posted on Jan, 24 2013 @ 11:07 PM
I wasn`t aware of the level of development that they have currently reached in drone development, it was truly amazing.
Program Description
Drones. These unmanned flying robots–some as large as jumbo jets, others as small as birds–do things straight out of science fiction. Much of what
it takes to get these robotic airplanes to fly, sense, and kill has remained secret. But now, with rare access to drone engineers and those who fly
them for the U.S. military, NOVA reveals the amazing technologies that make drones so powerful as we see how a remotely-piloted drone strike looks and
feels from inside the command center. From cameras that can capture every detail of an entire city at a glance to swarming robots that can make
decisions on their own to giant air frames that can stay aloft for days on end, drones are changing our relationship to war, surveillance, and each
other. And it's just the beginning. Discover the cutting edge technologies that are propelling us toward a new chapter in aviation history as NOVA
gets ready for "Rise of the Drones."
Some of these drones are so small you could hold one in one hand.The small ones can fly in formations completely on their own without any input from
humans.
It`s kind of scary how these things could be used to spy on civilians and we would never know it.
The way the little ones zipped around in formations reminded me a lot of the UFO orb videos I have seen on here.
If I heard them correctly they said that a drone flying at 17,500 feet could see and identify an object on the ground as small as 6X6 inches.
What seems really amazing is that a drone can video and save 1 million terabytes of video every day.
near the end of the program was the most amazing thing, a full size aircraft that looks like half of a flying disk with no vertical tail fins, that
can fly and land itself with no input from humans.
They said their ultimate goal is to create drones that can think for themselves and it seems that they are getting very close to doing it.I`m guessing
that within 10-15 years we will have drones that think for themselves.
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