fossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours 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-square158linkfedilinkarrow-up1499arrow-down17
arrow-up1492arrow-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 · 16 hours agomessage-square158linkfedilink
minus-squareTruscape@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·15 hours agoPotentially could be used for things like spreading flame-retardent powder for putting out a wildfire or similar with more precision. Would also remove the risk of a human life in firefighting so areas might be cleared quicker.
minus-squareIphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·15 hours 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-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours 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-squareTruscape@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·15 hours agoCheers then, add this to the “arsenal”.
Potentially could be used for things like spreading flame-retardent powder for putting out a wildfire or similar with more precision. Would also remove the risk of a human life in firefighting so areas might be cleared quicker.
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/
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.
Cheers then, add this to the “arsenal”.