Why do we choose to go into the drone hobby? What drives us here? I think fundamentally it is just a thrill. But now when I love this hobby I try to expand my knowledge and teach others more about it as well.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Introduction to 3D printing:
You might have heard about 3D printing. Let us make it clear about what it is actually? 3D printing is the creation of 3-dimensional objects from an image that has been made by using a software. This object is prepared in layer and special materials are used to prepare the complete object.
3D printing in Military:
Drones have recently become the base of many military operations. Manufacturing of these drones take a lot of money and time. The incoming of the 3D printing services has revolutionized the manufacturing of drones. With the help of 3D printing, it is possible to now create drones at a rapid pace and that too at a cheap rate. We can say that 3D printing has given the military a way to create efficient and cheap drones.
Surveillance drones are often used in military, but you can also buy them for yourself. For that you have to look a bit deeper on the internet and surely enough, you will find them if you look really hard. Here is some good resource about them. You can find them also elsewhere, but I would strongly suggest reading that guide. The guy just knows what he’s talking about. So you will find a good drone for yourself if you look at there.

I like surveillance drones because you can use them in order to just secure your own house or belongings or you can also use it if you have some property and you want to make sure that it stays safe from unwelcomed humans and animals. I think it is also good to have them even though you are actually a private owner of a drone. You can get them registered very easily so there will not be many problems with registration process. In general all rules are quite simple. That is why I would certainly recommend them to you. You will not be disappointed if you decide to get one. How do I know that? Well not only have I bought them in the past, I also built them. I think homebuilt surveillance drones are the best because they are made to be so good. They can have very, very good quality at the things you really desire. So if you are thinking about getting one, then again, think no further. Go on and buy it. Of course you should read some reviews and tips before that, but after that you should be just fine. I won’t go into too many details here, after all I provided you all (the readers) with a resource which has all the information that you need. Farewell!
A security researcher from IBM has said that a $21,700 police drone used for surveillance, can be hacked with a $40 kit.
Vulnerabilities of the flying machine allow it to be controlled or knocked out of the sky within a mile of range. Findings will be presented at the RSA security conference in San Francisco on Wednesday.
Several countries are already using drones as part of their security equipment. Nils Rodday, who works at IBM, conducted a research at the Netherland’s University of Twente to determine if those aerial vehicles were safe enough to prevent a hacking attempt.

Mr. Rodday selected an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which is currently used by the Dutch police for some surveillance tasks. Results would appear to show that it is actually possible to start the drone’s engine, control its camera and crash it till it does not work, within a mile of range.
The drone’s developer has been notified about the vulnerabilities. However, Rodday said to Wired magazine that solving the problem would no be easy since the drone would require a major hardware update.
The selected drone costs about $21,700 and it has eight rotors, that allow it to carry loads of up to 6.4 lb. Moreover, it can stay airborne for more than 30 minutes. It was reported that the drone’s manufacturer provided Mr. Rodday with a machine, but he is not permitted to disclose its name.
Explaining the hacking
The $40 hacking kit consists of a telemetry module fitted with a Xbee radio chip, developed by Digi International. According to the BBC, the module converts Wi-Fi commands generated by a computer software, into frequency radio waves that are transmitted to another Xbee chip installed on the drone.
It appears that after the security expert intercepted the Wi-Fi connection of the drone, it was “relatively easy” to transmit his own orders to the flying machine. He wrote in his thesis that preventive security measures can be developed to avoid such hacking attempts, but it would only be possible with the implementation of better hardware that would increase the costs of manufacturing.
Source:Pulseheadlines
In a world of secret kill lists and drone operators who routinely blow up terrorist targets from thousands of miles away, ordinary citizens have little understanding of how specific missions are given the green light.
Eye in the Sky, the highly praised new thriller from Oscar-winning director Gavin Hood starring Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, and the late Alan Rickman in his final role, takes us into the secretive world of military operations, forcing the audience to wrestle with the moral, legal, and political questions surrounding a single drone mission.
“We are only at the beginning of where this kind of warfare is going,” Hood explains. “I think this is an evolving conversation and I hope that if an audience goes into this film not knowing much about drones they will come out more informed, they will come out having experienced a good movie and a good thriller but they will also be left with a lot to talk about.”
Hood sat down with Reason TV’s Meredith Bragg to discuss the film, which goes into wide release this weekend, and why he hopes the movie will spark a national conversation about drone warfare.
Tough subject
Reuters, Dec 27, 2011
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz, Dec 27–U.S. authorities took possession of an additional high-tech surveillance drone on Tuesday to overfly the rugged Arizona borderlands to look for drug smugglers and illegal immigrants crossing from Mexico.The Predator-B drone is based at the National Air Security Operations Center in Sierra Vista, a few miles north of the Mexico border in southeast Arizona, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said.
The addition brings CBP’s fleet of surveillance drones along the nearly 2,000-mile southwest border with Mexico to six. Four are based at the Arizona center, and two more overfly the border from Corpus Christi, Texas.
“The missions from these two centers will allow CBP to deploy its unmanned aircraft from the eastern tip of California across the common Mexican land borders of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas,” CBP said in a statement.
The unmanned aircraft are equipped with tools including powerful day and night vision cameras which enable operators to spot incursions by drug traffickers and illegal immigrants slipping over the border from Mexico.
Smart move
Okay guys, bare with me now. I am walking down the street (awake as usual) and I spot these two strange clouds in the sky. They stuck out because they were oddly shaped and there weren’t any other clouds surrounding them. Also, they kind of shone. So I whip out my camera to photograph these glowing clouds. I take some shots of them from a distance but as I start to zoom in things get a little strange. I don’t know about you but I’ve never seen identical fish shaped clouds. The more I zoom in the more they start to look like…well…whatever that is you see in the pictures above. They kind of look like blimps but let me assure you, these things were NOT moving. They were completely stationary in the sky. Two of them as you can see in the first picture, just levitating in the sky…over my neighborhood. Most people who see this would assume they are clouds but with these close up shots I see the truth. Once again, I have to say I am not assuming ill-intent but um….wtf is this ? Please.Save.Me
Surveillance drones? haha
I had this discussion with my friend over skype. He said that he would never make the drone dirty. Indeed it is very important to keep it clean. I think it is at atmost importance to keep it clean and I designed special cleaning device for my drone. It simply releases a water from another drone on it and some soap. Then it releases some more water 2 more times and the drone is clean. I think that is revolutionary discovery and I am already thinking about promoting it. I bet I could earn enough money to buy an Inspire drone if I get rich with this. This is actually my only dream. To upgrade my drones. I want to invest money into that. I think that’s an incredible investment.
Last night I wanted to see what’s the weather outside. So I sent my drone outside, flew it there. It came back with raindrops on it. So this is how I found out it was raining. I simply don’t want to leave my workshop. I am thinking of upgrading it and do everything in my life with drones. I like this idea sooo much that I think this is my destiny. What do you guys think? Am I crazy?