Posts tagged ar-drone

Kinect Hacks: Gesture-controlled quadrocopter

by Griffin McElroy (Jul 6th 2011 9:30PM)

Step by step, day by day, the world's researchers and engineers bring us ever closer to the reality of Kinect-enabled telekinesis. Check out a video demo below of Flying Machine Arena's clever hack, which enables even more precise control of a stunt quadrocopter using simple hand gestures. ...

Kinect hack: Controlling an AR Drone

by Ben Gilbert (Apr 9th 2011 11:30AM)

Kinect isn't making you feel enough like an omniscient being? Perhaps you'd prefer controlling actual, physical things with your movements, rather than a virtual representation? Boy does Tom Zickel have a Kinect hack for you! ...

AR Drones loosed on unsuspecting Central Park

by Ben Gilbert (Apr 9th 2011 7:00AM)

Though the video of two AR Drones dogfighting in New York City's Central Park -- demonstrating AR game Flyingace -- is amazing enough on its own, we imagine the two dudes staring intently at their iPhones while controlling the drones are even more amazing to see. ...