Following up on this thread, TechJect just closed out their Indiegogo campaign, which aimed to raise $110,000 dollars to cover their initial manufacturing goals. They raised $1,142,523. [1]http://www.indiegogo.com/robotdragonfly/x/1736250?c=home gf On 11/10/12 12:42 AM, Tim McNamara wrote: The military applications of this are silent surveillance and reconnaissance within buildings. The model they're selling here only weighs a few grams and probably couldn't sustain weaponry in the payload. The dragonfly design appears to be extremely agile, though and I guess there's nothing preventing larger models. The video seems to be actively soliciting sales from the intelligence and defence communities. Tim McNamara [2]@timClicks | [3]timmcnamara.co.nz On 10 November 2012 19:34, Gregory Foster <[4]gfoster@entersection.org> wrote: IEEE Spectrum (Nov 8) - "Somehow an Incredible Robotic Dragonfly is Now on Indiegogo": [5]http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/someho w-an-incredible-robotic-dragonfly-is-now-on-indiegogo From the article: So, uh, yeah, who are these guys and where did this thing come from? Well, the company, TechJect, is a spinoff from Georgia Tech's Robotics & Intelligent Machines Lab, and their robotic dragonfly has already been funded, with a million dollars (!) from the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research. I dunno what sort of super secret laser canon totin' version of this robot the USAF is currently playing around with, but the specs of the robot Dragonflies that are being offered on Indiegogo are pretty damn impressive. [6]http://www.techject.com/ HT @mathewi [7]http://twitter.com/mathewi/status/267145657226252291 gf -- Gregory Foster || [8]gfoster@entersection.org @gregoryfoster <> [9]http://entersection.com/ References 1. http://www.indiegogo.com/robotdragonfly/x/1736250?c=home 2. http://twitter.com/timClicks 3. http://timmcnamara.co.nz/ 4. mailto:gfoster@entersection.org 5. http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/somehow-an-inc... 6. http://www.techject.com/ 7. http://twitter.com/mathewi/status/267145657226252291 8. mailto:gfoster@entersection.org 9. http://entersection.com/ _______________________________________________ drone-list mailing list drone-list@lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/drone-list If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE