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louse
louse Posts: 80
edited October 2010 in The Crudcatcher
http://ardrone.parrot.com/parrot-ar-drone/uk/

Wifi controlled flying camera.

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  • chedabob
    chedabob Posts: 1,133
    Apparently the battery life is poor, the range isn't great, and it's quite laggy.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    chedabob wrote:
    Apparently the battery life is poor, the range isn't great, and it's quite laggy.

    sounds like my knob, that.
  • D-Cyph3r
    D-Cyph3r Posts: 847
    And you need an iPhone to use it, limiting it to bellends only.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    An iPhone only toy?
    How disappointing.
  • Raymondavalon
    Raymondavalon Posts: 5,346
    D-Cyph3r wrote:
    And you need an iPhone to use it, limiting it to bellends only.

    And once you stop looking at the pictures and work out that the letters make words and sentences, you may note this:

    Thanks to its on-board Wi-Fi system, you can control the Parrot AR.Drone using an iPhone®, iPod Touch®, or an iPad®. It was initially designed for the Apple platforms and will be also available on other platforms in the next few months.

    So, all you Sony, Blackberry and Nokia lovers will soon be able to spy on your neighbours too...
    The Bouncer
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    If it works via WiFi, why not just make it work from any WiFi laptop?
  • xtreem
    xtreem Posts: 2,965
    Flying cameras are awesome.
    Check out this video:
    http://www.pinkbike.com/video/150865/

    Freecaster only needs a few of these to follow the riders on the whole track.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Xtreem wrote:
    Flying cameras are awesome.
    Check out this video:
    http://www.pinkbike.com/video/150865/

    Freecaster only needs a few of these to follow the riders on the whole track.
    Can't quite see the video properly at work here (getting internet via NX).
    Is that the Eos5D on a helicopter thing?

    In which case, although it's a neat idea, it would be impractical for freecaster to cover live events, as there's no way of getting the feed from the camera to the "scanner" in real time.
    (apart from the overheating, limited recording time and all the other associated problems that nobody wants to mention at the moment, seems to be a kind of Eos video love-in going on)
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    seems to be a kind of Eos video love-in going on)

    aah, its because everyone is confusing Eos with my balls.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    No, Sheeps, they're taking videos WITH an Eos, whereas they're taking videos OF your balls.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    No, Sheeps, they're taking videos WITH an Eos, whereas they're taking videos OF your balls.

    this is true, thing is they are taking the pictures from space with a 5x optical zoom, they are that juicy this is easily done, even without an Eos.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Hmm, funny. I thought they'd use a wide angle to get it all in.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    they havent got a wide enough lens so are just stitching loads of pictures together. its impressive work :lol:

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