Posted on 02/07/2014 10:20:21 PM PST by Olog-hai
It’s a gadget anyone stuck in yet another traffic jam would give their eye-teeth to own. The Renault Kwid concept, a compact car unveiled this week at the Delhi motor show, has a drone-like device that can fly above it and beam back images of the road ahead, The Sunday Times reports.
The Flying Companion looks like a miniature helicopter and has three rotors. It can be operated in automatic mode using a preprogrammed flying sequence and GPS guidance, or manually via a control pad inside the car. Besides monitoring the traffic situation, it could spot obstacles ahead and, if you’re in a creative frame of mind, take landscape pictures. …
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I wonder if optional armaments are a available for road clearing purposes?
I wonder what it does when you go under a bridge? Splat?
The mach 5 had a similiar feature.
This is great! I’ll be able to see the car I’m about to rear end from a new perspective as I futz with my new shiny toy.
Yes, activated by button G as I recall.
Stupid idea. Letting ordinary people send a device into the air over their cars is idiotic. Wires. Bridges. Other peoples’ drones. Unaccountability.
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