R/C from your Iphone

[flyinghigh]

Check this out -



Sure, the iPhone does a commendable job with heavy-duty 3D acceleration for intense virtual reality gaming, but funk that noise -- these guys want to bring you the real thing. Parrot -- better known for its Bluetooth accessories -- has introduced the AR.Drone, a WiFi-enabled remote control helicopter that takes its commands from the iPhone or iPod touch of your choice. The wacky toy has a pair of on-board cameras, one to help steady itself and the other to beam a live bird's-eye view (almost literally, if you pretend for a moment that this is in fact a bird) from the captain's seat onto your phone's screen. Parrot's mainly pushing the hardware here -- it's offering up a host of open source goodies to help developers learn about the product and figure out how to turn it into a must-have toy with replay value, and they'll have plenty of time to do so since it won't be available to consumers until "sometime in 2010." Follow the break for a video of the AR.Drone mercilessly hunting down and destroying all who dare oppose it.

[nunyabizniss34]

Now that is very cool FH! Very stable. Wonder what the pricing is going to be?

Colin

[Dave]

Man that thing is way cool. Wonder what the wifey would say if a box showed up at the front door Her= Me= ;D

Dave

[19000rpm]

Awesome. Finally a justifiable, at least for me, reason to buy an iphone.

Happy landings

[dubehigh]

JUST SEEN THAT ON THE NEWS.

i wonder if it will work on my driod?

its a smart phone.

[rcdbutz]

Very sweet. I'm sure it can be played on my iPod touch as well.

I almost can't wait till this thing comes out. I love the idea of FPV flying without buying a $1000 camera setup. Of course, we'll just have to wait and see how much these things run for.