{"id":11223,"date":"2016-12-24T13:01:14","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T20:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=11223"},"modified":"2016-12-24T13:01:14","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T20:01:14","slug":"if-santa-lived-in-a-soho-loft-and-built-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/if-santa-lived-in-a-soho-loft-and-built-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"If Santa Lived in a Soho Loft and Built Drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is much happening in electric aviation, including this flying Santa Claus, dangling from what is claimed to be the world&#8217;s largest homemade drone.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HUMAN FLYING DRONE\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/At3xcj-pTjg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And in this interesting behind-the-scenes video we find that Casey Neitstat either has arms of steel, or a clever harness maker who probably outfits touring companies for <em>Peter Pan <\/em>stage presentations.\u00a0 The 16-motor system seems capable of hauling a fairly large human skyward, but some critics think this is a sham of some sort.\u00a0 Your editor sides with the theory that this is a real drone, since Samsung has seen fit to link its name to the project (and the video evidence seems fairly convincing). \u00a0In the interests of full disclosure, though, Casey has pulled some fakery in previous stunts, so take this all with several grains of salt, just in case.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HUMAN FLYING DRONE- BEHIND THE SCENES\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PepeRKWsm8I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If this isn\u2019t enough Casey and Santa-dragging drones for you, try on the VR headset you got for Christmas and indulge in the full 360-degree treatment.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DRONEBOARDING in 360\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oM-7h5I9yyA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Casey claims to have given up Vlogging (video logging), but <a href=\"http:\/\/casey.nyc\/\">his web site<\/a> lists four ways to access the fruits of his ever-excited imagination: two YouTube channels, Facebook, Twitter, Beme (the app he sold to CNN), and Instagram. \u00a0Like Santa, he is everywhere.<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebook_like\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.foundation%2Fblog%2Fif-santa-lived-in-a-soho-loft-and-built-drones%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=500&amp;action=like&amp;font=segoe+ui&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is much happening in electric aviation, including this flying Santa Claus, dangling from what is claimed to be the world&#8217;s largest homemade drone. 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