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ELEV-8 Pilots! Humanitarian Drone Contest

EmilyKurzeEmilyKurze Posts: 127
edited 2013-10-22 16:04 in General Discussion
I have a friend that founded the North Texas Drone Users Group and also helped found the National Drone Users Group Network. He let me know about a contest they are holding called the Drone Social Impact Award. It's pretty cool! The idea is to promote the use of civilian drone technology for the benefit of humanity.

I think this is a great award to help raise awareness for drones as a positive tool instead of invasions of privacy as many fear. I'd love to see our community of ELEV-8 pilots get involved. It would be great to hear what positive change they can make with the ELEV-8.

If you know people you think might be interested, please feel free to share this contest with them.

Oh, and did I mention the prize purse is $5,000?!?

I'm trying to get Nick, Kevin, and Ken involved. If you enter, we'd love to hear about your project and share your story after the contest is over. Who knows, maybe we'll even award our own prizes.

Comments

  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2013-10-21 21:00
    Sounds like a good way to get positive public exposure for drones. The trouble is that it seems to be for existing projects;
    Is this prize for an idea, something already done, or a project in progress?

    This is a prize for impacts already achieved. The work can be ongoing, but you will be evaluated on the good that has already been done.
  • ElectricAyeElectricAye Posts: 4,561
    edited 2013-10-21 21:34
    W9GFO wrote: »
    Sounds like a good way to get positive public exposure for drones. The trouble is that it seems to be for existing projects;

    Yeah, but you've got until March 10, 2014 to make a submission, so there's time to make something happen. This sounds like a very cool contest.

    My only problem is the $3000 cap they put on this. I guess that leaves out my $18,000 Emergency Post-Nuclear Meltdown First-Responder Haircutting Drone concept. Oh well.

    kjhkuhkuhk.jpg
  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    edited 2013-10-22 08:00
    That's great, wish they would stop calling them drones though!
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2013-10-22 08:22
    xanadu wrote: »
    That's great, wish they would stop calling them drones though!

    Assistance Vehicles for the Gravitationally Challenged? (we can probably get a Government grant with a name like that!!)
  • EmilyKurzeEmilyKurze Posts: 127
    edited 2013-10-22 08:33
    Yes, some achievement must be made before the final submission. Plenty of time left to do some good ;)
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2013-10-22 09:52
    xanadu wrote:
    That's great, wish they would stop calling them drones though!
    I rather like the term "aerobots."

    -Phil
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2013-10-22 10:00
    "drone" is an apt term for a quad copter.
    Have you ever listened to the noise they make?
    :)
  • NWCCTVNWCCTV Posts: 3,629
    edited 2013-10-22 11:48
    According to Wiki, A Drone is just a UAV so pretty much all RC Planes, Copters, Quads, etc. are in that arena.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2013-10-22 12:02
    Except when "drone" is an ant, bee or wasp. Or a musical sound. Or a heavy metal band.

    But I think you are right. A much over used term now.
  • vanmunchvanmunch Posts: 568
    edited 2013-10-22 12:41
    ElectricAye wrote: »
    Yeah, but you've got until March 10, 2014 to make a submission, so there's time to make something happen. This sounds like a very cool contest.

    My only problem is the $3000 cap they put on this. I guess that leaves out my $18,000 Emergency Post-Nuclear Meltdown First-Responder Haircutting Drone concept. Oh well.

    kjhkuhkuhk.jpg

    It looks like the clippers are held on with Scotch tape.... (years in developments, but only seconds to attach the clippers with office tape) :)
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-10-22 13:49
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    I rather like the term "aerobots."

    -Phil

    +1

    Long live the aerobots !!!!!!!!!

    And hydrobots. And chlorobots. And burrobots.

    Any other good words end in "ro"...?
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2013-10-22 14:12
    erco wrote: »
    +1

    Long live the aerobots !!!!!!!!!

    And hydrobots. And chlorobots. And burrobots.

    Any other good words end in "ro"...?

    Mr. vanMunch's specialty: AGRObots

    Not good: Misanthrobots

    YoYobots (either play the cello or keep coming back to you)

    GoGobots (boots, headbands and paisley)

    HoHobots (Santa or chocolate....or both)
  • xanaduxanadu Posts: 3,347
    edited 2013-10-22 16:04
    Heater. wrote: »
    "drone" is an apt term for a quad copter.
    Have you ever listened to the noise they make?
    :)

    Drone was a great name until the media started calling UAV/UAS drones. Now we should call the multicopters UAS. People now associate anything called drone with surveillance and weaponry.
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