{"id":6263,"date":"2015-01-16T15:35:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T22:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=6263"},"modified":"2015-01-19T15:38:58","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T22:38:58","slug":"drone-hunting-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2015\/01\/16\/drone-hunting-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone-hunting Drones"},"content":{"rendered":"

from The Telegraph<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Being pestered by drones? Buy a drone-hunting drone<\/h1>\n

Are paparazzi flying drones over your garden to snap you sunbathing? You may need the Rapere, the drone-hunting drone which uses ‘tangle-lines’ to quickly down its prey<\/strong><\/p>\n

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by\u00a0Matthew Sparkes<\/a> – Deputy Head of Technology<\/b><\/p>\n

With drone sales soaring it\u2019s inevitable that new and nefarious applications for them will emerge. Never has a technology emerged which someone, somewhere has failed to find an annoying or illegal use for.<\/p>\n

There have already been several cases of celebrities including Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez and Rihanna having their privacy invaded by paparazzi drone pilots hovering overhear and snapping away on a remote-controlled camera.<\/p>\n

One was even said to have disrupted Tina Turner\u2019s wedding.<\/p>\n

But even non-celebrities may not appreciate having the whirring aircraft flying near their homes or places of business.<\/p>\n

Enter the Rapere, a prototype drone-hunting drone which can down other tiny unmanned aircraft by entangling special string in their rotors.<\/p>\n

A group claiming to be \u201ccommercial drone developers\u201d have created the machine which can automatically identify drones, hover above them and release a \u201ctangle-line\u201d that falls into their rotors and causes it to crash. It will then return to its base station for recharging and re-arming.<\/p>\n

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