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BRINC's new police drone uses Starlink, carries Narcan, chases vehicles at 60mph (arstechnica.com)
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Drone startup BRINC announced Tuesday a significant upgrade for its law enforcement drones. BRINC’s newest model, Guardian, will have Starlink connectivity on every unit—a first for commercially available drones.

This new model, which will enter production later this year, has a flight time of over an hour and can reach a top speed of over 60 miles per hour. BRINC calls it the “first drone that can pursue vehicles.”

Additionally, Guardian can carry numerous payloads from its charging “nest,” including a floatation device, a defibrillator, epipens, the overdose-reversal drug Narcan, and more. The nest can also robotically swap batteries in about a minute, the company claims.

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[–] 1 point 7 months ago

This shit would be so exciting if people trusted the government. Fast dispatch of lifesaving equipment and less-lethal crime disruption options are amazing steps forward for society. But we're all thinking about them strapping AI-guided machine guns to these things.

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    [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Wonder what the latency is like with these things. Flying 60mph? Presumably they’re not doing anything fancy and staying out of the way of other flying aircraft.

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