Читаю в блоге 3DR: Food Fight: In Syria, Drones with a New Mission.
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Протираю глаза, читаю внимательнее.
The whole premise of the Syria Airlift Project is that effective drones can be built cheaply and in large numbers. Made of a simple airframe built from Dollar Tree foam board, packing tape, and hot glue, each aircraft (all-in, with servos, motors, props, autopilot and batteries) costs less than $500...
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Because the drones are built from common materials like foam board and hot glue, refugees need no special skills to take part in assembly, and once trained by visiting instructors, a four-man team can build ten a day.
Буквально - из говна, палок и скотча. За день.
И цель сего массового строительства...
Mark, however, believes that fleets of small, inexpensive and easy-to-use drones can cheaply and safely deliver critical humanitarian aid—via a large amount of small packets—where larger aircraft cannot. “Imagine an army of ants stealing a picnic lunch, bite by bite,” Mark says...
То есть туча вот такого будет доставлять харчи и лекарства туда, где никак по другому нельзя.
Где то я уже слышал не так давно, что нужно возить беспилотниками лекарства в региона с эболой...