Drones

Check out A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors and Ars Electronica work

http://www.asctec.de/uav-applications/research/applications/applications-2/swarming/

Drones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUeGC-8dyk

quadcopter

This project will explore the limits of small drone (quadcopter, maple seed) observations for environmental and archeological survey and other applications.

The Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) program is developing an extremely small, ultra lightweight air vehicle system (less than 15 centimeters and less than 20 grams) with the potential to perform indoor and outdoor military missions. NAV is exploring novel, flapping wing and other configurations to provide warfighters with unprecedented capability during urban operations.

http://www.darpa.mil/Our_Work/DSO/Programs/Nano_Air_Vehicle_%28NAV%29.aspx

http://www.modelairplanenews.com/blog/2012/03/20/208529/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44847461/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/tiny-drone-helps-reveal-ancient-royal-burial-sites/#.ULUWlMjOZD1

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/02/crazyflie-nano/

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/18/business/domestic-drones-on-patrol.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130318&_r=0

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Technology/Smartphone_app_turns_home_drone_into_spacecraft

Maple seed: "Imagine a cheap, tiny, hovering aerial drone capable of being launched with the flick of a person’s wrist and able to provide manipulable 360-degree surveillance views.

It’s real, it’s inspired by maple seeds, and the company behind it, Lockheed Martin, envisions a future in which swarms of the new drones can be deployed at a fraction of the cost and with greater capabilities than drones being used today by the military and other agencies. "

http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/maple-seed-drones-will-swarm-the-future.php

http://www.rdmag.com/articles/2012/04/flight-testing-3d-printing?et_cid=3164982&et_rid=517740405&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.rdmag.com%2farticles%2f2012%2f04%2fflight-testing-3d-printing

Companies marketing do-it-yourself drones:

http://diydrones.com/

A table of commercial and DIY multicoptors

http://multicopter.org/wiki/Multicopter_Table

In the news:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/us/states-vie-to-conduct-drone-tests.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130322

Intro to quadcopter:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hC_dFAxR7Q

http://www.parallax.com/StoreSearchResults/tabid/768/txtSearch/quadcopter/List/0/SortField/4/ProductID/799/Default.aspx

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