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Parrot iPod-Controlled Quadricopter Launches This Week

Posted by timothy on from the amazing-fun dept.

MojoKid writes "Remote-controlled helicopters are not new, but Parrot's AR.Drone Quadricopter is set to make a splash when it goes on sale on Sept. 9th. It will use an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad as a controller, and give a live video feed from two different cameras to the pilot. Each model comes with two hulls, one of them for indoor use, with protective loops around the rotors. The device creates its own Wi-Fi network, which the iOS device connects to in order to control the Quadricopter."

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  1. Disappointed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I thought from the name the thing was controlled by a parrot.

    1. Re:Disappointed by alexhs · · Score: 4, Funny

      I thought from the name the thing was controlled by a parrot.

      Originally it was, but during the long beta the parrot ceased to be.

      No, no, he's uh,... he's resting!

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  2. Not a Parrot? by crgrace · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was so disappointed when I learned this story wasn't about a parrot that had learned to control a helicopter using an iPod. Then he could get his own damn crackers.

  3. I can think of one use for it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The neighbor's cat is toast!

  4. Re:Not for children! by trentblase · · Score: 2, Funny

    You'll put your eye out!