'Hot' pizza delivery drone for PM Abe

[Taro Toporific]

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Drone with radiation found on roof of prime minister’s office
The Japan Times / April 22, 2015
A drone about 50 cm wide equipped with what appeared to be a small camera, a smoke flare and emblazoned with a radiation symbol was found on the roof of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Tokyo office on Wednesday morning...Investigators said they also detected trace amounts of radiation from the device.
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[matsuki]

LOL, too bad nobody was home...

[Coligny]

Not me, look somewhere else...

Hammer ?

[matsuki]

Not me, look somewhere else...

Soooo if the next one drops radioactive cat pee, you were framed?

[Yokohammer]

Not me either.
Wouldn't waste a good multicopter on the c*nt.


~ Tapatalking ~

[Russell]

Must be a false flag operation (where did I say that before?).

Wait for drones to become strictly regulated...

[Wage Slave]

Yep - or at least a licensing system introduced. And that's another, so far money losing, flutter of mine. A company run by ex RAF types specialising in training for drone pilots up to and including military applications.

[matsuki]

Must be a false flag operation (where did I say that before?).

Wait for drones to become strictly regulated...

Yep - or at least a licensing system introduced. And that's another, so far money losing, flutter of mine. A company run by ex RAF types specialising in training for drone pilots up to and including military applications.

You were saying?

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The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is seeking to ban drone flights over important facilities such as the prime minister’s office and impose penalties on violators, according to a draft bill on drone regulations.

Under the envisaged law, violators would face up to one year in prison or a fine of up to ¥500,000 if they fly drones over key facilities, including the Diet building, the Supreme Court and the Imperial Palace.

The foreign minister would designate such no-fly areas above foreign embassies, while the internal affairs minister would do so over the offices of the country’s political parties upon request, according to the draft overview.

Currently, there are no laws to regulate drone flights, and calls have grown for creating one since a drone with trace amounts of radioactive cesium was found on the roof of the prime minister’s office on April 22.

The incident raised concern that drones could be used for terrorism. A man was arrested after admitting that he flew the drone to the prime minister’s office to protest nuclear policy.

The LDP is also considering designating areas around 300 meters from key facilities as no-fly zones, with people defying orders from police to be fined, according to the bill overview.

LDP lawmakers are hoping to build a consensus within the party as early as this week so the bill can be submitted to the Diet this session.

In a related move, the Abe administration plans to require a license for operating high-specification drones that can travel at least 5 km, informed sources said.

By using the license system, the administration aims to make it easier to identify drone operators and prevent drone-related accidents, the sources said.

Because the operation of high-performance drones involves the use of strong radio waves, the government hopes to oblige operators to acquire a special license mainly for taxi radios, the sources said.

Still, the necessity of the regulatory step is uncertain, because many drones on the market do not have such a long range and therefore will not be subject to the new rule.

Separately, the government is considering introducing a system to register the names and addresses of people who purchase a drone.

The government is also looking at prohibiting drone flights over important facilities such as the prime minister’s office and the Diet.

Currently, there are no rules restricting the flying of drones at altitudes below 250 meters, except in certain areas such as near airports.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/0 ... VL16lWqpBc

I still wonder what happened to the Fukui d00d that turned himself in over the Abe incident....if what he did currently wasn't illegal and the cesium was less than what the J-gov has deemed safe, what are they charging him with? (or is it just a 3 week black hole vacation?)

[Coligny]

Nothing really excessive in these measures.

Radio licensing for ham operators is common too...

And the sign for the park make sense too...

[Wage Slave]

Agreed. It's just a matter of who provides the training for folks who want a licence. Someone is going to have to do it and for a significant number of people. What seems obvious is that we are going to see more and more drones doing useful work.

[Mike Oxlong]

Agreed. It's just a matter of who provides the training for folks who want a licence. Someone is going to have to do it and for a significant number of people. What seems obvious is that we are going to see more and more drones doing useful work.

Japanese Farmers Embrace Direct Sowing of Seed Rice

A number of Japanese rice farmers have started sowing seed rice directly on paddy fields, breaking with the conventional method of growing rice into seedlings and planting them.

Yamaha Motor Co. <7272> is promoting the use of unmanned helicopters for the spraying of seed rice, while Kubota Corp. <6326> has launched specialized machinery for sowing seed rice.

The direct sowing of seed rice is emerging as a key method for raising the efficiency of farming chores and reducing rice production costs.

The acreage of rice fields where the sowing method has been adopted is growing rapidly, although the proportion in the total national acreage is still small.

The wider use follows the development of a technique for coating seed rice with calcium sulfate-containing iron powder and sowing the grains directly on paddy fields. The method saves farmers the trouble of growing and planting seedlings.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2015050800527

[Samurai_Jerk]

Tokyo bans drones in public parks

Yes, you read that correctly. In a classic case of one idiot ruining the fun for everyone else, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government today banned the use of radio-controlled helicopters and drones in all public parks and gardens.

[...]

The drone ban affects 81 of the city’s parks and gardens and carries a JPY 50,000 (US$417) fine for those found in violation.

[Wage Slave]

You have more faith in the cognitive function of the general public than I have. That's for sure.

However, I wouldn't mind if areas were set aside for people to play or train with the things.

[Coligny]

Tokyo bans drones in public parks

Yes, you read that correctly. In a classic case of one idiot ruining the fun for everyone else, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government today banned the use of radio-controlled helicopters and drones in all public parks and gardens.

[...]

