SkyDroner is a fast and effective anti-drone surveillance system designed to Detect, Distract and Disable any anonymous drone from flying into a protected area. By Teleradio
Skydroner could not have been more Moronic
With Drones becoming the number one public menace to society (and not the NSA spying program worldwide), it makes you wonder if these so called Anti Drone systems are just trying to milk it all.
Teleradio is a little known start up from Singapore that thinks it has all the solutions. The Skydroner is primed to be a anti-terrorist security and surveillance system for would be jihadist who think they can fly a consumer drone to create acts of terror.
But the truth is, the system hasn’t cleared the FCC in America and will no doubt never will because one crucial element in the system, its radio jamming feature is banned in the US.
So what you are left with is a very expensive surveillance system that tells you when a consumer drone is nearby in the hope that you will get some rocks to hurl at it.
By now, you’d have heard that Singapore is a quasi-Stalinist state that is administered by technocrats that would make Khrushchev blush. They have draconian laws that will punish you for chewing gum on the subway and failing to flush the loo after having used it will earn you some hefty jail time. They don’t take too kindly to any acts of creativity either. Even jay walking to the fastest destination is a treason-est act. So for the islands’ only technological contribution to mankind, from an oddly named company called Creative Labs, is none other than the MP3 player, which had Apple paying royalties to them for. Since then not much has changed as Singapore tried to emulate law loving Germans in the hope offenders won’t skip bail to join a rebellion.
Thus in Singapore, owning a firearm is a crime. Even if you can own one, you are not allowed to bring it home. Shooting at a drone would require some dexterity since the only weapon you are allowed to have at home are Nerf guns.
As for the jamming of radio frequencies, you have to be government sponsored to be able to jam anything. So even if you intend to own a Skydroner system in Singapore, you have to seek permission just to be sure you don’t simply hijack drones from the air like you owned the skies.
Skydroner comes in two packages, one with a system to detect drones within 500 meters that carries a moniker, Skydroner 500, and one that detects drones up to 1km that is moronically known as the Skydroner 1000.
Currently it has no bragging rights as it isn’t used by the US Navy, Army or Seal teams but it should be useful if you are third world dictator who happen to fear that a drone will come crashing down into their palatial residence to bomb them.
Now the problem with the Skydroner 1000 is that it is built for desert use. For some reason, it cannot be used in urban environments since it cannot detect a drone ducking around buildings or sneaking up close to it like a cat. So this means that jihadist who live in the desert will be the most likely potential buyer for such devices since they fear being watched as they tinker away on home made weapons supplied by Chemical Ali.
Skydroner looks more like a concept at this stage than an actual working prototype. The above corporate site looks like it was put up in a hurry to befuddle you and there are no price points to offer.
That said, anyone can pretend to have a drone detection system as long as you have proof of concept.