{"id":1483,"date":"2011-10-25T19:10:25","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T02:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=1483"},"modified":"2011-10-25T19:10:25","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T02:10:25","slug":"flying-orb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/2011\/10\/25\/flying-orb\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s &#8220;Spherical Flying Machine&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently wrote a magazine article about civilian uses for unmanned aerial vehicles or &#8220;drones&#8221;. Here is an amazing machine which had not yet emerged at the time we went to print.<\/p>\n<p>Developed for Japan&#8217;s Ministry of Defense, this miniature &#8220;spherical flying machine&#8221; can hover and fly in all directions. It is so light and small that it can operate indoors. Once airborne, it is stabilized by gyroscopes.<\/p>\n<p>Best of all: it is made from commercially available parts, which cost about $1,400.<\/p>\n<p>Potential uses: for inspecting and guarding the interior of buildings and facilities, and for law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object style=\"height: 390px; width: 450px;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/pF0uLnMoQZA?version=3&amp;feature=player_embedded\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/pF0uLnMoQZA?version=3&amp;feature=player_embedded\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<div id=\"apf_post_footer\">\n<h4>Related Articles:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"apf_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3449\">A Space Poster With Mysterious Origins<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"apf_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3428\">Did Rocket Pioneer Robert Goddard Ever Work On Mount Wilson?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"apf_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3208\">Size Comparison<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"apf_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3178\">Don&#8217;t Believe It When You See It<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"apf_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3071\">Apple Music Classical<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently wrote a magazine article about civilian uses for unmanned aerial vehicles or &#8220;drones&#8221;. Here is an amazing machine which had not yet emerged at the time we went to print. Developed for Japan&#8217;s Ministry of Defense, this miniature &#8220;spherical flying machine&#8221; can hover and fly in all directions. It is so light and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1484,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483\/revisions\/1484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}