your way through clouds of weed, on through the Midwest, be shot at by rednecks, to the East coast, buzz the New York skyline (too bad the WTC was talibanned), fight boredom over the Atlantic, laugh at those funny Brits, on to the Mid East, chill with the Predators, navigate the Chinese smog, a little espionage in NK, and finally Japan, where your drone's already five years out of date.

[kerimil]

so these days you just need 600$ and 0.5kg of C4 to build a cruise missile... how cool is that? :-D

[DRAWDE8999]

I hear lots of um's Uh &likes and stuttering. This here, That this this that.

Voice crack @ 1:57, 2:09 unless your throat was dry.

[carrierjunkie]

Can I remove that 2000m failsafe?

[patdowling5]

Could you repeat that please? actually no, don't....

[gabeshedd]

@Coodude26 Not all geniuses are good public speakers.

[24262748]

This guy seems to be improvising and not well informed :-(

[Krazeel]

Hey guys look what I just made! -"What is it?" I have no idea.

[apricotsnms516]

@naruto0298 $600

[Valca000]

FLY THE DAMN THING ALREADY!

[naruto0298]

$60 for everything?

[TheRocketboy12]

where did u get the xyz sensor