fossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoTech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes Wi-Fi guidance, ballistics calculations, optional camera for trackingwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square221fedilinkarrow-up1712arrow-down112
arrow-up1700arrow-down1external-linkTech hobbyist makes shoulder-mounted guided missile prototype with $96 in parts and a 3D printer — DIY MANPADS includes Wi-Fi guidance, ballistics calculations, optional camera for trackingwww.tomshardware.comfossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square221fedilink
minus-squareIphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·14 days agoAlready behind the times on that: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/firefighting-drones-head-to-aspen-can-they-suppress-a-blaze-before-humans-arrive/
minus-squareTruscape@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·14 days agoCheers then, add this to the “arsenal”.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·14 days agoI don’t see a lot of info on payload in that article. Forest fires are big. You’d need an enormous fleet of drones to be effective.
minus-squareWarl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoI can contribute that the goal with the drones is to help contain small fires before they spread - they aren’t there to stop the fires, just slow them down until humans can get there with the serious equipment.
Already behind the times on that: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/firefighting-drones-head-to-aspen-can-they-suppress-a-blaze-before-humans-arrive/
Cheers then, add this to the “arsenal”.
I don’t see a lot of info on payload in that article. Forest fires are big. You’d need an enormous fleet of drones to be effective.
I can contribute that the goal with the drones is to help contain small fires before they spread - they aren’t there to stop the fires, just slow them down until humans can get there with the serious equipment.