[Noisebridge-discuss] occucopter hackers

[Erik Nelson]

Using multiple tethers (three or more), maybe coupled to springs/shocks?

I think you could totally isolate the camera enough to make it usuable.
On Jan 5, 2012 11:00 AM, "Christina Olson" <daravinne at gmail.com> wrote:

> assuming that all you want to do is to get steady footage of the
> occupy area, would it make more sense to just forget about the flying
> things and just mount multiple cameras in nearby structures at a
> height where you can get good coverage of the area?  anything flying
> is going to have too much camera shake if its not directly controlled
> by a person with a steadycam.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Jonathan Foote <jtfoote at ieee.org> wrote:
> > Drones are great until the batteries run out and it hits a cop, then
> > someone is up for attempted murder.
> >
> > Any balloon/blimp solution big enough to loft a useful payload will be
> > uncontrollable in even a mild wind, cf USS Macon.
> >
> > Another suggestion: camera throwies. Take a cheap cellphone cam, a
> > bluetooth or Zigbee, and a rare earth magnet, put them up on
> > streetlights or wherever  (protestor kids can climb much better than
> > cops). Cheap enough to make lots, disposable if necessary, points for
> > a mesh network. Won't give you full rate video but why do you need
> > that?
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Erik Nelson <erik.nels0n99 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Solution 1: Put the tethers in obnoxious, high and/or mildly unsettling
> >> places.
> >>
> >> Also, with Mylar expect the man to complain that it will come loose and
> fry
> >> on a powerline. By fry, I mean short circuit.
> >>
> >>
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