Parrot Drone: UAV released for the iPhone...

[Super_Geo]

Holy fuck me with a shoe, this is some badass shit...

http://ardrone.parrot.com/parrot-ar-...videos/#player




"Video" games....

[shakalaka]

That is awesome!

[adidas]

Wouldnt mind having one of those.

[Khyron]

I don't get the iphone control.

You can tilt for forward/back/side but what about elevation and lowering, (along with rotation)? RC controllers have 2 sticks which is 8 directions, the iphone only has 4?

I'd take one of those with a conventional control - those cameras alone rock.

[TimeAttack]

Lol, then you get a call and your drone is in the middle of a rainforest and falls low enough for a gorilla to grab and eat it!

Or the battery dies and gets run over by a car.

The video gave me the creeps, and I think the reason is, now that i've pondered it further, is the peeping tom aspect of the technology.

20th floor boob shots in 2010 prediction...

[scat19]

Let see your blackberry do that.

[kaput]

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[AndyL]

Add in a laser range finder and maybe a laser level - and this'd be the cats ass for construction

[freshprince1]

all it needs is some fricken laser beams and I'm sold.

[KKY]

Originally posted by kaput
Any idea what it costs?

USD1200 and that's only to borrow it.
http://ardrone.parrot.com/parrot-ar-...one-prototype/

[Zephyr]

DO WANT! I wonder how much though...

http://www.viddler.com/explore/engadget/videos/910/

[Jeremiah]

WOW that thing is sick, no price yet, but i assume it will be expensive.. i wonder how much

[Dumbass17]

Originally posted by freshprince1
all it needs is some fricken laser beams and I'm sold.

it's not a shark!

[rookie101]

Originally posted by KKY

USD1200 and that's only to borrow it.
http://ardrone.parrot.com/parrot-ar-...one-prototype/

No big deal, just wait till the Chinese get hold of one to pirate. You'll be able to pick one up on Ebay for 29.95 with free shipping in about a year...........................

[AndyL]

Chinese are probably working on it already Bet there's a 100$ knockoff coming pdq

In fact I know there is - some of the RC guys are already working on an open source clone...