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Watch out for the flying Camera!
The potential applications for a remote-controlled flying camera are enormous: Broadcasting a ski race live from the air, tracking down the source of a forest fire or simply checking the condition of a rotor on a wind turbine. The “md4-200” from the microdrones company can be guided up to 500 meters into the air, constantly transmitting the view through the lens to the monitor on the ground, so that the shutter can be released or a movie clip (HD quality) started at exactly the right moment. Depending on the design, the images can either be stored on board or radioed to the ground and used in real time. In future, carbon nanotubes from Bayer MaterialScience will make the supporting frame of these microdrones even lighter, but without impairing their stability. Because this automatically allows a greater payload – say for the on-board battery – it naturally extends the maximum flying time. The “md4-1000,” due to be launched commercially in 2008, will be the first microdrone to be based on Baytubes®.
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