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From Algiers to Wall Street; the secret of all successful Insurgencies lies in co-opting the weaponry of the oppressor. Ask Tim Pool, creator of the ‘OccuCopter’…Background: In response to constant police surveillance, police violence and thousands of arrests, Occupy Wall Street protesters and legal observers are turning the cameras back on the police. But police have sometimes made filming difficult through physical obstruction and "frozen zones". This occurred most notably during the eviction of protesters from Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan, where police prevented even credentialed journalists from entering.
Enter Tim Pool, an Occupy Wall Street protester, and his Parrot AR drone, the "occucopter". It is a lightweight four-rotor helicopter which is controlled with an iPhone. It has an onboard camera so that you can view everything on your phone that it points at. Pool has modified the software to stream live video to the internet so that we can watch the action as it unfolds.
But, Why?, Tim, Why? To give ordinary people the same tools that these multimillion-dollar news corporations have. It provides a clever loophole around certain restrictions such as when the police block press from taking shots of an incident."
How do you cop-proof it?
Pool is attempting to police-proof the device by establishing a stable live feed so for example, 50 people could be controlling it in series. If the cops shut you down, control could automatically switch to someone else.
How does it change the balance of power in the streets? Anyone’s guess…- KBOO