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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[wowzers]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[PS360WiiDsPCGamer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 8:42AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm sure the video is after some break, but this isn't the one.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ignatius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 8:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[Paul meant he will post the video when he is back from his um.. lunch (?) break I guess.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[▀█▀ █ ▀█▀ ▄█▀]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 10:01AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDyN2yux_NY" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDyN2yux_NY</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aguiluz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 10:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[Those look like ordinary Zagis, with some interesting electronics added to the usual servos.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[EdZ]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 9:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[Launch all ZIG!!<br><br>Seriously though, this is extremely cool. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[B.C.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 15th 2008 12:03AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[Go Zagi!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 9:38AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[The ultimate remote-control airplane!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[gad get]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 9:46AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[How about an Engadget givaway for one of those!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sk2370]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 9:50AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[man, one of these would make picking up weed much safer]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[acabtp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 9:52AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[...so would a teleporter.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flashpoint]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 11:06AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[You ever had a UAV deliver your weed?  You ever had a UAV deliver your weed.... on weeeeed?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[TheJalAbides]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 1:06PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yes! That would rule!<br>Did you ever see the guys who created a rocket to fire the crystal meth out of their car if they got pulled over?<br>Check it out:<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Methrocket.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Methrocket.jpg</a><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[alex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 2:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[Cool :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cybergypsy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 10:03AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[Video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDyN2yux_NY" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDyN2yux_NY</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 10:43AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[Now that is a great idea! Remote controlled delivery craft! Be excellent anywhere, for deliverying urgent packages across a city etc - as long as they had a built in parachute to deploy to ensure a 'soft' landing in the event of mechananical failure.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wonderkid]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 11:09AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[I seriously love this idea too. Even more than the cities, it's the back of the woods areas that aren't easily accessible by delivery trucks, or are simply too out of the way to keep on a standard  mail route.<br>The antivenom actually stood out the most to me, since in places like Australia, the real danger isn't the bite itself, it's that if you're out in the middle of nowhere, it simply takes too long to get to a place for you to get treated.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grey Acumen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 11:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[I have one of these types of planes, and a 'mechanical failure' is called a deadstick in the RC world. And with this plane, it's pretty much non-existant. They are tough as hell and the way you land is just glide in and slide along the ground.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zelatio]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 12:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't think it's very diplomatic to fly these things over southern Africa, considering the fact that they they have on them the flag of England, their former colonial masters.<br><br>;-)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mario]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 11:17AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[No, that is a red cross used to symbolise medics and medicine worldwide. St. Georges cross is rectangular, not square. I'd lay into you with an arsehole comment about your ignorance, but it is a Sunday.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samboini]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 11:22AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[Did you not see/understand this part of my comment ---> ;-)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mario]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 11:52AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[Like drug dealers haven't been using those for years.....phhhhhht.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ran]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 11:25AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[How much does your average water balloons weigh?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[zfurie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 11:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[Water: Density 1g/cm^3 (4 °C)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[▀█▀ █ ▀█▀ ▄█▀]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 12:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[500g/(1g/cm^3) = 500cm^3 = V<br>V = (1/3)*pi*r^3 => r = (3*V/pi)^(1/3)<br>r = (3*500cm^3/pi)^(1/3) ~ 7.8cm => 3.08in<br>d = 2*r = 2*3.08in = 6.15in<br>So this would carry a water balloon about 6.2 inches in diameter, or (skipping the math) two balloons about 2.4 inches in diameter.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[docarrol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 3:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[Converted military UAVs? I say bull... these planes are simple R/C planes based on the popular Zagi design (www.zagi.com)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[martin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 3:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[Do we really want to be trusting these days to fly biohazard such as HIV infected blood to be flying on their own over our heads.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aegis]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 14th 2008 8:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Robo-spyplanes put to more altruistic use, still keeping a loose eye on your shenanigans]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/robo-spyplanes-put-to-more-altruistic-use-still-keeping-a-loose/</guid><description><![CDATA[Now we know how the G-virus gets loose in Africa, bring on the zombies!!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paranor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 15th 2008 4:57AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>