Fleets of drones could aid searches for lost hikers

Re:Fleets of drones could aid searches for lost hikers by dmurray on Friday November 02, 2018 @12:31PM (#18364371)

> The tech required for search and rescue is the same tech required for search and destroy.

That's a good thing. We're going to develop the search and destroy technology no matter what, so we might as well get something beneficial out of it along the way.

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Re:Fleets of drones could aid searches for lost hikers by jniedrauer on Friday November 02, 2018 @12:58PM (#18364658)

We may have wiped out the human race, but at least we got better at search and rescue along the way!

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Re:Fleets of drones could aid searches for lost hikers by peterwwillis on Saturday November 03, 2018 @04:03AM (#18369214)

We may have developed ICBMs, but at least we got GPS along the way.

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Re:Fleets of drones could aid searches for lost hikers by sambull on Saturday November 03, 2018 @10:34AM (#18370347)

We had combustion engines for a couple hundred years. Then they wiped out the human race.

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