Miriam English wrote:
>
> If the flying devices were as small as seagulls or hawks and were able to
> land and take off again (this is actually easier on mountainsides than on
> flat ground) then they would be able to look across at people from
> neighboring hillsides and see their faces.
If they were able to land it would change everything, especially if they
could somehow be disguised to blend in with the landscape. They wouldn't
necessarily have to take off again. How small could you get a video camera,
power source and transmitter that could communicate either with a
high-flying aircraft, balloon, or a satellite? I understand that the climate
is arid to semi-arid which means lots of sunshine. I wonder how small you
could get a rechargeable battery and solar panel? If you could make the
things as small as, say, large pebbles, and if you could figure out some way
to get them safely down--maybe they could be designed to glide--you could
distribute the things in likely areas. Maybe use the planes to find areas in
which to drop the pebble-gliders.
Barbara
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