Commercial Items Identified on my Commute

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I see a lot of interesting commercialitems on truck on I-75. When you make the commute many times you start to see the same items over and over again. Sometimes it is huge equipment tires, sometimes heavy equipment of different types. I see these huge blocks of aluminum going North. I think about what the mill must look like and where it is going. And how much aluminum foil a block like this will make. Using the Tesla Full Self-Driving (supervised) allows me to look for these things on the highway. The FSD also helps me through the crazy stop and goes. Easily over 70MPH and then sudden traffic at dead stops, frequently. I see accidents every trip. It is amazing there aren't more. A side note- aluminum foil has a shiny side and a dull side. The reason why is that the foil is folded as it goes through massive rollers. The shiny side is the side that faces the steel roller. The dull side faces itself - aluminum.

Drone 3D mapping

I am doing 3D mapping with my drone. A neighborhood lake is drained and we need sediment data for dredging/cleaning. It's pretty satisfying getting some new capabilities like these. I crashed my drone yesterday as it hit a tree on a programmed descent. I am not sure why it was 20 feet off its course. I think I have fixed the drone, but I have to test it today. It was pretty beat up for sure. I have a lot more to learn for sure.

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