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Wearing a helmet can be demonstrated to be more effective in terms of number of lives saved by being worn by pedestrians and motorists, rather than cyclists. Are you saying that we should all wear helmets when out in public?
Comment · 12 years ago
See some huge design issues with this

Drones are not that safe unmanned yet.

Something this small will never deal with wind.

The flexible spars that form the bracelet need to be rigid to reliably transfer force from the rotors to the frame.

Battery life will be terrible

Comment · 12 years ago
Do you know if any teams will be doing the same this year? Would love to watch.
Comment · 13 years ago
I had exactly the same experience. Kicking myself now as they were $8 each at the time...
Comment · 14 years ago
We have a similar roundabout in Colchester where your driving instructor would take you if you were being cocky. It is actually incredibly easy to use if you treat it as a load of mini roundabouts.
Comment · 14 years ago
I had fantasised about this since I was about 10 years old and today it has been realised.
Comment · 14 years ago
Do I predict this sparking a restriction in data availability in the API?
Comment · 14 years ago
Tie a knot in the thread to the balloon, then trap this knot in the middle of a gap between two twisted threads, the ends of these held by the children.
Comment · 14 years ago
What attention is being paid to the potential long term effect of these stimulants on the serotonergic & dopaminergic systems of these young people's brains? Prescribing such powerful neurotoxins to young people who's brains are still very much in a developmental stage seems risky to say the least.
Comment · 14 years ago
If we could just make numbers cheaper teaching kids maths would become easier too.

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