Scouting ahead isn’t always a smart thing to do in areas with clusters of shambling undead. It’s dangerous, takes a lot of manpower, and is mentally draining on your group. You need some eyes in the sky in the hard-to-scout urban ruins. Why not slap a camera on the X6 Draganflyer 6 rotor UAV and put some eyes high up where you can actually see that crowd of zombies waiting in line for the midnight release of your brains. The x6 is expendable, reliable and easy to fly. You can mount any type of surveillance equipment to suit your needs, whether its a still camera, a high resolution camcorder, night vision or thermal imaging (not that zombies put out much heat), giving you some serious versatility that would take a lot more manpower and coordination on the ground. I think the biggest plus for me is the anti-vibration camera mount, so I don’t have to worry about getting sick like we’re recording the sequel to the Blair Witch, or Cloverfield. Just one more thing to be thankful for.
If you’re out in the field collecting data on the area, (you know, things like zombie density, possible supply areas and other dangers) having a solid reliable laptop to cross check data and take some detailed notes you should make sure it’s something that won’t crap out the first time it takes a bump during a scuffle with some zeds. The Panasonic Toughbook 30 should suffice quite nicely.
The 160GB shock mounted drive will make sure you don’t lose your precious data and if by some crazy stroke of luck there’s some kind of usable network, this thing is ready to access it, allowing you to send and receive data in the harshest of environments (thanks to IP65 certified sealed all-weather design). With the crazy things this monster has survived, it’s nice to know that a little splattered gray matter and gore won’t stop the Toughbook from getting the job done.
So they’re trying to pass this off as some type of “game” or tech demo, but the folks at the Georia Tech Augmented Environments Lab and the Savannah College of Art and Design- Atlanta have really created pure Undead survivalist gold. Everyone knows at one point during a the apocalypse, there’s going to be a need to shoot Zombies from a helicopter to save helpless civilians: this may be the only chance to practice hovering at 500 feet, picking off brain munchers that you’ll get besides experiencing the actual thing. When your group ask “Has anyone every tried a daring survivor helicopter rescue?” you can proudly raise your hand and volunteer.
