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Re: PARC drone has no limit on flight time, works via microfilament

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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> PARC drone has no limit on flight time, works via microfilament
>> http://techxplore.com/news/2015-11-parc-limit-flight-microfilament.html
> 
> 
>> There is a microfilament system that makes PARC capable of aerial
>> coverage and HD footage?for as long as you decide. "It's actually our
>> tether that sets us head and shoulders above the competition," said
>> the company.
>>
>> While small cables normally mean low power and poor communications,
>> CyPhy Works said that their patented system "flips that dynamic."
>> They get high power and they get high-definition communications
>> through a tiny cable, thanks to "novel electronics."
>>
>> This is an extremely thin wire (the tether is thinner than a
>> headphone cable but strong enough to reel in the drone if necessary,
>> said Will Knight, senior editor for AI at MIT Technology Review). It
>> is tethered to the ground to transmit power and data. The fact that
>> it is tethered, noted Knight, means the vehicle cannot travel very
>> far.
>>
>> The PARC vehicle can operate at altitudes of up to 500 feet above
>> ground level, or 10,000 feet density altitude.
 
The Army thought their tethered thing was foolproof too.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-blimp-loose-20151028-story.html
http://nypost.com/2015/10/28/unmanned-military-blimp-on-the-loose-drifting-over-pennsylvania/

So tell us just what this product announcement has to do with physics,
spamming shit head?

 
 

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Jim Pennino

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PARC drone has no limit on flight time, works via microfilament Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-11-08 16:49 -0600
  Re: PARC drone has no limit on flight time, works via microfilament jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-08 23:18 +0000
    Re: PARC drone has no limit on flight time, works via microfilament Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-11-08 18:05 -0600
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        Re: PARC drone has no limit on flight time, works via microfilament Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-11-08 20:13 -0600
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