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posted by janrinok on Monday March 10 2014, @11:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the shall-I-fly-this-or-just-call-the-police dept.

mrbluze writes

"Soon it won't be worth going outside anymore.

Gizmodo reports of a drone with lasers designed for home defence., a fairly unromantic-looking household drone, a hexacopter with video and two-way audio interaction and remote controlled Taser dart gun rated at 80kV. It is designed to detect, intercept and disable would-be intruders onto your property, but of course it could be used for a plethora of other less savoury purposes.

The creators, Chaotic Moon are also planning an EMP equipped drone to knock out other spy drones."

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  • (Score: 1) by Blackmoore on Monday March 10 2014, @11:10PM

    by Blackmoore (57) on Monday March 10 2014, @11:10PM (#14354) Journal

    Looks like it's time to get a shotgun.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by bob_super on Monday March 10 2014, @11:29PM

      by bob_super (1357) on Monday March 10 2014, @11:29PM (#14371)

      Fuck that. i'm just gonna move to the middle of Australia. By the time they make Taser-drones with in-flight refueling to reach me, I'll have acquired immunity to any pain, from the local fauna.

      • (Score: 4, Insightful) by edIII on Monday March 10 2014, @11:40PM

        by edIII (791) on Monday March 10 2014, @11:40PM (#14380)

        You're so ridiculous. "acquired immunity to any pain from the local fauna"

        It's Australia. #1 & #3 most painful poisons on the planet, and holds many positions in the top 10 most venomous.

        You're in Australia! You are the food.

        People that can survive and hide in the middle of Australia deeply frighten the governments. They know to send more than a non-lethal drone after you...

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        • (Score: 2) by Blackmoore on Monday March 10 2014, @11:46PM

          by Blackmoore (57) on Monday March 10 2014, @11:46PM (#14382) Journal

          yes; and they you offer the sniper a choice between a beer and a certainly painful death (by local fauna), and he goes back claiming that the job is done.

      • (Score: 1) by Geotti on Tuesday March 11 2014, @11:55AM

        by Geotti (1146) on Tuesday March 11 2014, @11:55AM (#14586) Journal

        I'll have acquired immunity to any pain, from the local fauna.

        Be sure to take some garlic [youtube.com] with you.

  • (Score: 1) by n1 on Monday March 10 2014, @11:12PM

    by n1 (993) on Monday March 10 2014, @11:12PM (#14356) Journal

    TFA says the company that created it does not intend to put it into production. They appear to be just reminding us that drones are here, presumably to stay.

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by wjwlsn on Monday March 10 2014, @11:52PM

      by wjwlsn (171) on Monday March 10 2014, @11:52PM (#14384) Homepage Journal

      Good, because it appears they chose the one flight controller system (by DJI) that has the highest rate of uncontrolled flyaways... maybe that's why the C in CUPID stood for chaotic, according to TFA.

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  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by FuckBeta on Monday March 10 2014, @11:12PM

    by FuckBeta (1504) on Monday March 10 2014, @11:12PM (#14357) Homepage

    Fuck Sale

    On March 10, 2014, Soylent announced through a story that Barrabas has sold the Soylentnews.org and associated domain names.

    Selling Soylent is a trend-following attempt to cash in on "news for nerds" sites, an approach that has led to less time for interesting technical discussion and an abandonment of the traditional Slashdot values. Much worse than that, selling Soylent to an undisclosed buyer fundamentally breaks the trust of the community.

    We should boycott soylentnews entirely during the week of Mar 10 to Mar 17 and tell the mystery buyer how we feel about the website sale.

    We should boycott stories and only discuss the abomination that is the sale until the buyer abandons the project.

    Moderators - only spend mod points on comments that discuss Sale
    Commentors - only discuss Sale
    http://soylentnews.org/recent [soylentnews.org] - Vote up the Fuck Sale stories

    Keep this up for a few days and we may finally get the PHBs attention.

    In the mean-time, Al Pacino summarizes what I personally want to say to the Seller [youtube.com].

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    • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Random2 on Monday March 10 2014, @11:22PM

      by Random2 (669) on Monday March 10 2014, @11:22PM (#14363)

      I mean, it's funny the first time, but please don't turn it into 'a thing'.

      This coming from one of the mods who marked it funny instead of troll.

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      • (Score: 2, Informative) by idetuxs on Monday March 10 2014, @11:31PM

        by idetuxs (2990) on Monday March 10 2014, @11:31PM (#14373)

        I concur.

      • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by FuckBeta on Monday March 10 2014, @11:45PM

        by FuckBeta (1504) on Monday March 10 2014, @11:45PM (#14381) Homepage

        +1

        (filler text to allow posting)

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        • (Score: 3, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Monday March 10 2014, @11:53PM

          by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Monday March 10 2014, @11:53PM (#14385) Homepage

          What the hell's wrong with you, boy? Suffered some bumps on the ol' noggin?

          You goin' all Ethanol-fueled on us, giving up a life of validation and high karma to become a professional shitposter, the first of its kind SN has even seen?! Godspeed, good sir. Godspeed. *Salutes with single manly tear*

  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Kira on Monday March 10 2014, @11:16PM

    by Kira (1868) on Monday March 10 2014, @11:16PM (#14358)

    It's a taser, not a laser.

    • (Score: 2) by romanr on Monday March 10 2014, @11:39PM

      by romanr (102) on Monday March 10 2014, @11:39PM (#14378)

      +1. I was thinking ... What? Where is a 80 KW laser on this thing... aaaah you mean 80 KV taser, alright then.

