Watch as a man ends his brother's life with a drone
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 08/19/2013 09:18 AM
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The odds of this mission being successful were about 80%, the other 20% represented the drone going wildly off course and smashing into the face of an innocent bystander - this will be saved for a later mission.
Kevin Good was tasked with delivering the wedding rings for his brother's pending nuptials; thus ending his brother's life as he knows it. As stated above the success of the mission was put at 80%; the Washington Post says that Good's brother was okay with those odds, so he signed off.
A few weeks ago, sitting in the back row at the ceremony near San Francisco, Good steered the drone to the altar, delivering the payload in front of 100 or so astonished guests. His brother grabbed the rings, then watched as Good buzzed the drone off into the blue sky.
“At the end of the wedding, that was what everyone was talking about,” Good said. “It was pretty awesome.”
This is the gee-whiz side of drones, a technology typically associated with surprise air assaults on terrorists. Drones designed to do the bidding of ordinary people can be bought online for $300 or less. They are often no larger than hubcaps, with tiny propellers that buzz the devices hundreds of feet into the air. But these flying machines are much more sophisticated than your average remote-controlled airplane: They can fly autonomously, find locations via GPS, return home with the push of button, and carry high-definition cameras to record flight.
It seems as this video is one of the more horrifying videos depicting the damage that a personal drone can rain down on an unsuspecting crowd - at least the groom has that other 20% if any one gets out of line.
Kevin Good was tasked with delivering the wedding rings for his brother's pending nuptials; thus ending his brother's life as he knows it. As stated above the success of the mission was put at 80%; the Washington Post says that Good's brother was okay with those odds, so he signed off.
A few weeks ago, sitting in the back row at the ceremony near San Francisco, Good steered the drone to the altar, delivering the payload in front of 100 or so astonished guests. His brother grabbed the rings, then watched as Good buzzed the drone off into the blue sky.
“At the end of the wedding, that was what everyone was talking about,” Good said. “It was pretty awesome.”
This is the gee-whiz side of drones, a technology typically associated with surprise air assaults on terrorists. Drones designed to do the bidding of ordinary people can be bought online for $300 or less. They are often no larger than hubcaps, with tiny propellers that buzz the devices hundreds of feet into the air. But these flying machines are much more sophisticated than your average remote-controlled airplane: They can fly autonomously, find locations via GPS, return home with the push of button, and carry high-definition cameras to record flight.
It seems as this video is one of the more horrifying videos depicting the damage that a personal drone can rain down on an unsuspecting crowd - at least the groom has that other 20% if any one gets out of line.
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