Own your own Spy in the Sky

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Image borrowed from thrillist.com via supercompressor.com

Now you too can spy on your friends and neighbors just like the NSA!  Lehmann Aviations LA100 is an automated drone on which you can mount your own GoPro camera for your own aerial photography.

From the Lehmann website:  “LA100 – world’s first aircraft designed for users with no piloting background – is now coming in Version2. It is a fully autonomous UAV (drone). Just choose one of the suggested flight paths and altitude in OperationCenter, check drone’s systems via Wi-Fi, connect the battery, launch it, and wait for it to come back to you after 5 minutes of flight (limited for safety purposes). The whole system comes ready to fly without GoPro and tablet.”

You can pick one of their kits up at their website for $990 and be up and flying in no time.

 

Shell Building Groundbreaking

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I attended the groundbreaking for the new shell building in the Plymouth Industrial Park today.  I got to wear multiple hats at this.  Both PIDCO and MCEDC are partners in this venture and I sit on both boards.  Easterday Construction Co., Inc. is doing the electrical installation for the building.  There were a lot of nice words said about the project, but it’s hard to convey how much coordination went into getting all of the groups together on this.  Not only PIDCO and MCEDC as listed above, but also the City of Plymouth and the Plymouth Redevelopment Commission had to come to terms on the project.   It was a major effort over two years to make this happen.  The building is scheduled to be complete early this Fall.

I’m hopeful that this will lead to similar projects throughout Marshall county.  I have spoken to Culver about this.  Argos could easily pursue this on the new Shovel Ready site they’re developing.  The other Marshall County communities should be considering it as well.

For more particulars about the project, check out the MCEDC page on it here.

Balanced Shelf

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I ran across the Balanced Shelf and I thought this was an interesting piece of functional art.  From the creator, Chis Cushingham, “A wall mounted bookshelf that helps you visualize your stack of read books vs. unread books; motivation to get some reading done.”

I like the use of common materials used to create this “sculpture” and its options to change its look and position over time.  Despite the current trend toward e-books, I still like to hold a book and on more than one occasion have lucked out on a good book by judging its cover.

If you’re interested in one of your own, head over to Cush Design Studio‘s website here.