This really does sound like the stuff from the Prey novel. If I'm not mistaken - within the novel he speaks about how the Nano-particles do the swarming - and I think its AI in the particles that makes each particle aware of the particles around it. Which I think may be what they might be doing with the things in the Video (man - I am dying to see that now!)...
-K- -----Original Message----- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Dan Covill Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 4:37 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] a swarm of quadrotors On 02/07/12 11:58, Allen wrote: > Its possible they are similar to the AR drone controlled by ipads. so they > will be controlled by a computer. Its also possible is fake and does not > exist. > Al > > -----Original Message----- > > Watching the vid, I got the impression they had embedded sensors to keep > their distance from each other. > I very much doubt it's a fake - it's from a University with a professor credited, so it's most likely a robotics class project. Good point about keeping their distance. Not difficult to make a program to tell them where to go, much more difficult to tell whether they did it or not! Dan Covill [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/289ea162f5642645b5cf64d624c66a140b7ce...@us-ny-mail-002.waitex.net ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
