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TIL that “vampire” drones dock on power lines and recharge by “feeding” on the grid. They never need to land.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91089861/this-genius-vampire-drone-is-designed-to-fly-forever
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1frhvbl/til_that_vampire_drones_dock_on_power_lines_and/
Fast Company · This genius ‘vampire drone’ is designed to fly foreverDeveloped by a team of researchers at the University of Southern Denmark, the autonomous drones are designed to attach to power lines.
The part that scares me the most, is how easily they would be to convert into cable cutters. They could cause major blackouts that could take forever to repair? weapon of war/terrorism?