Stranded on a mountain, he tied his phone to a drone to text for help (washingtonpost.com) 13 points by Umofomia 3y ago ↗ HN
[–] andrewfromx 3y ago ↗ “I said, ‘We need to use our smarts here,’” Ryan said in an interview with The Washington Post.'Smart phone that is.
[–] atonse 3y ago ↗ I’m curious about how they did this?When you try to send a text/iMessage, it fails immediately, but does the phone keep trying again?Or would they have had to put that in a delay? Just not sure how it would’ve worked.Cuz I’ve noticed I usually have to explicitly tell iMessage to resend a failed message. [–] metadat 3y ago ↗ On Android it tries a few times before giving up. You could also schedule the txt to send in a minute or two to give the drone time to ascend.
[–] metadat 3y ago ↗ On Android it tries a few times before giving up. You could also schedule the txt to send in a minute or two to give the drone time to ascend.
[–] wruza 3y ago ↗ Basically a modern, hi-tech version of “type your message on nokia, hit send and throw it as high as you can”.
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[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 24.0 ms ] threadSmart phone that is.
When you try to send a text/iMessage, it fails immediately, but does the phone keep trying again?
Or would they have had to put that in a delay? Just not sure how it would’ve worked.
Cuz I’ve noticed I usually have to explicitly tell iMessage to resend a failed message.