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I was thinking of the larger drones that are flying higher in the sky that a person may or may not actually hear. Those may already be flying secretly over the US snapping away or recording something. The insects are still early development type drones ... from what I read but I think a few are flying and certainly will be flying soon, I think a company in Norway has a small flying drone now. The pack horse drones that dencorso talked about earlier could have what all horses have ... "horse flies" but in this case they would be horse fly drones and come and go from the actual pack horse drone ... it's endless! ...

Nice puppy story jaclaz ... always felt bad for puppies and kittens when they are taken away maybe too early and feel bad for the mother also but it all passes in time but it has to be traumatic for awhile ... some warmth and a little heartbeat type sound ... can always learn a lot from a farmer, that knowledge is passed on from way back. I'm wondering if MS is recording the eyes or the iris for identification ... that is just like fingerprints. I just read somewhere that they may do that when they get fingerprints from now on. MS would have a huge ID iris data bank of kids going into old age ... a lifetime of what all they did. New Biometric Software Tracks Unique Eye Movements For Identification http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-11/new-foolproof-biometric-software-tracks-unique-eye-movements-identification LostInSpace2012 ... I still have my Nintendo from 1991 ... it's like new and I am quite happy with that ... did buy a PlayStation 2 some years back, it's OK but still like my early Nintendo. At least neither one of them are recording my day to day goings on. ...

Great pictures and the one of the Automated Air Defense guy, hilarious ... they could be positioned on the roof, maybe in a few trees ... four of those little guys on the corners of a roof could probably keep the area clear! I once thought it was a crazy thing for people to be living in caves that were made into nice living areas but not anymore. After I posted earlier I was thinking of something maybe better than little drone killer missiles would be a "backyard laser weapon" ... so we would have a choice ... Launch the Little Killer Rockets" or "Fire up the Laser". ... but as I said in some older posts, laws are going to have to be updated or new laws written for all this drone stuff ... how about the first time a government or private drone drops out of the sky and crashes into someone's house? ...

Here we go ... I wonder if a person could just shoot the thing down with a shotgun but probably not. I can see a small fortune for anyone inventing "small drone killer missiles" that you can fire from your back yard ... like the little model rockets that I used to build and fly a few hundred feet into the air and then would drop back to earth with a little parachute ... except these little rockets would be on a "one time" mission! Guy Refuses to Stop Drone-Spying on Seattle Woman http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/05/so-this-is-how-it-begins-guy-refuses-to-stop-drone-spying-on-seattle-woman/275769/ ...

I suppose everyone is following this, maybe not. Thought I would post a few links of what has developed. It's huge ... it can work for the good but we all know how that can change. Postal service photographs front and back of EVERY piece of mail it processes. Postal Service computer system that “incorporates a Mail Isolation Control and Tracking (MICT) program which photographs and captures an image of every mail piece that is processed. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/woman-arrested-for-obama-bloomberg-ricin-letters-687435 FBI wants back door to all software http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3027915/posts FBI Wants Backdoors To Snoop On Nearly All Internet Communications http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120507/02063518798/here-we-go-again-fbi-wants-backdoors-to-snoop-nearly-all-internet-communications.shtml New Xbox by NSA partner Microsoft will watch you 24/7 http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/07/new-xbox-by-nsa-partner-microsoft-will-watch-you-247/#ixzz2VYZSDzox There are more stories with links here for now but they will change probably by sometime tomorrow with new news. We have a member here named herbalist but I haven't read any posts from him for sometime ... but he was all about prying eyes and spying and covering one's tracks on the internet, I guess he had it right. http://www.drudgereport.com/ Lots of spying news links upper left side. Just curious what others have to say ... it's a huge amount of information that they are storing somewhere ... not to mention what Google is storing "forever". ...

Ok jaclaz ... I got the video to work, had to put Proxomitron on Bypass. I don't often have to do that so sometimes I forget to check with it off. dencorso: There were some news about a "big dog" pack-animal robot being already in tests for usability by the US Army, IIRR. From what I am reading ... the drone pack horse, mule and dog are all one in the same. I could be wrong. DARPA shows off Big Dog ground drone to USMC Commandant http://defensetech.org/2012/09/10/darpa-shows-off-big-dog-ground-drone-to-usmc-commandant/ DARPA 4 Legged Robotic Horse http://www.google.com/search?q=DARPA+4+Legged+Robotic+Horse&num=100&safe=off&sa=G&complete=0&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=4TamUeWHJJfl4AOXxYGQBA&ved=0CDoQsAQ&biw=1020&bih=627&sei=6jamUdWWG5HE4APNmICYAw&gbv=1 It's a little scary ... ...

