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DIY Vicacopter is open source and autonomous
We have seen several interesting helicopter or quadcopter devices turn up recently. One of the coolest was the Parrot AR.Drone that we played with a bit at CES. If you are into making your own gizmos,...
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Parrot AR.Drone official: $299 from September
Parrot’s AR.Drone was the surprise hit of CES 2010, and it seemed that even the French company themselves were overwhelmed by interest in the iPhone-controlled quadricopter. Since then they’ve been...
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Parrot AR.Drone hands-on [Video]
Now with a solid release date and price, Parrot’s AR.Drone is looking all the more exciting. A four-rotor indoor and outdoor flying machine, complete with dual-cameras and an iOS control app, the...
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Parrot AR.Drone Available for Preorder Now, Ships September 3rd for $299
Parrot’s AR.Drone is one of the greatest pieces of gadgetry and tech we’ve played with in awhile, and that goes beyond our love for flying objects that we can control. The quadricopter, which we...
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Air Hogs Hawk Eye R/C chopper takes your webcam airborne
We’ve been looking to the Parrot AR.Drone to sate our desires for airborne webcam goodness, but Air Hogs might be able to do that for a whole lot less money. The new Air Hogs Hawk Eye remote-control...
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Eurocopter X3 Hybrid Helicopter Adds Two Aircraft Wings to the Design
Helicopter manufacturers all over the world are trying to find ways to make the aircraft faster, and yet keep the ability to hover in tact. With designs and concepts out in the world, only a few...
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$45.8Million Awarded to Lockheed Martin by US Navy for Unmanned K-MAX Helicopter
You love war, right? Everyone does. You know who does the most? Robots. Robots love to go to war because even if their body is destroyed, their mind can be transferred back to the mainframe. It’s a...
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Hexacopter Senses Motion and Breathing Through Concrete Walls
This week TiaLinx has unveiled its Phoenix 40-A unmanned hexacopter (helicopter with six blades) which can sense breathing and motion in buildings on the ground. This is the newest addition to the line...
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Police scramble chopper to stop rampaging stuffed tiger in Hampshire
This could be a skit from Monty Python. Police in Hampshire, UK were scrambled when a citizen called in and reported a white tiger sitting menacingly in a field. The police being the right proper chaps...
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Griffin Helo TC remote-controlled helicopter controlled by your iPhone
Griffin has outed a new remote-control helicopter, the Helo TC, which turns your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad into a command station. The Griffin Helo TC is a dual-rotor ‘copter, like many we’ve seen...
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Griffin HELO TC iPhone-controlled helicopter on sale now [Video]
Griffin told us to expect its low-cost iPhone-controlled HELO TC helicopter in time for the holiday shopping season, but it seems the company just couldn’t wait to put the R/C toy on sale. $49.99 gets...
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Bell 206 helicopter hits NYC East River
It appears that the NYC East River is the new home of a Bell 206 helicopter that took off earlier today after launching from the pad it would normally take off from along the riverbank. This crash has...
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Swann RC helicopters with iPhone controls, mounted cameras released
This week the folks at Swann have let loose information about three completely different remote controlled helicopters, each one more impressive and strange than the last. The first is the Sky Eye,...
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Angry Birds remote control helicopter hates pigs
This may be the coolest little remote control helicopter I’ve ever seen. It has dual counter rotating rotor blades of top and a red unibrowed Angry Bird instead of a helicopter body. The helicopter is...
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Micro helicopters ditch GPS and remote controls
While more and more drones are finding their way into the hands of enthusiasts and being developed for different applications (including scary ones), researchers have developed a self-flying robot that...
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Human-powered helicopter breaks world record
This week we’ve got a human-powered helicopter out there in the world that’s flown a larger amount of time than any human-powered helicopter in the history of the world. This device is called the...
View ArticleAmazon “PrimeAir” to unveil 30-minute delivery by octocopter
If you thought Sunday deliveries from Amazon and the USPS was a visionary idea, you are setting the bar way too low. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos this week revealed plans … Continue reading
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MH-6 Little Bird: the military’s super-fast and small combat helicopter
Big combat aircraft offer big perks, protective armor arguably being at the top of the list. They're not always ideal in certain situations, however, and that's where the military's tiny (relatively...
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DARPA’s robo-chopper legs sneer at your helipad
DARPA has revealed a new prototype landing gear for helicopters that could drastically improve the already maneuverable aerial vehicles. One of the main handicaps with helicopters is that require a...
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Airbus to provide Uber with helicopters
CEO Tom Enders from Airbus, the major aircraft manufacturer, has announced that his company will be providing helicopters to Uber. Traditionally when we talk about Uber, we are talking about its car...
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