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Post by plutronus on Nov 21, 2018 1:45:50 GMT -6
Dubai Police Receive First Delivery of Innovative Hoversurf Drone, Begin Training
Hoversurf showed its rideable drone off in Dubai last October, and now, police are actively training to operate them for routine use.
By Marco Margaritoff November 10, 2018
Last year, California-based startup Hoversurf showed off its Hoverbike drone at the GITEX expo in Dubai. Many remained rationally skeptical at the time when the Dubai Police expressed an interest in adding a fleet of these vehicles to its workforce. According to CNN, however, the department just received its first serial production unit of the S3 2019 Hoverbike and has even begun training its officers to fly it.
Hoverbike’s Chief Operating Officer, Joseph Segura-Conn, explained that being able to both pilot a drone and successfully ride a motorcycle were two valuable skills the Dubai Police should keep in mind when selecting its candidates to operate Hoverbikes.
“Currently we have two crews already training (to pilot the hoverbike) and we’re increasing the numbers,” said the general director of Dubai Police’s artificial intelligence department, Brigadier Khalid Nasser Alrazooqi.
Alrazooqi explained that the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle is primarily
intended to serve as a....
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Post by jcurio on Nov 23, 2018 7:55:10 GMT -6
This is so bizarre
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Post by jcurio on Nov 23, 2018 8:01:34 GMT -6
Segura-Conn does remind potential customers, however, that buyers will be screened to make sure they can safely operate the vehicle. What exactly that entails is not yet certain, but it’s likely that a supervised riding test is part of the process. _____________________
And safely land (without chopping peoples heads off)
We have a bicycle police force in my “small town” (where I now live. It feels like “home” . ?? 😉) The big city next door uses them for bar districts and festivals. A policeman can almost jump off a bicycle and hit the ground running (and not have a single thought about the bike).
🙂
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