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Birds 🐦Defeat 🛰️ Drone
Birds Defeat Drone
🛰️ (& Amazon's futuristic plan ??) 🐦
And Show They Rule The Sky
(VIDEO)
🛰️ (& Amazon's futuristic plan ??) 🐦
(VIDEO)
Birds of a feather flock together and… attack together?
Though several black-feathered birds appeared to be calmly soaring in the sunshine in this video, their suspicions were actually mounting toward an impostor. Out of the blue, they dive-bombed and attacked this radio-controlled phantom drone quadcopter (similar to a toy helicopter that can take video), causing it to lose connection and tumble to the ground.
Talk about angry birds!
Fortunately, the birds appear to be unharmed, the drone's owner thinks he can hot-glue it back together and we saw some beautiful footage from a birds-eye view.
If this were a real unmanned aerial vehicle, these birds could do some real damage. Since 1990, the FAA has recorded 121,000 instances of bird-aircraft collisions, though most are accidental. But the difference with drones,Slate says, is that birds -- especially predatory raptors like hawks and eagles -- will specifically target and attack them since they look like a threat to their territory.
So if and when Amazon starts
delivering our Christmas orders via drone, it may just be a feathery fellow -- not UPS or FedEx -- that's behind your delayed package.
Amazon unveils futuristic plan
Amazon's secret R&D project aimed at delivering packages to your doorstep by "octocopter" mini-drones with a mere 30-minute delivery time
Amazon Reveals New Delivery Drone Look
Dec 1, 2015 Amazon unveiled a new prototype drone for its planned Prime Air unmanned delivery service and offered more details on how it could be delivering packages to consumers in the near future
👇 🖥️ 👇
Nearly a decade after Jeff Bezos first announced drone delivery, Amazon says it's finally ready to start air dropping packages - literally. The MK27-2 drone will drop packages from 12 feet in the air. CNBC got a first look at the drone on Thursday. Amazon says it will start making deliveries in Lockeford, California, and College Station, Texas, by the end of 2022. Orders must fit in a shoebox-size box, weigh less than five pounds, and be able to survive the fall.
👇 🖥️ 👇
Birds Will Attack
Amazon’s Delivery Drones
By Nicholas Lund
Here’s some great on board footage of a hawk attack.
Skip to 2:10 for insane close-up and slo-mo footage
of an Australian raptor (maybe wedge-tailed eagle?) ripping the front off a glider.
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
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