Dad creates video-equipped quadrocopter to walk son to the bus stop

Every weekday morning, Paul Wallich would accompany his young son some 400 meters from their home to the bus stop to make sure he was sent off to school safely. It's not a terribly long distance to travel on foot...

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Does the heli has missiles to defend the child in case of a kidnap?

Walk your kid to school you lazy F#^k.

If he has to walk out in the cold and snow at the age of 8 Walk your kid to school you lazy F#^k.

If he has to walk out in the cold and snow at the age of 8 why cant you as an adult?why cant you as an adult?

Not the first time that innovation happened for the sake of convenience

But seriously, don't be lazy to walk your Kid.

Thats cool. you programmed a remote quad-copter to walk your kid. Now what are you going to do if someone grabs you kid waiting for that bus? You have to get your *** outta bed and chase down the kidnapper.

Had you of just walked your kid, your mere presence would of changed all of this (If it were to happen)

+1 on the creativity and idea but ultimately, do your job as a parent.

Get off his back....Random kidnaps are statistically far less likely than lightning strikes. You don't know this kid... maybe he's getting walked to the bus so he doesn't run over to his friends house who has two working parents and spend the day playing video games.

Anyway, what's the point... if you're willing to kidnap a kid, what's the difference if you tazer or shoot the dad in the process. At least the copter might follow the kid till the battery dies and give the cops an idea of where they're going.

You want to see a lazy parent, go hang out in a walmart parking lot and count how many parents are too lazy to buckle their kid's seat belt.

You all know you wish your dad was cool enough to build a helicopter for you... That's actually sounds like a fun project that has a semi-practicle purpose. It definitely needs a longer battery life though.

Daddy must be very lazy, not even able to search the internet.

http://www.parrotshopping.com/ca/p_parrot_listing.aspx?f=3377

This is a already made quad copter with HD video.

Very cool idea and sounds like fun but I agree with the rest of you very lazy parent.

So wait its too cold for you to get out of bed but its warm enough for your kid to walk to school alone?

Rock on for making an awesome heli!!

But also man up and walk your kid to the bus. Then your heli will have enough battery for an air raid on the squirrels in your backyard.

Half the comments on this article explain why modern kids (and 90% of my peers) have no sense of responsibility. When my parents went to school, they walked miles to and from. Decades later, 400m unaccompanied to a bus stop constitutes a hardship and bad parenting. Ironically, it's still deemed acceptable to let a teenager drive a motor vehicle...

This is creative and does sound cool. Maybe the Dad should get a dog, the kid walks the dog to the bus stop and lets the dog run back home. It's safer for the kid and Dad can still stay warm.

Good idea for the transition period when your kid first starts getting themselves to school.

Quit making excuses for this lazy pos. I highly doubt he would be kidnapped, but unless the guy is a paraplegic or suffering from copd, he's a lazy bastard, and needs to be called out on it.

Escort = personal
from a distance = surveillance

"It?s not a terribly long distance to travel on foot but when it?s cold outside during the winter, it can certainly be an inconvenience."

so that's why he stays in his couch and he let his son walk alone...in the cold...

I'd be tempted to build another copter to keep an eye on the copter with my smartphone on it...

...oh wait.

Here is a concept to all you commenter complaining about how lazy this parent is. Why don't you stay up watching your business instead of using surveillance cameras to record while you are at home. You people are downgrading this parent without knowing all the details. I would be willing to bet you would do anything to make your life easier, just as this parent is trying to do. Quite frankly you all disgust me, for being so judgmental! At least this parent is willing to watch his kids, even if it is from the comfort of his own couch.

Don't forget, he doesn't want his friends to see him being personally escorted and have his Dad crampin' his style.

Interesting engineering project... lazy parenting.

I thought the story was going to mention that the father was disabled or something... but no, unless I missed something... no mention other than being inconvenienced by having to take his son to the bus stop.

Bad parenting aside, why not use a rover? It has a better battery capacity options.

Inefficient use of his time and resources, but at least he can avoid spending some extra time with his 8-yr old. Afterall, they're just so nauseatingly sweet at that age, so who would ?