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.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.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.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.The proposal was shot down. A schematic of the idea is drawn here: https://github.com/ketancmaheshwari/datadrone/blob/main/sche...