All is well ... I also could not play the video but I liked the one link that had the drawing picture of the drone insect parts ... pretty neat. I actually forgot myself that I had already mentioned the RoboBees, there has just been so many posts about different types of drones. If you jaclaz, dencorso or anyone comes across some future information on drones, please post what ever you find. This is all fairly new with these newer type drones, even though, as was posted earlier, they sort of go back to the World War 2 or before time frame. However, most people today seem not to know much about them or how they are developing to a smaller size. Sort of a new threshold starting in 2012 / 2013 but probably in 10 to 20 years it will all be common with everyday life. New laws will have to be written to cover who knows what as time passes and as more drones are developed. For instance, if a person looks into a neighbor's window being a "peeping tom" in 2013, there are laws for that and that person will probably be arrested ... but what if the same neighbor flies a small spy drone over the neighbor's property with a single woman or a daughter sunbathing. Is there a law on the books for that in 2013 ... I don't know? It just seems like there has to be some major discussion on drones at some point and what laws need to be amended or what new laws to be added. Not many of these drones are actually a problem now since they still seem to be mostly in the development stage but 5 to 10/20 years things should change. Just my thoughts ... I don't even remember reading much about drones in 2012 but only five months into 2013 look at all the articles on drones and I probably have missed several ... as I missed the PBS Nova special on Drones earlier in 2013. ...

Yeah ... thanks for reminding me about Babe ... great movie, own the DVD, brought a tear to my eye. I actually am now more interested in a "drone horse". For years I wanted a reason to go out and buy a western hat ... now I have one, I can see myself one day (if I live long enough) with my ranch and a herd of 50 or 100 drone horses. No need for a vet and shots anymore, just a simple toolbox to fix things or repair a "broken leg" ... take the old one off, throw it away and put a new leg right back on ... maybe one or two hours work. Drone race horses, if they suffer a broken leg, put a new leg on and they can be in the next race! The possibilities are endless, I could get a drone mule and go look for gold out in Arizona ... maybe find the "Lost Dutchman Mine". ...

Well a true end of an era ... the cowboys and shepherds maybe now out of a job. Drones controlled by computer will be able to track and round up sheep and cows. Also look at that picture of a "drone pack horse" in this article ... I thought drones only flew but they are still considered a "drone" if they walk and not fly? It's getting interesting ... we can all have "drone horses" one day, no need for hay or oats to feed them ... just a good charge of the batteries at night while they're in the barn. Drone controlled by computer will be able to track and round up sheep and cows http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2331146/Baa-baa-robot-Drone-controlled-able-track-round-sheep-cows.html The bond between shepherds and their loyal sheepdogs is a rural image portrayed on television shows like the BBC's One Man His Dog. But now the face of hill farming may soon change forever with the introduction of a battery-powered airborne robot to track and round up flocks. The drone, developed by Frenchman Marc-Alexandre Favier, costs a few hundred pounds and could eventually be controlled by smartphone. ...

