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Engineers use iPad powered AR.Drone Parrot to examine earthquake damaged Christchurch cathedral.

An earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand earlier this week damaged a hundred and six year old cathedral. Worried that the building was too unstable for humans to venture into, engineers bought a Parrot drone to fly into the building.

Check out the video -- it's pretty neat! ( www.3news.co.nz­/VIDEO­-Inside­-Christchurchs­-Cathedr... )

Via the article: " “Even if we lost it in the building ‘cause we're never quite sure with the wi-fi range or the battery life, but if it turned out to be a suicide mission it's a $500 one not a far more serious one,” says Opus engineer Nicholas Dawe."

Pretty crazy. I know a lot of people love these iPhone / iPad drones for the augmented reality stuff that can be done with them. I think this is the first time they've been used for something serious?

Article: www.3news.co.nz­/Flying­-drone­-gives­-inside­-scoop­-on...
Video: www.3news.co.nz­/VIDEO­-Inside­-Christchurchs­-Cathedr...

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roberto

roberto

Awesome how we keep finding useful and innovative ways of putting cool technology like this to work! Now I can't wait for the AR.Drone Submarine!
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AShahmoradian

AShahmoradian

This reminds me of Half-Life 2's Combine City Scanners.
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