The Drone That Can Get Through Your Window

[Are_grits_groceries]

From Gizmodo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvRTALJp8DM

The Drone That Can Get Through Your Window (and Kill You While You Sleep)
After watching this quadrotor drone making the craziest maneuvers I can imagine, I only have three thoughts. One, robotic extermination is inevitable. Two, I want one for next Christmas. Three, send a weaponized squadron to fight the mole men here.

The quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle was made by Daniel Mellinger, Dr. Nathan Michael, and Dr. Vijay Kumar at the GRASP Lab, University of Pennsylvania.
http://m.gizmodo.com/5552281/flying-drone-making-the-craziest-maneuvers

I don't even want to think about how this might be used. I'm sure it needs modifications and more work, but..........

[aquart]

1. I have a sky high opinion of UPenn as it is.

Ever seen their magnificent online Sumerian/Akkadian dictionary?

[Are_grits_groceries]

2. I am not calling out UPenn or the professors.

Research and experimentation is essential.

I am waiting to see who will take that technology and use it in less than desirable ways to put it mildly.

[aquart]

6. Calling out?

If I were applying to college now, UPenn would probably be my first choice.

[Are_grits_groceries]

7. They would be high on my list.

I was saying that I wasn't criticizing them/calling them out.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. I see a new James Bond movie in the offing... or Mission Implausible

... they will be in one or the other.

[j420norcal]

4. Yeah, but can it OPEN the window???

Take that, scientists.

[Are_grits_groceries]

5. I'll bet they are working on a way to get into an area

whether by a window or other means.
They may make them tinier, able to fold, or who knows what else?

A bat got into my apartment, and a wildlife person I talked to later said they could fold themselves into the size of a pencil and enter through a space that small. The same idea could be used in a different way with more work.

[zazen]

9. I did not need to know that. . . .

[Are_grits_groceries]

10. I found out the 'hard' way.

I was trying to look for some place where the bat could enter my apartment. I couldn't find any spaces. After I heard what the bat could do, I quit trying after I had made my best attempt to spot anything. That kind of space could be anywhere. If it wasn't apparent after a thorough check, then I would only find it with luck.

[zazen]

11. two things you'd rather not know: 1) bats can become the size of pencils, and

2) giant, speed-demon, shape-shifting Southern cockroaches can also fly.

I'll never forget when my then 5-year-old daughter said with relief, after the typical phobic response to a cockroach that half of modern humanity has, "well, at least they can't fly!" Who wants to shatter that kind of innocence?

I've always thought our phobia of cockroaches is that we know on some level in 60 million years they'll overtake the planet and be 50 times their current size. Maybe it'll be a lot sooner, and they'll be nanobioengineered cockroach drones.

Ugh.

[Are_grits_groceries]

13. I live in SC.

I have dealt with 'Palmetto bugs' for years. They can probably open the refrigerator somehow.

[Angry Dragon]

15. I like the Mrytle Beach area

[Ikonoklast]

20. That was your brother-in-law.

Bet he blames the cockroaches for drinking all your beer, too.

[j420norcal]

19. Crazy stuff about bats...

At my old house I used to find mouse/rat poop in places I couldn't figure out how anything could get in. Those animals are quite limber as well.

[MadHound]

8. The drone that would immediately become a toy for my cats and dogs

Having watched my animals take down indoor RC helicopters, I have no doubt that they would take out one of these as well.

[Mari333]

12. sickening.

[Statistical]

14. Insane. The level of percision and stability is off the charts.

I could see them being used by law enforcement to track/chase suspects through crowded urban environment.

[pokerfan]

16. In the last month

I have seen videos of bipedal robots that will soon be able to outrun any human, robots being taught to use knives and a chimpanzee controlling a robotic arm with his mind. :scared:

[Yeahyeah]

17. Lucky there aren't any cavemen left.They would throw a rock at it,killing it.

[ensho]

18. a yr. or more ago I started a thread about the small drones they have

developed that can look into windows; accost you in the street, ask questions and listen to your replies. the info was from an article I read about them.

not a joke

they really have developed them.

and 6 or 7ish yrs. ago I saw one here in Key West while I was delivering newspapers in the dark of early morning. I did not think it was from outer space, I knew it was a drone out for a practice run.

It looked at me, I looked at it and then it went behind the top of a tree and out of sight. the navy is here so I thought it must be a navy thing.