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Came across an interesting e-book library management application today while searching for something else. The software is Calibre and it seems to cover everything relating to e-books. I had never heard of it before today, just posting if anyone might also want to check it out. I installed the Calibre Portable version into a folder but the installer version is also there. I always like the portable version of anything with no heavy duty installing. Seems to be a new version from three days ago. Calibre v0.9.31 http://calibre-ebook.com/ or MajorGeeks - Calibre v0.9.31 http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/calibre.html Calibre is a one stop solution to all your e-book needs. It is free, open source and cross-platform in design and works well on Linux, OS X and Windows. calibre is meant to be a complete e-library solution and thus includes library management, format conversion, news feeds to ebook conversion, as well as e-book reader sync features and an integrated e-book viewer. * Library Management Calibre manages your e-book collection for you. It is designed around the concept of the logical book, i.e., a single entry in your library that may correspond to actual e-book files in several formats. Calibre can sort the books in your library by: Title, Author, Date added, Date published, Size, Rating, Series, etc. In addition, it supports extra searchable metadata: o Tags: A flexible system for categorizing your collection however you like o Comments: A long form entry that you can use for book description, notes, reviews, etc. You can easily search your book collection for a particular book. Calibre supports searching any and all of the fields mentioned above. You can construct advanced search queries by clicking the helpful "Advanced search" button to the left of the search bar. You can export arbitrary subsets of your collection to your hard disk arranged in a fully customizable folder structure. Finally, calibre will even go out onto the internet to find book metadata based on existing title/author or ISBN information. It can download various types of metadata and covers for your books, automatically. The metadata system is written using plugins so that different types of metadata sources can be supported in the future. * E-book conversion Calibre can convert from a huge number of formats to a huge number of formats. It supports all the major e-book formats. The full list of formats can be found here. The conversion engine has lots of powerful features. It can rescale all font sizes, ensuring the output e-book is readable no matter what font sizes the input document uses. It can automatically detect/create book structure, like chapters and Table of Contents. It can insert the book metadata into a "Book Jacket" at the start of the book. * Syncing to e-book reader devices Calibre has a modular device driver design that makes adding support for different e-reader devices easy. At the moment, it has support for a large number of devices, the complete list of which is here. Syncing supports updating metadata on the device from metadata in the library and creation of collections on the device based on the tags defined in the library. If a book has more than one format available, calibre automatically chooses the best format when uploading to the device. If none of the formats is suitable, calibre will automatically convert the e-book to a format suitable for the device before sending it. * Downloading news from the web and converting it into e-book form Calibre can automatically fetch news from websites or RSS feeds, format the news into a ebook and upload to a connected device. The ebooks include the full versions of the articles, not just the summaries. Examples of supported news sites include: o The New York Times o The Wall Street Journal o The Economist o Time o Newsweek o The Guardian o ESPN o and many, many more Calibre has over three hundred news sources and the news system is plugin based, allowing users to easily create and contribute new sources to calibre. As a result the collection of news sources keeps on growing! If you are interested in adding support for a news site, read the User Manual. Once you have successfully created a new recipe, you can share it with other users by posting it in the calibre forum or sending it to the calibre developers for inclusion in calibre. * Comprehensive e-book viewer Calibre has a built-in ebook viewer that can display all the major ebook formats. It has full support for Table of Contents, bookmarks, CSS, a reference mode, printing, searching, copying, customizing the rendering via a user style sheet, embedded fonts, etc. ...

Just noticed that Unlocker v1.9.2 has been released ... dated 05-19-2013 at FileHippo. http://www.filehippo.com/download_unlocker/tech/ Unlocker 1.9.2 Requirements: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / Windows7 / Windows8 License: Freeware Date added: May 19, 2013 Update ... I don't see much difference in this version over Unlocker v1.9.1 ... there is a toolbar that is in the new version but can be passed over. I don't remember if v1.9.1 had the toolbar, so this might be the only difference in the two versions or maybe there were a few changes in the newer version ... just not sure. ...

allen2 ... I also found mention of that command "ipconfig /flushdns" but didn't try it till now. DNS Client Service Default Settings: XP Home - Automatic / XP Pro - Automatic Is this service needed? ... No Recommended Setting: Disabled -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to Flush your DNS You're website's IP address may be saved in your computer's cache, so we'll need to clear this temporary data so that the IP address you just entered into your hosts file will take effect. To do so: 1. Click your Start Menu 2. Navigate to "Accessories" and click "Command Prompt" 3. In the command line, run the following command by typing it and then hitting enter: ipconfig /flushdns 4. The output should be similar to: C:\Users\username>ipconfig /flushdns Windows IP Configuration Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache. If you have any browser's open, close them and then open them again. You should now be able to successfully test your website on your new server. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- However when I follow those instructions I get the ... Windows IP Configuration followed by an error message. "An internal error occurred: A device attached to the system is not functioning. Please contact MS Product support for further help." ... I did add that Registry script that I mentioned earlier, do you think that is possibly causing the error message? ... when I started this post back last September (2012) I was just trying to fine tune the Services a little better and get some clarity on a few services that seem to be a tossup whether to run or disable. I have shutdown some, put some on Manual and all seems to be working OK so far. When I have time I go back into the Services every so often to research a few that I am still not sure about ... DNS Client is one of those that seem to be divided as to whether it should be Running or Disabled. It's not critical I guess, just wanted to see what input from the forum would be. ...

