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

business and parenting are two different things.

if your business goes "cold", you can always restart it, provided you have funds.

if your kid goes "cold", would you simply create another child?

that is why it is called parenting... you are there when your child needs you.

from atty. denny crane to adopted son atty. donny crane:
"I provided you with the thing you needed most...MONEY."

"Everybody has their fifteen minutes of fame".

IMHO, this entire thread has given too much attention to something very trivial.

At worst, this parent is just another crap hole with an iPhone addition.

In fact, as I attempted to explain in an evidentiary manner, he likely isn't even responsible for "creating" the helicopter involved.

That hasn't stopped everyone from weighting in with doomsday scenarios about how he's an abusive parent. The rest of the nonsense about a child being kidnapped is mostly Chicken Little, "the sky is falling" histronics, engineered to cast the poster in a righteous light, and as a paragon of virtue.

The truth is, most child "kidnappings" are performed by people known to all the parties involved, estranged, bitter, parents, and the like.

Then too, a kidnapping for money has to involve a well to do family. It really is pointless a hold a child at ransom, who is from a family on public assistance.
Even if we assume that the family in question is quite wealthy, the answer would be a professional bodyguard, and a limo to a private school.

So, most of this thread is pure sensationalism, better suited to "Access Hollywood", than a technically oriented website.

Forgive me, I'm from a bygone era, when children walked themselves to school after being shown how. And know what, women even had healthy children without benefit of a couple thousand dollar ultrasound, the photos of which are passed around to show other parents how "cute" their babies are, as short term fetuses. I can't understand why nobody can afford health insurance, can you?

Take this for what it's worth; in my neighborhood that's pretty much exactly what is done. And why not pop out another if an earlier attempt gets murdered, or is doing a stint in the state pen.

You have to find a way to see to it your social entitlements continue without let up.

Ahhhh but from reading the article it's clear that he made the quadrocopter from parts and that's a little more work.

But, the over the counter model has ducted fan rotors, which imparts the collision protection you suggested was mandatory.

With that said, these machines were available long before the man in question, "developed it", as were several models of the iPhone.

The joke is, the model I posted the picture, is only available for use with an iPhone. A standard radio control version doesn't exist. So, unless this news story was well over a year old before it was published, this person didn't "develop" anything. At most, it's a borrowed idea with different parts.

The story has been sensationalized, and in this thread, has evolved into a run of the mill pissing contest, to see who is going to win the argument, "who's the best parent ever".

I'm still coming down with: 1. stolen helo idea 2. iPhone addict, and 3, a massive hyperbolization by our membership about the dangers of a child walking to school alone.

Or as Shakespear would say, "much ado about nothing".

Well, yes.

Yes, as Pan Wah asked, what task is that?

Oh I'm sure this isn't the first Dadsy thing made in the name of convenience. And it wont be the last. It would have slightly more impressive if it had used face recognition or object detection to identify the child. As far as practical purpose, I doubt that it has any. It's more toy than nanny. But it's technology, which is why I like it. =)

Lazy because he didn't buy something pre made? Besides, those are RC, not a drone tracking an RFID.

Well, if it's RFID you want, just drag the little s** * to your local veterinarian, and have him chipped like you would your prized toy poodle.

The funny thing about that statement is no one in this thread has supported the claim that the child absolutely needed the parent to walk with. You know why, no one knows but yet members here don't hesitate to call the parent lazy and pathetic.

I'm just hoping the whole concept doesn't catch on. Do you realize what an enormous waste of time and money it would be to to have fleets of drones floating above the head of every child on the path to a school.?The FAA and NTSB would be out on a daily basis investigating the crashes.

Well that, and Apple would patent their model and sue every other manufacturer on the planet for infringement.

If this child is indeed so "special needs" then have them drive the school bus up your front lawn, so he doesn't get lost on the way to it.

Look Damien, walk toward the big yellow thing right over there, parked on the petunias

And then too, you should probably insist on seeing the results of a daily breathalyzer exam on the bus driver, before our future emperor hops on board...

The "Jury has Spoken" and the trial has not started yet!!

I'm getting out of this thread, there is too many AS-SH-OLES here judging something they know nothing about.

• I'm not gonna call the man lazy because I don't know if he is. Everyone is lazy, the question is just how much so are they.
• I'm not gonna say the man should have bought a pre-built if his hobby is to build. (geez, I didn't buy a pre-built PC)
• I'm not gonna call the kid incompetent because I don't know the kid. Apparently the father has a little faith in the kid why don't you?
• There are 5 year olds that are brighter than some adults, is this one of those kids?
• If a kidnapper gets it in their head they want your kid, they will get your kid with or without you walking them. In a day and age where cameras are everywhere, a kidnapper would be stupid to leave trace clues behind on ground zero.

So, this means you're not going to hang out here with me, and help satirize the whole "non-issue"?

Don't worry, there's plenty of other imbeciles cynics here to carry on the bad work....

Thanks for ringing in........

I see that was directed at me. You know what I don't care, I'm not even gonna report it.

imbecile

No, I promise it was a joke on myself (or anyone else) bothering to continue such a pointless chat - if offence was caused, please accept my genuine apology, I was ONLY trying to be amusing (sorry, failed!)

Well now, I don't really think this is pointless! Lindsay Lohan could benefit greatly from advances in this technology. Or, the prosecution will have video evidence of her transgressions. I suppose it could go either way.

In either case, that would place this story where it belongs, on "Access Hollywood"!

Sorry for the misinterpretation, so the joke continues.

there are times when you have to let go... like training your kid to walk on his own...

but the statement in the article says:
"when it’s cold outside during the winter, it can certainly be an inconvenience."
" to escort his kid to the bus stop – right from the comfort of his home."
is walking your kid during a cold weather an inconvenience?

I am not a suspicious person but perhaps the dad in the article is here.
(peace!)