Comments on: Drone Experiences http://alchemystudio.com/2013/08/drone-experiences/ Thu, 25 Dec 2014 16:36:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: wayne http://alchemystudio.com/2013/08/drone-experiences/comment-page-1/ wayne Fri, 13 Sep 2013 19:52:59 +0000 http://alchemystudio.com/?p=2805#comment-7575 Colleen I suggest you go to the YouTube site where it is posted and try to contact the film maker Wayne Colleen

I suggest you go to the YouTube site where it is posted and try to contact the film maker

Wayne

]]> By: Colleen http://alchemystudio.com/2013/08/drone-experiences/comment-page-1/ Colleen Fri, 13 Sep 2013 18:33:50 +0000 http://alchemystudio.com/?p=2805#comment-7573 Love this video and the idea. We are currently working on an update to one of our exhibits where the visitors can control a video with a wheel. Allowing the images to move fast, slow, forward and reverse. This video would be a great addition to that exhibit. Who would I need to talk to in order to see about getting release for such a video or similar ones? Love this video and the idea. We are currently working on an update to one of our exhibits where the visitors can control a video with a wheel. Allowing the images to move fast, slow, forward and reverse. This video would be a great addition to that exhibit. Who would I need to talk to in order to see about getting release for such a video or similar ones?

]]> By: wayne http://alchemystudio.com/2013/08/drone-experiences/comment-page-1/ wayne Tue, 27 Aug 2013 16:44:27 +0000 http://alchemystudio.com/?p=2805#comment-6957 Cool, question would be how to limit the approach to animals. Wayne Cool, question would be how to limit the approach to animals.

Wayne

]]> By: wayne http://alchemystudio.com/2013/08/drone-experiences/comment-page-1/ wayne Tue, 27 Aug 2013 16:42:08 +0000 http://alchemystudio.com/?p=2805#comment-6956 Robin Certainly we know there are limitations currently. What we are suggesting is that these devices should become part of the technology we prototype and that drones offer new opportunities. It won't be overnight but we should play with them and see what we can do. Wayne Robin

Certainly we know there are limitations currently. What we are suggesting is that these devices should become part of the technology we prototype and that drones offer new opportunities. It won’t be overnight but we should play with them and see what we can do.

Wayne

]]> By: Robert Creighton http://alchemystudio.com/2013/08/drone-experiences/comment-page-1/ Robert Creighton Tue, 27 Aug 2013 16:35:07 +0000 http://alchemystudio.com/?p=2805#comment-6955 Hi Wayne, Are you familiar with the BeetleCam? - http://www.burrard-lucas.com/beetlecam/2011-project/male-lion-gallery - I think that it could be a good addition to flying drones for the kind of zoo experience that you describe. The photos that they have captured are quite remarkable. Cheers, rob Hi Wayne,

Are you familiar with the BeetleCam? – http://www.burrard-lucas.com/beetlecam/2011-project/male-lion-gallery –

I think that it could be a good addition to flying drones for the kind of zoo experience that you describe. The photos that they have captured are quite remarkable.

Cheers, rob

]]> By: Robin White Owen http://alchemystudio.com/2013/08/drone-experiences/comment-page-1/ Robin White Owen Mon, 26 Aug 2013 16:56:21 +0000 http://alchemystudio.com/?p=2805#comment-6913 Wayne, We used a helicam/drone for the introductory video we're making for the C3TEC science center in Puerto Rico. We got delightful arial footage of all kinds of things: little league baseball teams playing; neighborhood rooftops, rain forest canopy, rivers and waterfalls. A team of two professionals operated the helicam, one to remotely control the view of the camera, and one to remotely control the flight of the specially designed little helicopter it's connected to. While the scenario you describe sounds really cool, two drawbacks to the technology as it stands now would make it difficult for zoos to use it that way. 1) Batteries last about 7 minutes so operators need to keep an eye on the time or it falls out of the sky, as it did the last morning we were filming. Fortunately there were no people or animals beneath it. With the technology as it stands right now, it would be dangerous for visitors to operate such equipment. 2) It's a noisy little thing and would most definitely drive animals under cover. Wayne,

We used a helicam/drone for the introductory video we’re making for the C3TEC science center in Puerto Rico. We got delightful arial footage of all kinds of things: little league baseball teams playing; neighborhood rooftops, rain forest canopy, rivers and waterfalls. A team of two professionals operated the helicam, one to remotely control the view of the camera, and one to remotely control the flight of the specially designed little helicopter it’s connected to.

While the scenario you describe sounds really cool, two drawbacks to the technology as it stands now would make it difficult for zoos to use it that way. 1) Batteries last about 7 minutes so operators need to keep an eye on the time or it falls out of the sky, as it did the last morning we were filming. Fortunately there were no people or animals beneath it. With the technology as it stands right now, it would be dangerous for visitors to operate such equipment. 2) It’s a noisy little thing and would most definitely drive animals under cover.

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