Found something interesting about the DNS service. It seems when searching around on Google to be 60% (off) - 40% (on) whether to Disable it or let it run on Automatic. I have tried it both ways and I don't seem to notice anything unusual either way. Disabling the Windows "DNS Client" Service http://support.simpledns.com/KB/a61/disabling-the-windows-dns-client-service.aspx or ... 10 Windows XP Services you Should Never Disable http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-windows-xp-services-you-should-never-disable/960'>http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-windows-xp-services-you-should-never-disable/960 DNS Client This service resolves and caches DNS names, allowing the system to communicate with canonical names rather than strictly by IP address. DNS is the reason that you can, in a Web browser, type http://www.techrepublic.com rather than having to remember that http://216.239.113.101 is the site’s IP address. If you stop this service, you will disable your computer’s ability to resolve names to IP addresses, basically rendering Web browsing all but impossible. ... a few comments from what others are doing with DNS Service would be appreciated ... On or Off. Now, I came across this whole new idea (to me) just yesterday and I would like some input on this person's approach ... He leaves it running (default) but has made a registry script for Windows XP and Windows 2000 users to disable unsuccessful ("negative") DNS caching by adding three Registry Values (NegativeCacheTime, NetFailureCacheTime, and NegativeSOACacheTime, all not normally present), setting them to zero. How does this idea sound to others here that have more knowledge on the subject than I have? The registry script file download link still works and then there is also a link to an "Undo File" ... a simple INF script to reverse things. So you let the DNS service run as normal (default) with this registry script file in place. How to keep DNS Errors from slowing you down! http://cable-dsl.navasgroup.com/dns_cache.htm Turn off unsuccessful ("negative") DNS caching Applies only to Windows XP and Windows 2000. Unsuccessful ("negative") DNS caching can be disabled by adding three Registry Values (NegativeCacheTime, NetFailureCacheTime, and NegativeSOACacheTime, all not normally present), setting them to zero. Since manual editing of the Registry is a tricky and risky business, I've provided a simple Registry script to do the job. (Click the link to start the download; save the script to your desktop; and then double-click on it to run it. When you get "Are you sure you want to add the information ..." dialog box, click Yes. The script can be tossed into the Recycle Bin after it has been run.) There is no real downside to making these changes -- just delay if you make repeated tries to an invalid Internet name. (Nevertheless, please note that you use this script at your own risk, and that it's always a good idea to back up your Registry before making any change.) * Works for dial-up too! Although it may not be as noticeable as on broadband, this problem can occur on dial-up as well, so turning off unsuccessful ("negative") DNS caching (as described above) is also recommended for dial-up. * If you change your mind To go back to Windows default behavior, simply remove the three Registry Values described above. Since manual editing of the Registry is a tricky and risky business, I've provided a simple INF script to do the job. (Click the link to start the download; save the INF file to your desktop; right-click on it, and then choose Install to run it. The INF file can be tossed into the Recycle Bin after it has been run.) ...

Hooray jaclaz and dencorso for digging out the history of the term drone. I like military films and I seem to now remember maybe one or two mentioning something about a drone. I will keep my ears tuned better when I watch some older films from the 40's or from that time era, if they were made later. The picture really looks like a yellow jacket wasp just for an instant. All About Yellow Jackets, Bees and Their Kin http://www.gardeners.com/Yellow-Jackets/7700,default,pg.html ... some additional history ... they seem to have started in development shortly after WW One ... that's really early but the term drone came along later. Early US Target Drones http://www.vectorsite.net/twuav_01.html The first pilotless aircraft, intended for use as "aerial torpedoes" or what we would now call "cruise missiles", were built during and shortly after World War I, and led to the development of radio-controlled (RC) pilotless target aircraft in Britain and the US in the 1930s. In 1931, the British developed the Fairey "Queen" radio-controlled target from the Fairey IIIF floatplane, building a batch of three, and in 1935 followed up this experiment by producing larger numbers of another RC target, the "DH.82B Queen Bee", derived from the de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane trainer. Through some convoluted path, the name of "Queen Bee" is said to have led to the use of the term "drone" for remote-controlled aircraft. ...

