What is it with Google??

SteamWake · 08-09-10, 01:41 PM

Are they like a voyeur on steroids or something??

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Originally Posted by Examiner.com (MIA)

A German company called Microdrones has sold a surveillance drone fitted with cameras and are GPS controlled for precise landing and navigation to Google for mapping-related projects. The drones are also capable of carrying night-vision cameras or even ‘see-through-walls’ Far IR cameras.

http://www.examiner.com/x-60196-SF-T...ng-experiments

By the way I have seen video demonstrations of these gizmos and they are quite impressive.

papa_smurf · 08-09-10, 01:46 PM

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By the way I have seen video demonstrations of these gizmos and they are quite impressive.

Saw something similar on the BBC's Click programme yesterday. These drones are controlled via your iPhone, not cheap tho - around £299 each.

SteamWake · 08-09-10, 01:49 PM

Silly me... Duhr.. just google Microdrones...

Platapus · 08-09-10, 04:59 PM

08-09-10, 05:06 PM

Like MicroSoft, Google is too large and needs to be broken up. I don't care if they have broken new ground, invested their own money, or taken risks.

We want them to do one thing....give the rest of us a chance, or your money.

Torvald Von Mansee · 08-09-10, 05:24 PM

Heh. At some point there will be cameras flying around the size of insects!!!

Moeceefus · 08-09-10, 05:31 PM

SSShhhhhh!!! Google is watching even now! Seriously. Google it.

TarJak · 08-09-10, 06:30 PM

Gotta love the lone comment on this story.

Skybird · 08-09-10, 06:42 PM

I think I'll get myself a shotgun, somehow. A Tunguska probably is out of my reach. An ICBM that could reach Google HQ I also would not say No to, if it's for free.

I saw a docu today about space debris, from malfunctioning satellites to tiny tids and bits the size of 1mm in diameter. The waste flood up there is almost no longe trackable and controllable. The perspective that our oh so high tech madness maybe could get grounded because of space pollution was an idea i took some queer comfort from.

Gerald · 08-09-10, 08:13 PM

right of exploitation as they earn your interests well.

08-09-10, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

I think I'll get myself a shotgun, somehow. A Tunguska probably is out of my reach. An ICBM that could reach Google HQ I also would not say No to, if it's for free.

I saw a docu today about space debris, from malfunctioning satellites to tiny tids and bits the size of 1mm in diameter. The waste flood up there is almost no longe trackable and controllable. The perspective that our oh so high tech madness maybe could get grounded because of space pollution was an idea i took some queer comfort from.

An MG-42 or 44 should be within your reach.

TLAM Strike · 08-09-10, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

I think I'll get myself a shotgun, somehow.

Bamboo stick wrapped in a vine, filled with charcoal, surfer, potassium nitrite, and rocks.

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I saw a docu today about space debris, from malfunctioning satellites to tiny tids and bits the size of 1mm in diameter. The waste flood up there is almost no longe trackable and controllable. The perspective that our oh so high tech madness maybe could get grounded because of space pollution was an idea i took some queer comfort from.

I read a theory that one major collision could result in debris hitting other objects creating a domino effect that would wipe out all the satellites in LEO.

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Originally Posted by The Third Man

An MG-42 or 44 should be within your reach.

Or a Mosin Nagant or PPSh-41. Sky should be able to find ammo for any of those just by digging in his back yard.

08-09-10, 08:55 PM

Like MicroSoft, Google is too large and needs to be broken up. I don't care if they have broken new ground, invested their own money, or taken risks.

We want them to do one thing....give the rest of us a chance, we want your money.

Gerald · 08-09-10, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by The Third Man

Like MicroSoft, Google is too large and needs to be broken up. I don't care if they have broken new ground, invested their own money, or taken risks.

We want them to do one thing....give the rest of us a chance, we want your money.

there are many other opportunities to obtain information...

Sailor Steve · 08-09-10, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by The Third Man

Like MicroSoft, Google is too large and needs to be broken up. I don't care if they have broken new ground, invested their own money, or taken risks.

We want them to do one thing....give the rest of us a chance, or your money.

Unfortunately the only way to do that is with government, and government has also become too large and needs to be broken up. Who's going to do that for us?

08-09-10, 01:49 PM	#3
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Silly me... Duhr.. just google Microdrones... __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	__________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-09-10, 05:24 PM	#6
Torvald Von Mansee Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CA4528 Posts: 1,693 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Heh. At some point there will be cameras flying around the size of insects!!! __________________ "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky

08-09-10, 06:42 PM	#9
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I think I'll get myself a shotgun, somehow. A Tunguska probably is out of my reach. An ICBM that could reach Google HQ I also would not say No to, if it's for free. I saw a docu today about space debris, from malfunctioning satellites to tiny tids and bits the size of 1mm in diameter. The waste flood up there is almost no longe trackable and controllable. The perspective that our oh so high tech madness maybe could get grounded because of space pollution was an idea i took some queer comfort from. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

08-09-10, 08:13 PM	#10
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Google, a tool just like many other players in the market right of exploitation as they earn your interests well. __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

08-09-10, 05:06 PM	#5
The Third Man Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Like MicroSoft, Google is too large and needs to be broken up. I don't care if they have broken new ground, invested their own money, or taken risks. We want them to do one thing....give the rest of us a chance, or your money.

08-09-10, 05:31 PM	#7
Moeceefus 中国水兵 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New York Posts: 278 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	SSShhhhhh!!! Google is watching even now! Seriously. Google it.

08-09-10, 06:30 PM	#8
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Gotta love the lone comment on this story.

08-09-10, 08:55 PM	#13
The Third Man Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Repeat....... Like MicroSoft, Google is too large and needs to be broken up. I don't care if they have broken new ground, invested their own money, or taken risks. We want them to do one thing....give the rest of us a chance, we want your money.