Chris Anderson of DIY Drones has a great new project using our favourite RAD (rapid application development) embedded platform otherwise known as the Arduino.

The ArduPilot is a low cost auto-pilot setup that will have you spying on insurgents and calling in airstrikes flying around and taking pictures of people’s rooftops in no time. And all for the cost of a new pair of trousers (depending on the exchange rate at the moment of course).

Chris has a good breakdown on DIY Drones of all of the involved components and their approx. cost.

Check it out here! (ArduPilot @ DIY Drones)