Comments on: iPhone-controlled Parrot AR.Drone poses for our camera at the MWC, impresses

By: scoutvinder

scoutvinder — Sat, 15 May 2010 10:54:16 +0000

does this thing also work without a motion sensored controller?
I mean with an ordinary laptop, with a mouse and a keyboard?

By: Blastalot

Blastalot — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:10:17 +0000

Would love to have one bringing me beers!

By: 5ushi

5ushi — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:23:36 +0000

Well… I guess I would request this working with any wifi device (laptops are an example).
A Wireless Intel 5300AGN gives me a 100m range, and seeing how an iPhone / iTouch has a 30m ish range, a laptop with 5300 would be sweet with this…

I mean, get a PS3 controller with motion (possible with homebrew drivers) and stick that onto a laptop and we would have an awesome spy-machine to use against the neighbours… Or scare away their cat going toilet in my garden….

By: paranoia

paranoia — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:53:36 +0000

And what about draft-n? I dont understand why they use only iPhone? HTC HD2 have more power, draft-n, more advanced programs and have bigger screen with multitouch so i think its better for “playing” with that think.

By: Max

Max — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:35:49 +0000

Yeah right… until they actually start selling them, at which point someone takes the hardware and hacks the fw / writes a new one about three milliseconds later – re-enabling routing or extending the range otherwise… :P