Perhaps it's just a poor video for an otherwise awesome project, but it just comes across as a load of disconnected ideas.<p>What's the 3D dome for?
How does the drone delivery work?
It has a social-good and humanitarian angle - awesome, but I don't see how printing 3D statues and a dome fit into that...<p>etc<p>I guess the video just left me wanting more explanation.
Hate to be a negative nelly here, but what really turned me off about this project is how narcissistic it seemed. Offering folks at burning man autonomous robots that will deliver miniature statues of themselves seems the furthest thing from something that could actually help the world.<p>And then to top it off the whole thing is being made into a TV show? Count me out.
Sadly, this is too filled with over the top platitudes to even be realistic.<p>Drones, IMAX domes, and 3D printers have nothing to do with building sustainable businesses or Burning Man.<p>If anything, this is funding an art project so that the artists can go to Burning Man for free. =/
I hope they're going to open up the delivery technology, either to allow someone to commoditize it, and make it available to consumers (for taco delivery), or other noble causes, like rescue, etc..<p>Additionally, I'm somewhat curious as to what their plan is on Oakland.
>Your only responsibility is to return the transponder and tell us your story for our documentary.<p>You can't give your GPS transponder back to the drone?
Surely they mean Burning Man 2013. Burning Man starts 6 days after this fundraiser ends and I don't seem much here to show they have anything even close to a working version.
How are addressing the fact that autonomous drones are not yet zoned for commercial use? As far as I know accepting money for delivery of these 3D printed statues constitutes non-recreational use, Burning man or not.<p>I'm genuinely curious, does this not apply? Do you have some kind of special exemption?