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Slingshot drone fleet targets US heartland->

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KDN writes "UAV's in the US: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/04/20/slingshot-drone-fleet-targets-us-heartland/

When I read this I couldn't help thinking of Wild E Coyote chasing the Road Runner: The UAVs are launched like a slingshot using a 100-foot bungee cord: The pilot ties the bungee to a stake in the ground, gets the proper tension and hooks the bungee to the aircraft before lofting it into the skies "

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Comment: could be false positive (Score 1) 158

by KDN (#38611236) Attached to: US 'Space Warplane' Spying On Chinese Spacelab
By the same argument you could say that all the geosynchronous satellites are running in tandem with each other, so they must be spying on each other. While it is possible, I'd say a more likely reason is that whatever the two of them are doing up there, they are observing the same areas around the world.

Comment: Re:To every invention there is a counter (Score 1) 398

by KDN (#38373150) Attached to: UK Police Test 'Temporarily Blinding' LASER
The article I read, which was many years ago, long before the internet, said that the mask was normally clear, but turned opaque when it sensed a nuclear flash, and then turned back when it was over. The test subject said it was so fast he didn't even know that it worked at first. Therefore the user would have normal vision, but all the high power flashes would be blocked.

Comment: Then Develop a standard (Score 1) 505

by KDN (#36391590) Attached to: Personal Electronics May Indeed Disrupt Avionics

If there is or may be a problem, then develop a standard for both the electronic device maker and the navigation system maker can work with. I'm sick and tired of airplane makers saying that everyone must shut down all possible electronic devices or the airplane will crash into the ocean Does that include pace makers? How about artificial limbs that are electrically powered? Navigation systems should be defined to work with a given amount of noise on various frequency bands. It is not reasonable in today's world to design a system that assumes that the only RF transmitter for 100 miles around is the proper transmitter. Think of what a terrorist could do if they find such a vulnerability that can let them remotely down an airplane.

Conversely, electronic device makers must start shielding their equipment and start certifying that they meet this same standard. I've seen too many devices that have the EMF of a telsa coil and wipe out any other wireless device within 30 feet. One device was not even a wireless device. It was a street light that ran on 2.4Ghz, and wiped out WiFi whenever it was on.

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