Tag: QUADCOPTER

Even a machine created to dole out destruction can't help but get in the holiday spirit. Finding the first use of a quadrocopter that doesn't have us shaking in fear, the crew at the Flying Machine Arena have trained one of these four-rotor beasts to peck out 'Jingle Bells' on a keyboard. We assume that this signals a temporary truce. (But, once 2011 hits, all bets are off.) ...

Researchers at Germany's Ilmenau University of Technology are developing flying quadcopter robots that can be used to form a self-assembling ad-hoc wireless network in the event of disaster. Built with off-the-shelf parts (including VIA's Pico-ITX hardware and a GPS unit) the robots are designed to provide both mobile phone and Wi-Fi access -- and they can do it far more quickly than a ...