iPhone Helicopter = Super Awesome!!!
As if the iPhone isn’t amazing enough, Parrot has introduced an iPhone-controlled helicopter, the Parrot AR.Drone. How anyone could hear about this and immediately not want to buy it, I do not know. To see it in action, check out their YouTube channel. I wasn’t able to figure out how to purchase one of these yet, but I will definitely clue you in when I do so.
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“Gather up any presents you may have received this winter, return them to the store, and take the cash. The ultimate gadget has just arrived. Parrot, a French company better known for making sleek Bluetooth accessories, has released videos of its latest product: a four-prop quadricopter with video cameras that you control with your iPhone. This isn’t some dinky mall-bought plaything, the AR-Drone from Parrot has amazing controls, great vertical movement capabilities, and it relays video straight to your phone via WiFi. It’s a retail spy-drone. And it plays augmented reality video games. That’s right, you can play AR video games using the drone’s camera while it’s in flight. I am totally floored.” read article in its entirety
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