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Old 06-27-2002, 02:38 PM
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Jeff396
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On a positive note, did anyone see the program where they took rc airplanes or helicopters and used them to go in and inspect accident sites. The goal was to create a vehicle that would run without any pilot control once in the air. It would identify an accident site, any victims, what the dangers were, could measure fire temperature all the while transmitting the data back to a base station. The vision is that say after an earthquake you could send hundreds of these little things in to assess the situation without risking human life. Only the German team was successful with their helicopter version and blew away all of the competition. I guess there will always be some risk that comes along with the good.

Jeff