Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 50466
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2008/7/3-9 [Academia/StanfUrd] UID:50466 Activity:nil
7/3     This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen (autonomous
        quadcopters)
        http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/07/quadcopters_video.html
        \_ I agree thats pretty cool, but with the current generation of UAVs
           in the field, aren't more complicated autonomous algorithms already
           at work? -mrauser
           \_ I think this is the first time I've seen autonomous hover with
              such good perturbance correction.
        \_ More proof that MIT and Furd do cooler things than Cal
           \_ I blame the professors. Cal professors have only contempt
              for students, while Stanford and MIT professors view
              students as peers to some extent. I don't know why this is,
              since the professors are selected from the same pool. It
              must be cultural. Occasionally, I came across professors at
              Cal excited to get their students involved in interesting
              projects (especially astronomy/astrophysics professors) but
              not typically. A lot of them wouldn't even keep office
              hours. They think we're not worth their time.
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blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/07/quadcopters_video.html
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