Snoop Dogg Endorses BitCoin !

[Parazyd]

I wonder if he has a clue what a drone is )))

 

[antimattercrusader]

I'm curious how drone delivery will work in big cities where people don't got anything resembling a landing pad in their apartments...

In any case, i expect there will be increased demand for window blinds and curtains...

Yeah that's an issue, I imagine a user would select a spot on a map (within designated areas) where it could be delivered.I know my apartment has some common use areas, perhaps if this was mainstream one area would be devoted to a landing pad, and a text message would be send 1-2 mins prior to arrival so you could go get your package.

Just a thought.

[PenAndPaper]

I'm curious how drone delivery will work in big cities where people don't got anything resembling a landing pad in their apartments...

In any case, i expect there will be increased demand for window blinds and curtains...

I think the landing pad is the least of the problems for drones flying over our heads. Btw how the drones are going to defend themselves from kids that whould want to take them down for fun?

[notme]

I'm curious how drone delivery will work in big cities where people don't got anything resembling a landing pad in their apartments...

In any case, i expect there will be increased demand for window blinds and curtains...

I think the landing pad is the least of the problems for drones flying over our heads. Btw how the drones are going to defend themselves from kids that whould want to take them down for fun?

The same way windows do.... they call the police.

[eternaluniverse]

snoop dogg is a chameleon he adapts with the time, I am not surprised by this but definitely by the fact it happened so soon. Celebrity endorsements like this actually will do a lot for bitcoin, when it really should be the idea that interests then about bitcoin! w/e can't complain...

[PenAndPaper]

I'm curious how drone delivery will work in big cities where people don't got anything resembling a landing pad in their apartments...

In any case, i expect there will be increased demand for window blinds and curtains...

I think the landing pad is the least of the problems for drones flying over our heads. Btw how the drones are going to defend themselves from kids that whould want to take them down for fun?

The same way windows do.... they call the police.

I don't think that breaking windows looks like a challenge or even fun for kids to. Bringing down drones on the other hand. Also good luck having the police protecting drones from kids...

[niothor]

I'm curious how drone delivery will work in big cities where people don't got anything resembling a landing pad in their apartments...

In any case, i expect there will be increased demand for window blinds and curtains...

I think the landing pad is the least of the problems for drones flying over our heads. Btw how the drones are going to defend themselves from kids that whould want to take them down for fun?

The same way windows do.... they call the police.

I don't think that breaking windows looks like a challenge or even fun for kids to. Bringing down drones on the other hand. Also good luck having the police protecting drones from kids...

I'm pretty sure they can take care of themselves. Self -defense ?  And remember what those drones are able to do right now .

[scarsbergholden]

It's not surprising that Snoop Dog supports Bitcoin.  Bitcoin can help struggling industries like the music industry buy putting the money in the hands of artists and not the corporations.  All and all this is pretty good news I'd say.

lol i'm not too worried about Snoop Dogg's pockets

[kireinaha]

They'll need to be equipped with assault rifles or some kind of heavy fire power. I'm pretty sure every single one would be shot down on day one and sold for scrap metal if they're ever introduced to Detroit.

[GigaCoin]

I'm curious how drone delivery will work in big cities where people don't got anything resembling a landing pad in their apartments...

In any case, i expect there will be increased demand for window blinds and curtains...

I think the landing pad is the least of the problems for drones flying over our heads. Btw how the drones are going to defend themselves from kids that whould want to take them down for fun?

The same way windows do.... they call the police.

I don't think that breaking windows looks like a challenge or even fun for kids to. Bringing down drones on the other hand. Also good luck having the police protecting drones from kids...

I'm pretty sure they can take care of themselves. Self -defense ?  And remember what those drones are able to do right now .

Yes this is possible, The drones can have non-lethal weapon in the form of an automated high precision paintball turret. It can inflict enough damage to scurry kids away with a few bruises no more, it can also knock out attacking cats and dogs and can down in-flight birds. I recently tested a system like this for home defense (not approved yet).

At some point you can also get a Weaponized (non-lethal) drone to hover around your house for security, how awesome is that ??

Here's an example of the technology, this can be implemented on a drone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QcfZGDvHU8

[GigaCoin]

I dabble in drones, and can say the tech to do this is EASILY here now and it's not even hard to do. I could build one that could land your pizza in your front yard or sidewalk from 20 miles away no problem. Building one that can analyse the surrounding area and not land on top the family cat is a bit harder, but still easily do-able, tho not with my primitive skills. I could build one that uses a 4G link to steam view and request confirmation to land from an operator though, thus manually avoiding chopping fluffy. If I can do that with no engineering experience, imagine what a team of skilled people could put together in no time.

