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Search and rescue missions? People could tell the drone operator how to help.


Not to mention tell the operator if they are alive at all. It may not be obvious if you see from a few meters away someone who is mostly immobilized by a fallen whatever. For this sort of application, a microphone on a winched cable might be useful (n.b.: make a feature to jettison the cable if it gets stuck!).


Yes, strap a megaphone on here and now you've got a flying telephone for search & rescue as well as a chance for an aerial director to talk with folks in the ground without the need to set up a second comms channel (e.g. RF radios).




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