Your drone might be cold
January 10, 2017 11:25 AM   Subscribe

A sweater can make a significant difference in your drone’s feeling of well-being.
posted by Maaik (20 comments total) 10 users marked this as a favorite
 
From the folks who brought you Custom Avocados
posted by Maaik at 11:26 AM on January 10, 2017 [3 favorites]


But if a drone wore pants ...
posted by Kabanos at 11:31 AM on January 10, 2017


Wouldn't you have to be extremely bored or totally wasted to think of these things?

Or not.
posted by BlueHorse at 11:32 AM on January 10, 2017 [1 favorite]


I like the concept of separating Valley types with too much money from that money, so I'm on board with this.
posted by codacorolla at 11:39 AM on January 10, 2017 [3 favorites]


Be a sweater, see the world.
posted by phunniemee at 11:41 AM on January 10, 2017 [1 favorite]


We have a fair number of MeFites who profess to overly empathising with inanimate objects. There's even a term for it I can't remember. A sweater for a quadcopter's comfort doesn't sound that weird to me.
posted by figurant at 11:49 AM on January 10, 2017 [3 favorites]


#quadgoals
posted by bondcliff at 11:50 AM on January 10, 2017 [11 favorites]


Wouldn't you have to be extremely bored or totally wasted to think of these things?

You don't know any knitters personally, I take it? I mean, its like tree knitting but with an additional deployment option for getting it into the tree higher.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 11:50 AM on January 10, 2017 [7 favorites]




The term is "crouton-petter."

Thank you! I knew it was hyphenated, but I couldn't remember what either half was, which makes searching tricky. It was driving me low-key crazy.
posted by figurant at 11:58 AM on January 10, 2017 [2 favorites]


Does this give me license to yell at the owners of any non-besweatered drones "THAT DRONE IS COLD!"
posted by Huffy Puffy at 11:58 AM on January 10, 2017 [4 favorites]


If you're cold, they're cold.
posted by msbutah at 12:19 PM on January 10, 2017 [5 favorites]


"You must have rights to the images you want printed on your avocados."
posted by calgirl at 12:57 PM on January 10, 2017 [1 favorite]


other things by the creator including physical cloud, a cloud service that sits on your desk
posted by rebent at 1:11 PM on January 10, 2017 [3 favorites]


Drone thermoregulation really doesn't 'kick in' until around nine or ten months of age; This is no laughing matter. I've seen dozens of sick or ailing drones just in my local park lately.
posted by mrdaneri at 1:17 PM on January 10, 2017 [1 favorite]


All of these people receive drones for the holidays without really knowing how to take care of them. Everyone knows it is a bad idea to introduce a new drone to the family during the stressful holiday period, but here we are.
posted by Literaryhero at 2:23 PM on January 10, 2017 [8 favorites]


Another irresponsible company flouting recently enacted drone regulations. Those drone sweaters need to have the registration number clearly knitted in to them, and the operators need to inform the FAA in advance where and when the sweater is going to be flown, along with information on colors and patterns.

Failure to properly match the sweater with the season or the drone's complexion (do NOT try to put a red sweater on a winter drone) is punishable by fines or remedial training by Tim Gunn.
posted by backseatpilot at 2:38 PM on January 10, 2017 [5 favorites]


this makes me weirdly sad
posted by GospelofWesleyWillis at 7:11 PM on January 10, 2017


Truly a zeroth world problem.
posted by achrise at 5:51 AM on January 11, 2017 [2 favorites]


But you'd also need drone raincoats because in rain the sweater would soak up the water and weigh the drone down.
Your poor drone would still be cold, and also wet and tired.
posted by farlukar at 8:47 AM on January 11, 2017 [1 favorite]


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