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It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s the DomiCopter! The Domino’s franchise in the UK is experimenting with a new method of transporting pizza to their customers. Using unmanned aerial drones with built in board cameras to fly over traffic and hills to deliver the pizza even faster! In the video, the DomiCopter — created and operated by a drone company called AeroSight — appears to safely deliver a pizza over a large distance. Though it all may seem like a publicity stunt, the UK branch of Domino’s seems quite serious about it. In a press release, the company talks about launching a Domino’s Flight Academy “should the DomiCopter delivery service take off.” This is one way the consumer market is implementing new and emerging drone technology to offer better services to their customers. I’m sure delivery boys aren’t thrilled with the news.

The RHPC-HDSDI-2.1 is the next generation in high-performance HD compact day/night board cameras. This 2.1 Megapixel board camera boasts a high quality progressive scan Panasonic MOS image sensor. Combined with a beautiful M12 mounted Vari-Focal lens (f=2.8~11.0mm), this camera captures beautiful images and video and is one of the most versatile cameras on the market. 5 Key Switch and Video Converters Available Available as an optional accessory, we provide a 5 key push button switch that allows camera adjustment via On Screen Display (OSD). RHPC-HDSDI-2.1 5 Key Switch With this switch you can adjust several settings to control the picture quality of the board camera, which include: 1x~8x Digital Zoom, White Balance Adjustment, Automatic Gain Control, Electronic (DC) Iris, Back Light Compensation, Horizontal / Vertical Cross Hair, Motion Tracking Detection, Camera Title, Wide Dynamic Range, 32 Point Privacy Mask, Mirror/Flip Function, Day/Night Functionality Video Converters During the integration of your camera you may need a few things along the way. We currently have the RHP-3GSDI-HDMI-S which is a 3G/HD/SD-SDI to HDMI Converter with Scaling.

Monochrome USB Board Cameras * Lens Sold Separately DMM 22BUC03-ML • 320×240 to 744×480 • Up to 200 Frames Per Second $249 DMM 42BUC03-ML • 640×480 to 1280×960 • Up to 49 Frames Per Second $359 DMM 72BUC02-ML • 640×480 to 2592×1944 • Up to 78 Frames Per Second $359 Color USB Board Cameras * Lens Sold Separately DFM 22BUC03-ML • 320×240 to 744×480 • Up to 200 Frames Per Second $249 DFM 42BUC03-ML • 640×480 to 1280×960 • Up to 49 Frames Per Second $359 DFM 72BUC02-ML • 640×480 to 2592×1944 • Up to 78 Frames Per Second $359

Everyone carries around compact technology these days. iPads, iPhones, Android devices, the list goes on. But what if some of those components were combined for a much larger purpose? DARPA has accomplished exactly that. They’ve developed a new system called ARGUS built from an array of 368 image sensors forming 1.8 billion pixels, it is the world’s highest resolution camera. ARGUS is a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) / drone add-on. Since most of ARGUS’ components and designs are classified, we only get a peek at the enclosure. However, they show is an image taken from 17,500 feet in the air of a medium sized city that covers about 15 miles around, and even from that height, DARPA can digitally zoom in and see birds, people waving, walking, driving, etc. A million terabytes can be recorded in one day using ARGUS, which is the equivalent of 5,000 hours of high definition footage. With technology like this, it may not be long before UAVs are commonly seen flying through the air. Source: The Atlantic