fossilesque@mander.xyz to TechnologyEnglish · 8 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-square121linkfedilinkarrow-up1339arrow-down16cross-posted to: 3dprinting[email protected]
arrow-up1333arrow-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 TechnologyEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square121linkfedilinkcross-posted to: 3dprinting[email protected]
minus-squareIphtashuFitzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 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-up2·1 hour 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-down1·7 hours agoCheers then, add this to the “arsenal”.
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”.