Dragonfly DF1 rocket-powered helicopter
Instead of relying on a conventional engine, some smart aleck figured out that it would be way better to throw in rocket engines on the tips of the blades of that helicopter in order to get it moving at much faster speeds, and amazingly adequate, that concept which is just too crazy to work fired [...]
MIT reveals Flyfire swarm
The crazy folks at MIT have come up with a bunch of micro LED-equipped helicopter-robots which are capable of hovering autonomously in the sky, helping create a huge piece of floating 3D artwork. The program used to control that swarm is known as Flyfire, where it can synchronize up to hundreds of small helicopter robots [...]
Parrot A.R. Drone: Helicopter Controlled by an iPhone
We’ve seen it in Paris last month, but the Parrot A.R.Drone has done quite an impression at CES Unveiled. First a lot of “huh??” considering Parrot is mainly known for its Bluetooth hands-free devices. Secondly, considering the demo unit was working really well as it hovered at the entrance of the show. It certain did [...]