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TY - JOUR
T1 - Drones Caught in the Net
AU - Fish, Adam Richard
AU - Garrett, Bradley L.
AU - Case, Oliver
PY - 2017/9/13
Y1 - 2017/9/13
N2 - This short experimental essay reflects upon our video Points of Presence. In producing the video we used unmanned aerial drones to visually and vertically examine undersea fibre-optic cables of the North Atlantic. We reflect upon how the drone’s flying technologies allow pilots to creatively engage with the atmospheric element. We argue that the drone’s optical and object-avoidance technologies share similarities with the mammalian senses. In concluding, we examine how drones and information infrastructures reflect each other as complex and imperfect systems designed to extend the human body and senses across geographies.
AB - This short experimental essay reflects upon our video Points of Presence. In producing the video we used unmanned aerial drones to visually and vertically examine undersea fibre-optic cables of the North Atlantic. We reflect upon how the drone’s flying technologies allow pilots to creatively engage with the atmospheric element. We argue that the drone’s optical and object-avoidance technologies share similarities with the mammalian senses. In concluding, we examine how drones and information infrastructures reflect each other as complex and imperfect systems designed to extend the human body and senses across geographies.
U2 - 10.17742/IMAGE.LD.8.2.8
DO - 10.17742/IMAGE.LD.8.2.8
M3 - Journal article
VL - 8
JO - Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Images Studies
JF - Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Images Studies
ER -