Re: Meanwhile, in Japan...
Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 3:15 pm
Big news here these days is the arrest of a 15-year-old boy who purportedly had plans to fly a drone at the recent Asakusa Shrine matsuri (festival). The problem is that he apparently never specifically said that he would fly a drone, but that he said he would video the event. He did, however, fly a drone at Zenkoji Temple in Nagano City (famous for a popular brand of shichimi togarashi pepper) earlier this month, and it fell into a crowd of people during a ceremony (oops).
Recently, somebody landed a drone on the top of PM Abe's building that contained radioactive material. I saw these drones for sale at the recent Shizuoka Hobby Show. The misuse of these things, whether accidental or deliberate, is becoming rather disturbing. I saw someone using one to video the 1:1 scale Gundam at Diver City back in September. While that's cool, what if there's a gust of wind and it bumps up against the statue and scratches it? I guess as with many things, these can be used for really cool purposes and for devious purposes. And since there are cameras involved, I am sure there are all sorts of pervy wheels turning in the minds of creeps here.
Recently, somebody landed a drone on the top of PM Abe's building that contained radioactive material. I saw these drones for sale at the recent Shizuoka Hobby Show. The misuse of these things, whether accidental or deliberate, is becoming rather disturbing. I saw someone using one to video the 1:1 scale Gundam at Diver City back in September. While that's cool, what if there's a gust of wind and it bumps up against the statue and scratches it? I guess as with many things, these can be used for really cool purposes and for devious purposes. And since there are cameras involved, I am sure there are all sorts of pervy wheels turning in the minds of creeps here.