Anyway, the problem is FAA regulation. They've been saying for several years they're going to introduce new regulation supporting drone use. They need to get on this, as it's the future. Hell Iceland has a dedicated drone airport. Japan uses them for ag mainstream, even places in Africa have a drone framework. We're stuck in the stone age because of a government basically says "anything we don't specifically say is legal is thus automatically illegal." (USSA anyone?) Then drags their feet to do anything at all.

I've spent several months this year in Japan and I can't say that I've seen any drones in the skies... but maybe I'm not looking in the right places. It's a cool idea, but surely there would be many accidents, no? Aside from kids and pets being chopped up by the propellers, won't they have mechanical issues or collisions midair with birds and such and occasionally fall to the ground? It probably would suck to have a 200 pound drone fall on you while mowing the lawn.

"A dog has been killed today from an amazon drone" and voila. The technology is over. The problem is that since they want to use them for home delivery they can't use lets say specific air corridors for example.

I recognize the risks to which you are referring. However, I don't think people get it. This is going to happen, as much as or more so than bitcoin. It will revolutionize everything. Before there can be millions of drones everywhere, there will have to be "rules of the sky" set forth. While they're human built, and mechanical problems can occur, I don't see them falling from the sky as being a big danger - they're pretty reliable and the technology will continue to improve. One could say the same thing about a helicopter, a mechanically much more complex device.

I don't know what the future holds, but I imagine there will be some type of transponder system per FAA regulations which specify the drones must be able to communicate with digitally with an air traffic control system (this is in the works now, it's very nice compared to what we have now) as well as specific altitudes dedicated for drone use, to keep regular air traffic clear. Home delivery could achieved in the same way as freeways vs residential streets, with some altitude or airspace class requirements.

I'm really hoping the beginning of this will be present in FAA Regulations coming in 2015 (Hopefully). But rest assured, eventually, it's going to happen. The technology may experience setbacks but will not be "over."

As for Japan, I don't know about them flying around everywhere, but I know they use them for chemical application on small farms and such. I imagine for use in cities/mainstream they have the same issues we do here, the tech is not quite mature enough for mainstream use, and lack of framework for air traffic separation etc.

I dabble in drones, and can say the tech to do this is EASILY here now and it's not even hard to do. I could build one that could land your pizza in your front yard or sidewalk from 20 miles away no problem. Building one that can analyse the surrounding area and not land on top the family cat is a bit harder, but still easily do-able, tho not with my primitive skills. I could build one that uses a 4G link to steam view and request confirmation to land from an operator though, thus manually avoiding chopping fluffy. If I can do that with no engineering experience, imagine what a team of skilled people could put together in no time.

Anyway, the problem is FAA regulation. They've been saying for several years they're going to introduce new regulation supporting drone use. They need to get on this, as it's the future. Hell Iceland has a dedicated drone airport. Japan uses them for ag mainstream, even places in Africa have a drone framework. We're stuck in the stone age because of a government basically says "anything we don't specifically say is legal is thus automatically illegal." (USSA anyone?) Then drags their feet to do anything at all.

I've spent several months this year in Japan and I can't say that I've seen any drones in the skies... but maybe I'm not looking in the right places. It's a cool idea, but surely there would be many accidents, no? Aside from kids and pets being chopped up by the propellers, won't they have mechanical issues or collisions midair with birds and such and occasionally fall to the ground? It probably would suck to have a 200 pound drone fall on you while mowing the lawn.

Also don't forget Libertarians and Anarchists shooting them down cuz it's flying over "their property"

Yes, and I am semi "one of those people." I don't appreciate the idea of government seeing into my house with a constant stream of thermal cameras. That said, technology is a double edged sword. Hopefully we can get some legislation pushed through that require warrants to deploy a thermal drone. In anycase, the commercial applications (Delivery, photography, search and rescue, agricultural etc) are game changing. 

Yep and it's gonna get complicated because we're gonna have to set our boundaries in XYZ axis, that way if someone is flying a drone above your house you have a legal cases against this person/entity.

[TiagoTiago]

I'm curious how drone delivery will work in big cities where people don't got anything resembling a landing pad in their apartments...

In any case, i expect there will be increased demand for window blinds and curtains...

Yeah that's an issue, I imagine a user would select a spot on a map (within designated areas) where it could be delivered.I know my apartment has some common use areas, perhaps if this was mainstream one area would be devoted to a landing pad, and a text message would be send 1-2 mins prior to arrival so you could go get your package.

Just a thought.

For buildings that go all the way to the sidewalk, and with restricted access to the roof, either you would have to wait on the sidewalk. Or perhaps Amazon would start having cities scanned in 3d, and you could assign a window to receive the drone thru. How big are those things though?