The following article was on the front page of the Washington Post Metro section print edition this morning. The title of the article's print edition is shown in the thread title and is different than in the online version.
BLACKSBURG, Va. — They considered how well everyone slept the night before. They considered the chances a military jet might scream by on a training mission. They considered the farmer in the field. Then they considered some more.
After making it through their list of everything that might possibly go wrong, the team from Virginia Tech sent a birdlike drone — shaped from black foam and packed with high-end communications and camera equipment — on an assignment designed to fail. They wanted to know how far it could fly before it lost contact with its human minders on the ground. So they clicked a destination that was out of range to see what would happen.
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About two miles out, the communications started to get hinky. Then they dropped out altogether. Untethered by its human masters, the drone turned around on its own, as it was programmed to do. It then started circling in a holding pattern, awaiting further instructions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/l ... _term=.d506f3bbf77c
Note: Apparently they didn't see Unknown Caller's 16.2 mile world record flight last Sunday haha
Also, they're obviously not using Lightbridge, or good antennas, or amps, or ... etc....
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