What the Fall of the Roman Republic, the Cost of Death, and Drone Operators have in common

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We know that this has been a burning topic for you so we’ll dig right into it.   Let’s first do a quick history geek out. We’re talking about the last 50-ish years of the Roman Republic: 88 BC to 31 BC. A near constant state of civil war. And civil war, as the Romans found…

Drone carrying a toilet

Toilets and Drones: What Toilets Can Teach Us About Drone Prices

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We’ve talked about toilet designs and drones before in an earlier article (which was the beginning of what is now a very exciting “Toilets and Drones” series) entitled, “Why toilet design and your current drone’s design are the same”   And our basic premise in that earlier article was two-fold:  #1. Just like Toilet design, drone…

Cost-Per-(Flight)-Minute and the Battle Against the Idiot Factor

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In our last article we talked about how Elon Musk uses “First Principles Thinking” (FPT) and about the “Idiot Factor,” Elon’s super-sensitive way of describing lazy engineering and, as examples, the massive impact of the Idiot Factor on the cost of rockets and batteries. How does the Idiot Factor apply to drones? Well, the materials…