I wonder if they are just like literally landing the drone on top of the water tower with the node on the drone and just replacing the drone when the battery starts to die on it.
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Norah (pup/it/she) - 9mon
Considering effective the world has seen drones can be for attacks in the last few years, and the fact some water services in the US have been attacked more recently, I would be really careful doing anything like this honestly.
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shortwavesurfer @lemmy.zip - 9mon
Yeah, I just don't see how they would deploy it in hours otherwise unless the nodes are already on the water towers in fixed place or they just land a drone on top of the water tower if it's necessary.
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AlchemicalAgent - 9mon
If this is for emergency preparation you may as well leave them up permanently. Even if you don't want them turned on all the time you could set it up to automatically start on battery power when the mains power drops during storms.
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shortwavesurfer @lemmy.zip - 9mon
I think so. They should just be on all the time to provide use for the community because the only way to know how to use them properly in times of emergency is to use them in times of non-emergency for normal use.
The best way to learn how to use a tool is through constant exposure to using it.
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abominable_panda @lemmy.world - 9mon
Will be interesting to see where this goes when there are other protocols out there, some that are trying to improve on others. Once one is adopted as the standard it'll be hard to change
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AlchemicalAgent - 9mon
That's true. The biggest thing I'd be worried about is feature creep. If you try to be everything you won't effectively be anything. I'm glad to see meshtastic is making improvements to routing and DMs in the new version. Hopefully they just continue to refine and not bloat.
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shortwavesurfer @lemmy.zip - 9mon
That's definitely true and I feel like mesh core does make some points with trying to cut down on say like telemetry sending for example
shortwavesurfer in meshtastic
Meshtastic on the news
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbaEAQpr7JII wish I could depoly a node on a water tower!
I wonder if they are just like literally landing the drone on top of the water tower with the node on the drone and just replacing the drone when the battery starts to die on it.
Considering effective the world has seen drones can be for attacks in the last few years, and the fact some water services in the US have been attacked more recently, I would be really careful doing anything like this honestly.
Yeah, I just don't see how they would deploy it in hours otherwise unless the nodes are already on the water towers in fixed place or they just land a drone on top of the water tower if it's necessary.
If this is for emergency preparation you may as well leave them up permanently. Even if you don't want them turned on all the time you could set it up to automatically start on battery power when the mains power drops during storms.
I think so. They should just be on all the time to provide use for the community because the only way to know how to use them properly in times of emergency is to use them in times of non-emergency for normal use.
The best way to learn how to use a tool is through constant exposure to using it.
Will be interesting to see where this goes when there are other protocols out there, some that are trying to improve on others. Once one is adopted as the standard it'll be hard to change
That's true. The biggest thing I'd be worried about is feature creep. If you try to be everything you won't effectively be anything. I'm glad to see meshtastic is making improvements to routing and DMs in the new version. Hopefully they just continue to refine and not bloat.
That's definitely true and I feel like mesh core does make some points with trying to cut down on say like telemetry sending for example
Anyone saw the print fro the type of case? https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/a59833a1-ff01-46dd-bca2-7576173f025e.jpeg