I remember once watching a bird in the distance through my binoculars and then how it inexplicably vanished into the distance, seemingly at great speed, not really flapping its wings. Seemed interesting, but I don’t go birdwatching enough to rule out my inexperience in looking at them properly. Maybe the binoculars had given me mild vertigo.
It won’t <i>fly</i> further than a headline, never a practical one. The biggest issue remains (after solving the other two) in drones now is endurance, and unless a breakthrough battery technology changes that, all these cool concepts will never materialize.
Power line perch recharging is the solution.
Did <i>you</i> fly further than the headline?<p>> The O1 drone weighs 1 pound and can fly up to 10 kilometers, which is a little more than 6 miles, for over an hour, according to a company fact sheet.
These are winged drones. Gliding takes no energy. Maybe you're confusing drones with quadcopters?
I'm lucky enough to be employed in the robotics space.<p>It's not that all birds aren't real.<p>But some birds definitely aren't real.
Oh god, they're going to kill all the birds, aren't they? I wish I was joking.
If only there were other spectra that trivially distinguish birds from drones
Claude, this time <i>do</i> shoot at birds, make no mistakes.