Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/17/2318245 Posted by: ScuttleMonkey, on 2006-06-17 23:41:00 An anonymous reader writes "Yahoo! News is reporting that law enforcement officials have launched a new form of drone aircraft to [1]patrol the skies above Los Angeles. From the article: 'Police say the drone, called the SkySeer, will be able to accomplish tasks too dangerous for officers and free up helicopters for other missions. "This technology could be used to find missing children, search for lost hikers, or survey a fire zone," said Commander Sid Heal, head of the Technology Exploration Project of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. "The ideal outcome for us is when this technology becomes instrumental in saving lives."'" References 1. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060617/lf_afp/uspolicedrone_060617210138 ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]