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Autonomous flying umbrella follows and shields users from rain and sunlight (designboom.com)
12_throw_away 3 minutes ago [-]
IMO it's worth watching the video rather than reading someone's writeup of it. And (uh, spoilers I guess?) it's a little insane how many times every single electronic component failed or never worked in the first place.
ricardobayes 11 minutes ago [-]
That's really cool honestly. This took me back to around 2017 when everyone was into hardware startups.
comrade1234 29 minutes ago [-]
Good for a haircut too.
saltcured 13 minutes ago [-]
Yeah, I can only imagine the stability when breezy weather hits that big sail
tamimio 2 minutes ago [-]
>what was supposedly a small project ended up big and complicated

Welcome to the drone world! So many moving parts and one tiny mistake, you end up losing a $60k drone in the ocean (true story!)

That being said, regulations prevent flying drones of any size above people, unless the drone is high to certain altitude, because of all the dangers that bring, a small issues and the props will harm the people.

Cool project tho!

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