    • (Score: 4, Funny) by bd on Tuesday March 11 2014, @12:13AM

      by bd (2773) on Tuesday March 11 2014, @12:13AM (#14390)

      Cut the editors some slack. I guess after all the soap opera today, we have to be happy for any article posted to bury this mess. Spelling be damned.

      Now imagine a pond full of ill-tempered sea bass with tasers mounted on to their heads.

    • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Tuesday March 11 2014, @09:32AM

      by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 11 2014, @09:32AM (#14554) Journal

      I hold my hands up in abject apology. The error was entirely mine. I will now go and stand in the corner facing the wall until I feel that I have punished myself enough.

      Thanks for the 'heads up', by the way :)

  • (Score: 2) by snick on Monday March 10 2014, @11:20PM

    by snick (1408) on Monday March 10 2014, @11:20PM (#14362)

    The creators, Chaotic Moon are also planning an EMP equipped drone to knock out other spy drones."

    I obviously need to start work on my all mechanical anti-emp-drone drone.

    • (Score: 1) by Geotti on Tuesday March 11 2014, @11:57AM

      by Geotti (1146) on Tuesday March 11 2014, @11:57AM (#14588) Journal

      If only combustion engines weren't so darn heavy...

      • (Score: 1) by TK on Tuesday March 11 2014, @07:49PM

        by TK (2760) on Tuesday March 11 2014, @07:49PM (#14808)

        To say nothing of the Babbage Difference Engine that handles the guidance system.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by jt on Monday March 10 2014, @11:26PM

    by jt (2890) on Monday March 10 2014, @11:26PM (#14367)

    Let's just duct-tape a shark to this thing and we're done here.

  • (Score: 5, Informative) by frojack on Monday March 10 2014, @11:28PM

    by frojack (1554) on Monday March 10 2014, @11:28PM (#14369) Journal

    Here's a bill for my 5 TV sets, 5 cable boxes, 8 computers, two automobiles, 4 cell phones, two sewing machines, one Fridge, one dishwasher, Oh, and Annies Cafe called, and they want their Espresso machine fixed (again).

    I've been to their site before, but I never know whether these guys are kidding or serious, It seems like their fonts get bigger every month. Being warned 4 time on the video to "respect" the drone seems a little odd.

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    • (Score: 2) by wjwlsn on Tuesday March 11 2014, @12:08AM

      by wjwlsn (171) on Tuesday March 11 2014, @12:08AM (#14387) Homepage Journal

      It looks they subscribe to the "ridiculous hyperbole" school of web-marketing.

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    • (Score: 1) by sgleysti on Tuesday March 11 2014, @02:03AM

      by sgleysti (56) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 11 2014, @02:03AM (#14418)

      The sewing machines and fridge might be OK if they're old enough. Funny thing to me is that it would be a product that you can only use one time.

  • (Score: 5, Funny) by wjwlsn on Tuesday March 11 2014, @12:36AM

    by wjwlsn (171) on Tuesday March 11 2014, @12:36AM (#14397) Homepage Journal

    They shot a frickin' intern, too!

    http://www.suasnews.com/2014/03/27951/intern-shot- with-80000-volt-drone-mounted-stun-gun/ [suasnews.com]

    Also... whoever is flying that drone really, really sucks at it.

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    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by EvilJim on Tuesday March 11 2014, @04:53AM

      by EvilJim (2501) on Tuesday March 11 2014, @04:53AM (#14486) Journal

      I beg to differ, if the intern didn't run like fuck, sway it out of the air or throw something at it they probably are quite the dummy.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 11 2014, @12:56AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 11 2014, @12:56AM (#14399)

    fiiix

  • (Score: 2) by Boxzy on Tuesday March 11 2014, @01:08AM

    by Boxzy (742) on Tuesday March 11 2014, @01:08AM (#14403) Journal

    which would be, er, superglue and feathers. Yes, let the things go back a few times looking like a fucking chicken, see how long THAT lasts.

    Especially if they fly over a gun range....

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by ilPapa on Tuesday March 11 2014, @03:45AM

    by ilPapa (2366) on Tuesday March 11 2014, @03:45AM (#14465) Journal

    I'm designing a drone that will spread happiness. So far, I have gotten no interest from venture capitalists.

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    • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 11 2014, @06:06AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 11 2014, @06:06AM (#14508)

      Maybe you could design a drone to pick people's pockets. It would be self-funding.

  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 11 2014, @05:43AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 11 2014, @05:43AM (#14499)

    I have an Internet connection and a cupboard full of meal replacement bars. It's already not worth going outside anymore.

  • (Score: 1) by Marneus68 on Tuesday March 11 2014, @08:19AM

    by Marneus68 (3572) on Tuesday March 11 2014, @08:19AM (#14527) Homepage

    With the increasing number of drones that may be surrounding us in the coming years I really wonder if there are non-destructive way to mess with these ? Someone mentioned the shotgun approach, but how about less destructive methods ? Jammers ? Lasers (and not tasers) ?

    • (Score: 1) by Geotti on Tuesday March 11 2014, @12:03PM

      by Geotti (1146) on Tuesday March 11 2014, @12:03PM (#14590) Journal

      Maybe a more powerful version of this [wikihow.com] will help?

    • (Score: 1) by tibman on Tuesday March 11 2014, @02:06PM

      by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday March 11 2014, @02:06PM (#14646)

      Just be sure there isn't a pilot in there, yikes.

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    • (Score: 1) by SandRider on Tuesday March 11 2014, @06:06PM

      by SandRider (2611) on Tuesday March 11 2014, @06:06PM (#14745)

      Personally, I'm a fan of the "large net" strategy. No collateral damage, plus you get a free drone.