CES 2010 Parrot AR.Drone in Action

The Parrot AR.Drone was by far one of the coolest gadgets we saw at CES 2010. We actually stumbled upon them in the iLounge Pavilion. Dead Sexy Mag was allowed into the cage to catch some great footage of the quadricoptor in action.

Pricing wasn't available and if you have to ask, it probably is too much for you! ;)

Specifications:
-The first quadricopter remotely controlled by your iPhone/iPod using Wi-Fi (potential support for Blackberry and other phones)
-2 built-in cameras
-Drone View video streamed to iPhone or iPod Touch using a 93 degree wide-angle diagonal lens camera
-CMOS sensor
-Encoding and streaming of images on iPhone, video frequency @ 15 fp, camera resolution: 640 x 480 VGA
-Intuitive & user-friendly piloting
-High performance rechargeable LiPo (Lithium-ion polymer) batteries
-The Smart Parrot Piloting Software includes an inertial unit, ultrasound sensors for altitude control and a vertical camera under the cockpit to measure speed 60 fps
-Static flight or hover, range is 6 meters
Removable polypropylene hull (as seen) for protection
Embedded accelerometer & gyroscope
-Automatic take-off and landing
-Up to 15 mins flight time.
-Running speed of 18 km/h or 5m/s (zippy!)
-360 g without hull
-400 g with the hull
-Embedded computer system: ARM9 RISC 32 BITS - 468MHZ, DDR RAM 128 M-200 Mhz, WiFi b/g, USB high speed for future expansions, Linux OS

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[loonerBot]

@McDeeViouz Actually, you charge for 90 minutes and fly for 12 minutes. Not too unreasonable.

[lespaulfreak616]

Will it blend?

[77bubba00]

@silvan3141592 Haven't had one problem with mine. Maybe you got a dud

[silvan3141592]

This Quadrocopter is bullshit!!!! My ones was flying for a week! Then i coudnt start anymore! 300$ for nothing! I've already actualized the software twice, pressed the reset butten 100 times, I tried everything! And when this Drone was flying, it was very unstable (with wind) and I lost the control in about 10 meters!! DON'T BUY THIS!!! If you don't trust me, search in the web: everybody gots problems with it.

[TheFord727]

@tutandgaming $300.00 and free shipping

[TutandGaming]

what is the price?

[TrenchCoatMafia33]

@loonerBot Are you serious?

[44insane44]

How does he get it to follow the card he is holding? I would like to use this in some filming I am doing. Could i put the colored card on my person and move around having it follow my movements?

[MrDdias73]

@kingGgame i have g2 and android dont support it .will not connect

[grzib]

But will it blend?

[filthyrusty]

@uralegend987 windows laptops also work :)

[Artemistfei]

@uralegend987 or even better... andriod