Ask HN: I need ideas to impress fifth graders with technology

Re:Ask HN: I need ideas to impress fifth graders with techno... by raisedbyninjas on Monday June 03, 2019 @12:57PM (#20085368)

For each engineering discipline highlight the relevant part of a drone and how they're responsible.

aeronatical: props and flight control

mechanical: chassis

chemical: batteries

civil: constructing buildings that don't fall over when a drone crashes into them?

nuclear: nope, refer to civil engineering

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Re:Ask HN: I need ideas to impress fifth graders with techno... by cyrix100 on Monday June 03, 2019 @01:07PM (#20085490)

There are some interesting applications for drones in the nuclear industry.

https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/multimedia/podcasts/monitori...

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Re:Ask HN: I need ideas to impress fifth graders with techno... by delinka on Monday June 03, 2019 @01:45PM (#20085913)

but no one in the nuclear engineering industry is involved in building any part of a drone

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Re:Ask HN: I need ideas to impress fifth graders with techno... by richardwhiuk on Monday June 03, 2019 @01:54PM (#20086034)

Nuclear powered drones? Maybe not yet....

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Re:Ask HN: I need ideas to impress fifth graders with techno... by jacobush on Friday June 07, 2019 @04:57AM (#20122818)

Nowadays... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pluto

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Re:Ask HN: I need ideas to impress fifth graders with techno... by cyrix100 on Monday June 03, 2019 @08:22PM (#20090524)

Well except for the one posted since it carries radiation detection equipment. Also it is possible there might be some radiation hardening performed on the electronics to resist ionizing radiation failures.

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Re:Ask HN: I need ideas to impress fifth graders with techno... by larrydag on Monday June 03, 2019 @02:24PM (#20086417)

software: the coding for the hardware controls, autopilot or camera

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