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Watch These Drones Get Fried By Over A Million Volts
Video: Tom Scott took a pair of DJI Phantom 3 drones to the University of Manchester’s High Voltage Laboratory, where they can manufacture lightning strikes measuring over a million volts. The goal was to see what happens to a drone were it to get struck by lightning while flown in a storm, and the results…
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Watch Football Stars Get Bombed By Ball-Dropping Drones
The NFL’s Pro Bowl game kicks off on Sunday night ahead of next week’s Super Bowl, and part of the pre-game festivities included a fun series of “skills showdowns”. For some reason, this meant pitting some of the game’s best wide receivers and defensive backs against football-dropping drones.
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A Drone-Mounted Christmas Tree Is Easier To Take To The Curb After The Holidays
Sure, opting for a real Christmas tree fills your home with the wonderful smell of pine needles during the holidays. But getting its dried husk out of your home and onto the curb after New Year’s can be a logistical nightmare: unless you have the brilliant foresight to mount your Christmas tree to a drone.
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Gold-Plating A Drone Is Officially The Worst Idea
Let’s be perfectly clear on this. Gold-plating anything, be it a phone, or a toilet, or a smartwatch, is a terrible and tacky idea. But gold-plating a drone is even worse, and it has nothing to do with aesthetics.