Norwegian Mailbox Drone
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 12 of August , 2010 at 12:53 am
I guess it’s cold enough up thar in Norway that even UAVs need their own little comfy modernist Scandinavian drone huts that look rather a lot like mailboxes. They’re part of Scandicraft’s ScanCam perimeter security system, and the idea is that the huts act as base stations for roving semi-autonomous quadrotors that are controlled remotely. The quadrotors can launch, recover, and recharge themselves at their huts (or “hangars” I guess), and when it snows (which I hear it doesn’t do once or twice a year), the bots can stay snug at home, enjoying their stylish furnishings which you can find at your friendly neighborhood IKEA as part of the new Röböüüüt collection.
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Comment by Amy Soldier
Made Thursday, 12 of August , 2010 at 3:37 am
Murgatroyd will live …!
Comment by Calle
Made Thursday, 12 of August , 2010 at 5:45 am
Robot is “robot” in Swedish and “ü” is a German letter, not Swedish ;)
Comment by Stefan Isendahl
Made Thursday, 12 of August , 2010 at 6:26 am
I used to live in Oslo, gorgeous year all round but – guess what – it mainly snows in the Winter.
Isn’t Ackerman a Nordic name? You really should know better ;)
Comment by Evan Ackerman
Made Thursday, 12 of August , 2010 at 3:55 pm
I’m probably guilty of taking more than a few liberties with Scandinavia in general on this post… But I could have sworn that IKEA puts umlauts over damn near every letter whether it’s appropriate or not.
Comment by 4ndreas
Made Friday, 13 of August , 2010 at 12:45 pm
The drone is German http://www.microdrones.com the mailbox is swedish indeed. and ä ö ü are German letters :)
I realy don’t understand why americans like them so much…
Comment by Evan Ackerman
Made Friday, 13 of August , 2010 at 2:47 pm
@4ndreas
1.) “umlaut” is a funny word
2.) they look like eyes and make the letters way cuter
Comment by Joey1058
Made Saturday, 14 of August , 2010 at 12:52 am
“Uff Da”
Comment by Goose
Made Saturday, 14 of August , 2010 at 2:36 pm
This totally blows the mailbox from “Honey I Shrunk The Kids” out of the water
Comment by security hardware
Made Wednesday, 15 of June , 2011 at 3:50 am
Great security system!
Veronica
Comment by bims
Made Saturday, 2 of July , 2011 at 3:20 pm
.) Youre so cool! I dont suppose Ive read anything like this before. So nice to find somebody with some original thoughts on this subject. realy thank you for starting this up. this website is something that is needed on the web, someone with a little originality. useful job for bringing something new to the internet!
Comment by Jack Napiare
Made Monday, 11 of July , 2011 at 5:59 am
That’ll suprise the mail man a bit wont it? lol
Comment by screened gazebos
Made Tuesday, 22 of November , 2011 at 1:51 am
you have a great blog here! would you like to make some invite posts on my blog?
