Ultra-light UAVs employed to take aerial photos of the protest rally in Moscow

The UAVs were used by the press, not police surveillance.<p>Maybe the US press could do the same, they could cover events like Occupy Wall Street using remotely controlled quadrocopters since real choppers or journalists on foot were not allowed in the area.

Here's a non-Facebook picture, if you don't want to send them the traffic and the data: <a href="http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/18.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://englishrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/18.jpg</a>

Another great resource for this is Chris Anderson's <a href="http://diydrones.com/" rel="nofollow">http://diydrones.com/</a><p>Great resource for UAVs, FPV flying and aerial photography.

Not related to Moscow protests, but I saw a segment on the news last night that the local fisheries patrol will be using UAVs to patrol for illegal fishing. The UAVs will operate 24 hours a day and continually sweep the restricted zones for fishing operations.

Here's the actual picture. Stunning.<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2492349945119&#38;set=a.1717545455491.2086705.1143878298&#38;type=1&#38;theater" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2492349945119&#38;se...</a>

This is actually a pretty popular hobby: attaching cameras to a Model RC plane and take pictures/videos. See forums such as <a href="http://www.rcgroups.com/aerial-photography-128/?s=1aecd5017167ccf1c0a7ccff126c7d9a&#38" rel="nofollow">http://www.rcgroups.com/aerial-photography-128/?s=1aecd50171...</a>; for some great examples.