REALLY OT: UCONN on the list of places that applied for drones

[pppggg]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...horization-list-see-who-applied-to-have-them/

The list was obatined through a Freedom of Information Act request made by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. 20 new applicants, mostly law enforcement and universities.

My question would why do they want drones used on campus?

 

[Kibitzer]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...horization-list-see-who-applied-to-have-them/
My question would why do they want drones used on campus?

Hey, Geno. We know that Diggins has been a pain, Bonita is a terrible ref, and Griner stands squarely in the way of your 8th NC, but this idea of hitting any or all of them with a drone strike is going just a bit too far.

 

[CTyankee]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...horization-list-see-who-applied-to-have-them/

The list was obatined through a Freedom of Information Act request made by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. 20 new applicants, mostly law enforcement and universities.

My question would why do they want drones used on campus?

I know that it is Saturday night and after a rather large snowfall which has exhausted me (that is, after watching the Cinn-RU game) but I can't seem to find any link other than an article posted in a single newspaper in the UK (The Mail) where all the sites have been linked by someone named "Jennifer". Could you point out for me, as I seem to be challenged by the abundance of material, some other meaningful reference in the US??? This smells a bit...

 

[pppggg]

i only saw it on The Blaze site. it seams odd that a low profile school like UCONN would be on the list of places that asked to use drones, doesn't it?

 

[CL82]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...horization-list-see-who-applied-to-have-them/

The list was obatined through a Freedom of Information Act request made by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. 20 new applicants, mostly law enforcement and universities.

My question would why do they want drones used on campus?

They heard that someone was planning to have fun during Spring weekend. Can't let that happen.

 

[huskyharry]

I would certainly think to,prevent crime. The visibility from the drone cameras is incredible. If you could save a life or prevent a rape wouldn't that be a great thing?

 

[Kibitzer]

I know that it is Saturday night and after a rather large snowfall which has exhausted me (that is, after watching the Cinn-RU game) but I can't seem to find any link other than an article posted in a single newspaper in the UK (The Mail) where all the sites have been linked by someone named "Jennifer". Could you point out for me, as I seem to be challenged by the abundance of material, some other meaningful reference in the US??? This smells a bit...

I was suspicious at first, too. So I accessed the linked article, went to middle of the second line of the second paragraph, where the word link appeared in red. So I accssed it (not the one above, here) and found a list of Drone Applicants, with the USAF #56, US Army #57, USMC #64, US Navy #65 and UConn #71.

So then I composed my smart-ass post above, in this thread.

 

[TDiNozzo]

Maybe they want a high-tech way of keeping track of their cows...

 

[CTyankee]

Thanks to Kibitzer the search for answers has yielded results... There was a link through the map to a ZIP file with all the documentation from UConn.

It was a mechanical engineering research project from 8/11 to 8/12 on a small plot of land at Horse Barn Hill Farm. The drone was an electric helicopter. The FAA rules governing the license granted did not allow any operations over populated areas, nor roads, nor at night...

Sounds rather harmless to me...