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Re: Spy Plane That Can Land Vertically & Cling to a Wall
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ENGINEERS in the US are working on a spy drone that can fly virtually silently into a city and perch vertically undetected on any wall for days.
Called the "Perching Project", the technology behind the drone is being developed at Stanford University.
A video released this week shows the team has had significant success in getting a model plane travelling at 35km/h to automatically stall as it senses a vertical surface, then cling onto it with tiny spines.
According to Stanford professor Mark Cutkosky and student Alexis Desbiens, the technology could lead to "a flock of small, unmanned air vehicles (that) flies quietly into a city, maneuvering among the buildings".
"They communicate as they search for places to land, not on streets or rooftops but on the sides of buildings and under the eaves, where they can cling, bat- or insect-like, in relative safety and obscurity," they wrote.
Undetected, the drones could cling to a wall for days, recording sound and vision, while possibly recharging if necessary.
Using a small propellor, the drone can creep along a wall until it finds an ideal position.
When it's ready to report back, the hooks disengege and the plane performs a small jump backwards before righting itself and flying off.
Re: Spy Plane That Can Land Vertically & Cling to a Wall
"hat can fly virtually silently into a city and perch vertically undetected on any wall for days."
They will say it's for the middle east but I would bet my last dollar these things will be in every major US city. Fucking big brother..
