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A Wearable Camera That Turns Into a Drone and Flies Off Your Wrist
Digitalwack ^
| 9/26/2014
| Digitalwack
Posted on 09/26/2014 5:32:58 PM PDT by Dallas59
Meet Nixie, a wearable camera that flies off your wrist and turns into a remote-controlled quadcopter. It's the bizarre-yet-appealing wearable camera drone nobody asked for... and now we kind of want it.
Intel is holding a competition to encourage new wearable technology ideas, and the Nixie is one of the finalists. So far, it's still in development, so the flying wristlet camera is rough around the edges. Team captain Christoph Kohstall eventually wants you to be able to send the the Nixie flying with a gesture. It would recognize where you're standing, snap a picture, then return to the wrist, like a futuristic paparazzi boomerang.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: camera; drone
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posted on
09/26/2014 5:32:58 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
To: Dallas59; a fool in paradise
The selfie drone
The world is surly doomed now
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posted on
09/26/2014 5:34:22 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: GeronL
Why do I envision an increase in emergency room visits of people who have had their hand shot off at the wrist?
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posted on
09/26/2014 5:36:13 PM PDT
by
Delta Dawn
(Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
To: Dallas59
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posted on
09/26/2014 5:37:30 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
To: Dallas59
Wellll, isn’t that special.
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posted on
09/26/2014 5:37:45 PM PDT
by
shove_it
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen -- Dennis Prager)
To: Dallas59
I have to acquire a fleet of these. ..
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posted on
09/26/2014 5:38:29 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: GeronL
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posted on
09/26/2014 5:39:05 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: Vendome
:p
Moe, Larry and Surly
Surly Sue
and don’t call me Surly
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posted on
09/26/2014 5:43:54 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Dallas59
Just wait 'til Apple comes out with the EyePhone!
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posted on
09/26/2014 5:49:53 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: Dallas59
Cool idea! Thanks for the post.
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posted on
09/26/2014 7:12:32 PM PDT
by
MV=PY
(The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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