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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles — UAVs — were originally developed to locate and track terrorists and enemy forces in combat. So, of course, they are now going to be used by the celebrity-stalking paparazzi.
Gary Morgan, CEO of Splash News, a celebrity photo agency, foresees fleets of virtually silent miniature UAVs buzzing the skies over Hollywood Hills and other hangouts of the rich and famous, snappin’ photos and video of completely unsuspecting subjects.
“It would strike fear in the hearts of every celebrity having a birthday party,” he said.
Right now, an unmanned mini-drone, which can carry a small camera and fly a preprogrammed route, costs a couple of hundred dollars to build, and can be operated by an iPhone. Models with live video and real-time flight controls are rapidly being developed for the private market.
Soon, what sounds like a bumblebee buzzin’ outside your bathroom window might be somethin’ else, folks. We think a load of 7 1/2 shot will take ’em out to 20 yards or so, but you’ll need something heavier — like BB shot — for longer distances.
A Really Good Time?
So how much can you drink? You’re gonna have to work at it to beat this guy.
Stanley Kobierowski was only out to have a good time, but wound up setting a Rhode Island state record when his tenuously controlled car ran into a highway message board and officers sorta poured him out of the driver’s seat. His blood alcohol level — tested twice, because they didn’t believe the first reading — measured .489, then .481, making his the highest level ever recorded in the Ocean State in a living human being. The only blood-alcohol levels recorded higher than his belonged to corpses, recently deceased from alcohol poisoning. Techs were amazed he was not only living, but moving; not in a particularly coordinated fashion, but more than, say, a house plant in still air.
In court, Stan pleaded “no contest” to a DUI charge. Smart move, Stanley.
