Hackable, Linux-based flying drone can be controlled by smartphone

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Sep 11, 2010 7:05 AM EDT
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Parrot S.A. is shipping a hackable $300 "quadrocopter" flying drone that runs Linux on a 468MHz ARM9 processor and may be remotely controlled by an iPhone. The AR Drone uses Wi-Fi to receive navigation instructions and transmit video from one of its dual cameras, and it ships with an SDK for developing multiplayer augmented reality games.

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iPhone only? No thanks. Jeff91 1 677 Sep 13, 2010 1:39 PM
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