November 7, 2012
Dragonflies for Sale
We’ve watched robotic flying insects steadily improve over the last couple of years — mostly in university laboratories funded by the defense department. Now a group of Georgia Tech researchers are trying to go commercial with their Dragonfly drone, which weighs only as much as a AA battery, but can compete (or so they say) with smartphone-controlled helicopters and quadrot0rs in terms of performance. If it works as well as it does in the video, this could be a hit.
You can reserve a basic (Alpha) version of the Dragonfly for $99 if you’re one of the first 50 contributors to their Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign, or wait ’til it’s sold in stores for $250.
This is a very unique flying machine. I would like to see more about this. Is their a option for flying without Ipad or smart phone. I fly r/c planes and a controller with sticks is just a comfortable way for me to fly. If not it is food for thought, a big part of your sales may go to people who already fly r/c and would prefer it that way.I am impressed with what I have seen so far.
Comment by Allen — November 7, 2012 @ 2:39 pm
These things are really cool. It won’t be long before the military weaponizes them and their flying up to enemies in foreign countries and exploding.
Comment by Frank L. DeFazio — November 8, 2012 @ 9:39 pm