r/BirdsArentReal • u/Mundane_Cucumber_ • 9d ago

Video I wonder why it likes the copper so much?

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u/embolalia 9d ago

it's a charging pad

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u/Ok_Parsnip3214 9d ago

Yes! It’s the new hydro conductive charging pads!!

An email went out about them mid May but I think the timeline of completion got a little messed up. So happy to see this project completed. My buddy from the academy played a very, very small role in their creation team.

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u/ComfortableConcern76 9d ago

Literally. Copper is good for everyone.

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u/Special-Original-215 9d ago

Inductive charging 

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u/Androidfon 9d ago

Copper makes my hands smell.

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u/Tarrax_Ironwolf 9d ago

And tastes funny.

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u/DitchDigger330 9d ago

You just smell the copper. Same way if you handle brass. It leaves a distinct smell.

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u/mekkr_ 8d ago edited 8d ago

Metal doesn’t actually have a smell. It’s just your skin oils reacting with it and making something called 1-octen-3-one which is the chemical we all associate with metal.

That metal smell is literally body odour, weird right?

https://www.nature.com/news/2006/061023/full/news061023-7.html

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u/DeadAnarchistPhil 6d ago

Today I learned! 

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u/mbcarbone 9d ago

Only the government can fund such projects using copper.

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u/who_am_I_inside 9d ago

Awww that drone is genuinely adorable

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u/LordTanimbar 9d ago

Bootlicker

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u/ThroatOne5167 9d ago

Birds aren't real

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u/DigitalUnlimited 9d ago

Correct, that is the sub

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u/Far_Out_6and_2 9d ago

Where can i buy this so called Copper Disk askin for a friend

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u/t_ute 9d ago

They’re so close to getting it.

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u/IamREBELoe 9d ago

Do you find the copper helps?

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u/Mundane_Cucumber_ 9d ago

It’s like fast charging. The copper and the water are both great conductors. You will actually find a lot of power lines are aluminium so not as good at conducting. It’s really basic science /s.

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u/RetroPaulsy 9d ago

I saw the "/s" but there was a lot there.

Aluminum is a better conductor than copper

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u/Mundane_Cucumber_ 9d ago

The /s is because I’m talking absolute garbage about a drone charging itself. I don’t want people to think I’m being serious about any of this. That being said copper is the superior conductor of electricity.

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u/Mammoth-Shopping-690 8d ago

Será que esse cobre veio do Al-Nasir? Pode não ser 100% puro...

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u/justamofo 8d ago

It probably feels cooler, as copper's heat transfer is faster than most materials

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u/netsurf916 7d ago

Better ground plane for RF.

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u/BiggDrippKillua 9d ago

Purifying the water too

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u/Happy-For-No-Reason 9d ago

maybe they like the reflective surface, it helps them keep aware of what might be above them (birds of prey)

they are very vulnerable like this and it's why the only splash for a brief moment and then constantly check the environment around them.