All in good fun .... no matter. Things are changing as posts are added. Now there is "dancing with the drones" Dances With Drones Dancing with drones demonstrates robotic integration into human world. http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/05/15/dance-company-incorporates-drones-into-performance ... This Drone Can Fit In Your Palm http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/02/this-drone-can-fit-in-your-palm/ The Norwegian-manufactured machines currently rank as the world’s smallest military-grade spy drone, weighing just 16 grams and measuring at 4 inches long. Dubbed the Black Hornet, the sneaky little choppers carry just a steerable camera that takes still and video images. Now this is interesting ... I have been thinking of small flying drones but just how big can a flying drone be? I missed this drone special that aired January 23, 2013 on PBS, the show Nova. Program Description: Drones ... These unmanned flying robots–some as large as jumbo jets, others as small as birds. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/military/rise-of-the-drones.html I hadn't given much thought to how large an actual drone might be ... some as large as jumbo jets. ...

Well jaclaz, as rloew posted in another thread under Windows 9x ... "Since you just love to nitpick. Show me where any of us said it is the ONLY way." ... with emphasis on the word "nitpick" ! I actually got my 6 inch thick magnifying glass out and checked both images ... they look pretty close to me ... maybe a different name. ... but the price matches and the images look the same at two different angles. 1st mention: http://theawesomer.com/dragonfly-drone/206931/ 2nd mention: http://www.geek.com/news/this-tiny-robotic-dragonfly-drone-only-costs-119-1533241/ Oh well, no matter ... all in good fun! ... I will let others be the judge. This is all new stuff and rapidly changing as I see it. We can all joke about it now but in the future some (or many) may not find it so funny. ...

For sure "times are changing" ... Perhaps tiny small spy drones don't exist yet ... the size of a mosquito but perhaps one day. Just found this larger drone that runs on batteries and not gasoline ... it's the "spying" part that I think is a real threat to all of us ... whether in the hands of the "good boys" or the "bad guys". Men Build Small Flying Spy Drone that Cracks Wi-Fi and Cell Data - Digital Trends http://mstanley2265.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17633362-men-build-small-flying-spy-drone-that-cracks-wi-fi-and-cell-data-digital-trends http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/men-build-small-flying-spy-drone-that-cracks-wi-fi-and-cell-data/ Built by Mike Tassey and Richard Perkins, the Wireless Aerial Surveillance Platform (otherwise known as the WASP) is a flying drone that has a 6-foot wingspan, a 6-foot length and weighs in at 14 pounds. The small form factor of the unmanned aerial vehicle allows it to drop under radar and is often mistaken for a large bird. It was built from an Army target drone and converted to run on electric batteries rather than gasoline. It can also be loaded with GPS information and fly a predetermined course without need for an operator. Taking off and landing have to be done manually with the help of a mounted HD camera, though. However, the most interesting aspect of the drone is that it can crack Wi-Fi networks and GSM networks as well as collect the data from them. It can accomplish this feat with a Linux computer on-board that’s no bigger than a deck of cards. The computer accesses 32GB of storage to house all that stolen data. It uses a variety of networking hacking tools including the BackTrack toolset, as well as a 340-million-word dictionary to guess passwords. In order to access cell phone data, the WASP impersonates AT&T and T-Mobile cell phone towers and fools phones into connecting to one of the eleven antennas on-board. The drone can then record conversations to the storage card, and avoids dropping the call due to the 4G T-mobile card routing communications through VoIP. also ... America's Smallest Military Spy Drone Can Land on Your Window Sill http://voices.yahoo.com/americas-smallest-military-spy-drone-land-your-7895750.html The Nano Hummingbird looks and flies like a real hummingbird. In fact, though, it is a tiny spy drone, capable of flying onto your window sill, recording data, and then flying back to its military handlers. With tiny spy technology like the Nano Hummingbird available, no government's secrets are safe. Imagine how easy it would be to use the Nano Hummingbird to spy on foreign diplomats. It would simply have to land on their window sill and record audio and video. But while the Nano is a hummingbird now, we have to believe that someday it will be a bumble bee, or a gnat. In other words, someday it will be unnoticeably small, capable of flying stealthily through the interior of a building, recording and transmitting information, without being detected. also ... I posted about this dragon fly drone earlier but this is a different web site with more info This tiny robotic dragonfly drone only costs $119 http://www.geek.com/news/this-tiny-robotic-dragonfly-drone-only-costs-119-1533241/ I can see stealth drones all the rage one day ... they are probably in the works now or maybe quietly flying already. Too expensive for "ordinary folks" but tiny little spy drones don't seem to be out of the reach of ordinary people. ...

