Micro Air Vehicles from Honeywell may be Dispatched Soon
by Mark R in Conceptual Gadgets, Spy Stuff, Tech News
Ah, Honeywell, thank you for the gift of hovering spy drones so we can always have someone to watch over us.
Yes, that image you see isn’t a prop from a 1984 movie (which would still be timely, by the way), but a spy drone that can fly a 100 waypoint flight plan at 57 MPH, at a 10,500 foot altitude.
Apparently, these Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) are already in place over Iraq and Afghanistan, which are hopefully watching out for enemies. They are waiting for FAA permission to be used here in American soil.
According to Reuters, the Miami-Dade police department hopes to deploy these MAV guys “soon”. I was kind of hoping that we would see these flying eyes later rather than sooner, honestly.
Yeah, I’m not looking forward to the day when the skies will be peppered with these. Many gadget blogs are comparing these MAVs with the Probe Droid from The Empire Strikes Back, and you have to admit the resemblance is uncanny. Hopefully, I’ll never have to see these things travel at low altitudes like Darth Maul’s hovering search-droids in The Phantom Menace.
Well, time will tell if Big Brother will be watching us. However, I have seen the near-future, and it is full of increased speeding tickets.
5 Comments on “Micro Air Vehicles from Honeywell may be Dispatched Soon”
nick Says:
March 26th, 2008 at 10:04 amA pretty sophisticated coat hanger right there
Friday Gadget Thumbnails » Coolest Gadgets Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 3:39 am[...] Micro Air Vehicles from Honeywell may be Dispatched Soon [...]
Spy Cameras Says:
March 28th, 2008 at 3:41 amThere definitely appears to be a trend towards these spy camera drones right now. There are obviously military applications for such devices, but I wonder why they have suddenly started appearing? Surely the technology hasn’t only recently become sophisticated enough?
immy Says:
March 29th, 2008 at 12:29 amthis is just amazing, and people gona spread rumours that they spotted ufo lmao
spidereric Says:
March 30th, 2008 at 9:16 pmthey hav this thing on GRAW 2…go GRAW 2!!!
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