I am one of Surf Life Saving Sydney‘s Rescue Water Craft (jetski) operators for Surf Life Saving. The skis themselves are technically brilliant, press a button for on/off and they work every time despite some harsh conditions and treatment. Like most of life saving there is relatively little tech involved: you, the slightly modified ski, some […]
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Ordered a stalking drone & crowdfunded a crowdfunded offer
Pretty excited about this – I’ve ordered my first drone through the magic of Kickstarter – but in the spirit of crowdfunding, I’ve got together with Dan, Tim and Nat to crowdfund a crowdfunded offer -we’ve split the pledge four ways because who needs a stalking drone every day anyway? The HEXO+ “autonomous aerial camera” […]
Counting down to the Terminator
“How can you control something that can actually reprogram itself?” I’ve been reading up on drone technology recently and it’s pretty obvious that we’ll see the first Terminator in our life time – perhaps not in human form as he’ll be steadier and faster on 4 legs than 2, perhaps with wheels too or who […]
