Well, hellow there, fellow Zengineers!
This week is our first in a series on Drones!! Yeah, those unbelievable fantasy vehicles that are everywhere now. Some are taking pictures, some are dropping bombs, some are taking pictures and dropping bombs ... but most are just buzzing around and scaring the hell out of grandma.
This episode is all about where drones came from and why they are here now? Mostly we're talking about the kinda drones we're all allowed to have ourselves ... Quadcopters. These are nifty little creatures that seem somewhat organic as they buzz around the skies and even our homes. Quadcopters are basically ubiquitous today, even though they were just magical internet memes sweeping the planet a few years ago.
In this conversation, we touch a little on the history of radio controlled (RC) vehicles and the development of the tech that got us to now. We dive into the mechaincs of flight and how planes differ from helicopters, then we try to parse out why Quadcopters are so awesome!! Are they, though? Awesome, that is? Yeah. We think so, but maybe not quite for the reasons others might give.
Finally we touch on some fantasy technologies and how they relate to our current state of real life technologies. So much of our dreams are now becoming realities. Did you know NASA has a budget to work on warp drives? Did you know we can levitate things? Jeez... We even have real life R2D2 and BB8 droids cruising around our homes. Crazy times!!
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Cheers,
Adam & Brian
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004 - On Engines, Motors, and Electric Cars
003 - On Velcro, Dexterity, and Quantum Computing
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