Interesting photo ... I really didn't pay too much attention to drones till about 8 months ago ... the only drones I was actually aware of were what the US military was using and some other governments in various parts of the world. In the last 8 months the use of drones has exploded in the US with different police departments and the government using them for everything ... in my opinion (only) I can see them as a real benefit in fighting crime but I can also see them being used by criminals to check an estate out to be robbed or a peeping tom looking in windows or someone in the backyard sunbathing ... thinking they are very private. As I said, this is all very new as these things begin to get into the hands of people that shouldn't have them ... a little like hidden cameras in motel / hotel rooms or restrooms, maybe drones are a little worse, since they can quickly move away and disappear but someone has to take a chance and go back into a restroom or motel room and get rid of the "evidence" ... just my opinion on this new form of spying ... I can see a private detective really having use for one of these "spy drones". I don't watch many detective shows these days but I'll bet we will start seeing episodes with drones being used to spy or check some "bad guys" out ... I just can't say that small drones haven't already been in an episode of a private detective or police show. It's a whole new thing.

Well look at this ... the drones are flying ... Seattle Man Hovers Drone Over a Family’s House for ‘Research’ http://betabeat.com/2013/05/seattle-man-hovers-drone-over-a-familys-house-for-research/ ...

Very funny ... I will admit I also haven't seen any dragonflies that large in the wild ... at this time I don't happen to live near a nuclear plant, so I can't be absolutely sure what could be "hovering" around there! ...

OK ... so there is more work to be done! ... I will still be looking more "closely" at dragonflies and mosquitoes from now on! Dragonfly http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/29/4160620/dragonfly-drone-festo-roboticopter-hovers-flies-backward-in-video http://theawesomer.com/dragonfly-drone/206931/ ...

So the drone mosquito is still a myth ... that's what I had read last year, just an idea ... but the article seem to be updated from a year ago. I added that site to my Favorites. However, this article has since come out since I posted earlier today ... not as real looking as the mosquito drone but they are "flying". Flight of the RoboBee http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0502/Flight-of-the-RoboBee-Tiny-hovering-robot-creates-buzz May 02, 2013 The successful controlled flight of the tiny RoboBee – designed by a team at Harvard – represents a key step in the development of insect-size drones with a range of potential uses. A robotic fly with a body not much taller than a penny standing on edge has taken to the air, passing its tests with flying colors. The Robobee, as it's called, is the smallest artificial insect yet flown, according to the team that built it. ...

Just now read an interesting article about this Drone detector ... I have seen pictures of tiny bug like drones that look like dragon flies and mosquitoes, but I don't think they are flying yet to be looking in our windows and such. Just posted for thoughts from others. I'm not familiar with that $25 computer but reading more on it now. Tiny Device Will Detect Domestic Drones http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/05/01/tiny-device-will-detect-domestic-drones A Washington, D.C.-based engineer is working on the "Drone Shield," a small, Wi-Fi-connected device that uses a microphone to detect a drone's "acoustic signatures" (sound frequency and spectrum) when it's within range. The company's founder, John Franklin, who has been working in aerospace engineering for seven years, says he hopes to start selling the device sometime this year. He is using the Kickstarter-like IndieGoGo to finance the project. The device will cost $69 and will be about the size of a USB thumb drive. It will use Raspberry Pi – a tiny, $25 computer – and commercially available microphones to detect drones. He says he imagines that people will attach the Drone Shield to their fences or roofs to protect their home from surveillance. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Insect Spy Drone http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/insectdrone.asp I stand corrected ... this mosquito drone must be in production ... it not only takes pictures but can land on you and get a DNA sample. ... where are the "olden days" ?

I downloaded Qemu Manager 7.0 to check it out ... thanks for for going into detail about Qemu ... it says available for the Windows Platform. ...