[HN Gopher] Drone Interceptor with a Net Gun
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       Drone Interceptor with a Net Gun
        
       Author : giuliomagnifico
       Score  : 62 points
       Date   : 2022-04-22 11:55 UTC (11 hours ago)
        
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       | barbazoo wrote:
       | Anyone got an idea why in the simulation they targeted a bird?
        
         | lgats wrote:
         | they showed an example of identifying the target, and in this
         | case the identification indicated they have the wrong target so
         | the attack was aborted
        
         | bradgranath wrote:
         | Cause birds aren't real.
        
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         | cjbgkagh wrote:
         | I assume it was off the shelf drone training software that
         | already had birds in it.
        
       | f38zf5vdt wrote:
       | Note that this is similar to the (patented) drone net system from
       | HIRo lab. [1]
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       | [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvdKNBSWPyU
        
         | jolmg wrote:
         | It can carry the drone, but it doesn't seem to be able to move
         | as fast. I wonder if it can really catch a drone trying to
         | evade it.
        
       | ffhhj wrote:
       | Is this the beginning of Drone-Piracy Age? Will people pay ransom
       | for their drones and packages? Will England, Spain and Holland
       | send their navies to rescue them?
        
       | jolmg wrote:
       | The end of the "Drone courier" video includes a trailer for
       | Johnny Mnemonic, a cyberpunk film from 1981. Seems interesting.
        
         | mrtksn wrote:
         | I think it's from 90's because there's young but not too young
         | Keanu Reeves in it. Now I need to watch it because I have a
         | thing for movies filmed in 90's and early 2000's.
        
           | dwringer wrote:
           | Right on, the original story it's based on, by William
           | Gibson, was published in 1981 but the movie is from the 90's.
           | I think that movie is tragically underrated but it does have
           | a bit of a cult following now at least.
        
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         | bitwize wrote:
         | Probably because it's intended for use as a "data courier" like
         | Johnny Mnemonic himself, hence the "MNEMONIC" on the wings. And
         | the movie is from 1995; the story is from 1981.
         | 
         | I find it interesting how we're coming up on actual 2025, and
         | if he wanted to smuggle 320 GiB of information with his body,
         | Johnny needn't risk his life or his childhood memories; he
         | could simply swallow a condom with an SD card in it. I still
         | want a SinoLogic 16 with a GPL stealth module, Sogo-7 data
         | gloves, a Burdine intelligent translator and Thomson eyephones,
         | though.
        
           | jolmg wrote:
           | > I find it interesting how we're coming up on actual 2025
           | 
           | The story seems set in 2021, so we've already passed it.
        
           | dwringer wrote:
           | I always interpreted the data storage (and, particularly,
           | retrieval) aspect as more of a metaphor for man's search for
           | meaning. Or something.
        
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       | ceeplusplus wrote:
       | A production version of "drone killers":
       | https://www.anduril.com/hardware/anvil/
       | 
       | This one's autonomous and rams the target instead of catching it
       | with a net.
        
       | amelius wrote:
       | Looks like they use the net to disrupt the rotors. But what if
       | the rotor blades of the attacked drone are shielded?
        
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         | MisterTea wrote:
         | I imagine you could make a net who's mesh is made up of a light
         | garland like cord with long fringes that get sucked into
         | protective mesh and tangles the rotor.
        
       | formvoltron wrote:
       | Can the creator of these supply to Ukraine? They are using anti
       | aircraft weapons to take down drones. the anti aircraft weapons
       | obviously better saved for aircraft.
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       | https://ukrspecsystems.com/ these guys are a Ukrainian based
       | drone maker, with contact info on the page. I'm sure they would
       | be able to get these anti drone drones onto the battlefield.
       | Could help Ukraine win the war.
        
         | xwdv wrote:
         | Drones are aircraft.
        
           | UnFleshedOne wrote:
           | They are aircraft that is cheaper than anti-aircraft rockets
           | normally used. One shot from anti-aircraft system cost
           | 50-200k depending. This is great when the target costs 50
           | million, but drones costs start from 1k.
        
         | edaemon wrote:
         | The UAVs that Ukraine is targeting with anti-aircraft weapons
         | aren't the kind that can be disabled with a net launched from a
         | racing drone. They're large military aircraft.
        
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