The drone ban affects 81 of the city’s parks and gardens and carries a JPY 50,000 (US$417) fine for those found in violation.

Cool, so streets and train station are still game...

Well done screwed Tokyo...

(And if by drone they meant quad copters or more, they just managed to left out all the fixed wings planes... Real champs here...)

[matsuki]

A number of Japanese rice farmers have started sowing seed rice directly on paddy fields, breaking with the conventional method of growing rice into seedlings and planting them.

Every single field I've seen this year is still the usual bunch of expensive machinery to plop rice in perfectly spaced rows and such. Not sure if sowing directly is really an improvement since it seems like it would delay things....but I've always thought all that machinery (plus maintenance and setup) to plant a few tiny fields is insane. (like buying a lift, compressor, airgun, and torque wrench for only an annual wheel change)

Tokyo bans drones in public parks

Yes, you read that correctly. In a classic case of one idiot ruining the fun for everyone else, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government today banned the use of radio-controlled helicopters and drones in all public parks and gardens.

[...]

The drone ban affects 81 of the city’s parks and gardens and carries a JPY 50,000 (US$417) fine for those found in violation.

Cool, so streets and train station are still game...

Well done screwed Tokyo...

(And if by drone they meant quad copters or more, they just managed to left out all the fixed wings planes... Real champs here...)

Well, you know what masters of languages they are...

[Coligny]

Yea, but i'm stonewalled everytime i point it out since i'm not a lvl99 JLPT wizzard or something because you obsiously need that level of knowledge to be allowed to link cause and consequence in an easily observable complete clusterfuck...

[matsuki]

Yea, but i'm stonewalled everytime i point it out since i'm not a lvl99 JLPT wizzard or something because you obsiously need that level of knowledge to be allowed to link cause and consequence in an easily observable complete clusterfuck...

It doesn't take Japanese language ability to participate in fucked language problems. My latest adventure stems from the shortening of dry cleaning to just "dry" and resulted in some really fucked up lemur clothes. "Every Japanese obvious knows dry means dry cleaning!!!" I'd drop in a hair salon and ask for a "blow" except most of the workers are dudes.

[Mike Oxlong]

Organizers urge public not to fly drones over Sanja Matsuri

Organizers of the three-day Sanja Matsuri, which gets under way Friday in Tokyo’s Asakusa district, have urged the public not to fly drones over the area during the festivities.

The Sanja Matsuri is one of Tokyo’s biggest festivals and is expected to draw about 150,000 visitors.

Last weekend, during a festival at Zenkoji temple in Nagano, a drone operated by 15-year-old boy landed by mistake beside startled participants in a parade.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has already banned drones in 81 public parks and gardens.

Japan Today

[matsuki]

To be fair, the larger ones could totally ruin someones daylife if they fall out of the sky...

[Samurai_Jerk]

Last weekend, during a festival at Zenkoji temple in Nagano, a drone operated by 15-year-old boy landed by mistake beside startled participants in a parade.

Oh, the humanity!!

[matsuki]

Doroooon doroooooooon!

[kurogane]

Last weekend, during a festival at Zenkoji temple in Nagano, a drone operated by 15-year-old boy landed by mistake beside startled participants in a parade.

Oh, the humanity!!

Still, you kind of hope the kid at least got roughed up a bit for it. I always thought they called them drones because of the predominant personality types of the people that fly them. Metal Detectors for even more socially challenged permanent adolescents......

[Coligny]

Doroooon doroooooooon!

Soooo... You found Taro's youtube playlists...

[Coligny]

Last weekend, during a festival at Zenkoji temple in Nagano, a drone operated by 15-year-old boy landed by mistake beside startled participants in a parade.

Oh, the humanity!!

We ran out of idiots to be "offended" it seems...

Now have to use the strategic reserve of "startled idiots"...

Somebody to help me develop that toxoplasma gondii/Cordiceps homo sapiensis hybrid bio weapon ?

[Coligny]

To be fair, the larger ones could totally ruin someones daylife if they fall out of the sky...

These one yes:

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The hobby ones... Harmless even compared to the usual parisian flower pot... (A tradition falling out of the sky at every storm for the past centuries... Never been banned though...)

(RC helos are another matter)

[Wage Slave]

Harmless I find hard to believe but posing no significant risk I can accept. However, nuisance is another question. As are concerns about surveillance/privacy.

An awful lot of them crash - or not?

[Coligny]

Average drone lethality would be between kicked football nd fast frisbee.
Below bat-thrown baseball...
Wayyy below "idiot on a bicycle"

Time to stop the bullshit methink... Most of those dones can be used indoor and taken down by your average housecat...

[Wage Slave]

Granted, but there is such a thing as nuisance and snooping.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Granted, but there is such a thing as nuisance and snooping.

True but this over reaction to drones reminds me of the requirement that all cell phones and smartphone make a shutter sound when they snap a photo. It's a bullshit solution that doesn't do anything but inconvenience people who have a legitimate reason for wanting to take a silent picture.

I've seen some real confusion among Japanese people when dealing with non-localized iPhones. Whenever visiting friends ask people to take picture of us the lack of sound always throws them off.

[Wage Slave]

Fair point but drones are a bit different. The phone doesn't leave someone's hand - It's no different to someone with a camera. Drones have range and can, if they are advanced enough film things from great distances.

They are powerful and useful things no question. And increasingly so. But because of that we need some framework within which they can be operated in public spaces and indeed in private spaces without invitation. At present is there anything to stop someone flying one up to my window or hovering one over my picnic in the park?