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Elite Investigative Journal
Spy Drones - Better Battery Technologies Enable Everyday Applications Including Crime Prevention, pg 60-61
©2014-2016 SYT Global, Inc.
Spy Drones - Better Battery Technologies Enable
Everyday Applications Including Crime Prevention
by Jan Kraska
Photo Courtesy of telegraph.co.uk
Hovering unobtrusively yet ominously in the screen on the controller and voila! You are now
background, small robotic spies or remote in the aerial surveillance business.
observers are staples of science iction. The
form they take varies considerably, but rarely While each type of vehicle has its advantages,
are they any larger than a basketball. They the helicopter looks to be the best candidate
ly, hover and perform amazing maneuvers- to serve a wider range of applications. Its
all to keep their usually unsuspecting targets ability to hover and easily change direction
in sight. and speed are major advantages that favor the
helicopter platform. The helicopter-based spy
This spy in the sky of science iction could will be the type which hovers and darts silently
be keeping an eye on your neighborhood and effectively - like the robotic spotters that
before long. With roots in expensive military populate those worlds of science iction.
intelligence-gathering drones, smaller,
cheaper versions have potential for more A Convergence of Technologies
down-to-earth applications. Advances in
materials science, improvements in battery The key to making these lying surveillance
performance, and smaller, more eficient devices a reality is the miniaturization of
electric motors have helped create a vehicle cameras and other sensors so they can be put
that can operate in modern everyday life. on a platform of this size. The video camera
- needed for guidance as well as for actual
The platform for such an aerial surveillance surveillance - is the centerpiece of these
system could be an airplane or a helicopter or miniature drones. The reined capability of
even an ornithopter. (Yes, people are already modern remote control systems that has resulted
working on a mechanical pigeon spy.) In from electronics advancements is also of major
fact, all it takes is a trip to your local hobby importance. The precise maneuverability
store for a radio-controlled lyer. Attach a available in the current crop of radio-controlled
miniature camera on the front and a video vehicles makes this concept workable, reducing
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Spy Drones - Better Battery Technologies Enable Everyday Applications Including Crime Prevention, pg 60-61
©2014-2016 SYT Global, Inc.
Spy Drones - Better Battery Technologies Enable
Everyday Applications Including Crime Prevention
by Jan Kraska
Photo Courtesy of telegraph.co.uk
Hovering unobtrusively yet ominously in the screen on the controller and voila! You are now
background, small robotic spies or remote in the aerial surveillance business.
observers are staples of science iction. The
form they take varies considerably, but rarely While each type of vehicle has its advantages,
are they any larger than a basketball. They the helicopter looks to be the best candidate
ly, hover and perform amazing maneuvers- to serve a wider range of applications. Its
all to keep their usually unsuspecting targets ability to hover and easily change direction
in sight. and speed are major advantages that favor the
helicopter platform. The helicopter-based spy
This spy in the sky of science iction could will be the type which hovers and darts silently
be keeping an eye on your neighborhood and effectively - like the robotic spotters that
before long. With roots in expensive military populate those worlds of science iction.
intelligence-gathering drones, smaller,
cheaper versions have potential for more A Convergence of Technologies
down-to-earth applications. Advances in
materials science, improvements in battery The key to making these lying surveillance
performance, and smaller, more eficient devices a reality is the miniaturization of
electric motors have helped create a vehicle cameras and other sensors so they can be put
that can operate in modern everyday life. on a platform of this size. The video camera
- needed for guidance as well as for actual
The platform for such an aerial surveillance surveillance - is the centerpiece of these
system could be an airplane or a helicopter or miniature drones. The reined capability of
even an ornithopter. (Yes, people are already modern remote control systems that has resulted
working on a mechanical pigeon spy.) In from electronics advancements is also of major
fact, all it takes is a trip to your local hobby importance. The precise maneuverability
store for a radio-controlled lyer. Attach a available in the current crop of radio-controlled
miniature camera on the front and a video vehicles makes this concept workable, reducing
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