The decline of unfettered research (1995)
I recently proposed an idea to create a new data transfer protocol that involves drones to carry data in a medium with a prong attached to them.<p>When the drone lands on a platform atop a building, the prong connects to a computer connected to the platform and sitting inside the building triggering a mount action.<p>The data gets transferred to the computer. Now, whoever needs to transfer data from this building to another will use the same method to upload it.<p>I do not think this will be the best way to move data but if a protocol is in place it could be used as a basis for future intra-campus data movement.<p>The proposal was shot down. A schematic of the idea is drawn here: <a href="https://github.com/ketancmaheshwari/datadrone/blob/main/schematic.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/ketancmaheshwari/datadrone/blob/main/sche...</a>