Panasonic‘s preparing a new inflight entertainment system, iPod Merge, for take off, that’ll lash your iPod, iPhone or digital camera up to the screen in front of you. Wave goodbye to Seinfeld reruns and Matthew McConaughey movies!
Tagged ‘flying’
Remote control vehicles have been around for ages, but it’s only in the last few years that they’ve moved from anoraked pastime to boy’s toy and stocking filler. And yep, we’re thinking about Christmas already.
In preparation for the holiest (and greediest) day of the year, we’ve taken a look at the RCs that give micro machines a run for their tiny money.
During a recent visit to Lourdes, his right Holy one Pope Benedict XVI (guarantee that comes up in a pub quiz soon) has his every move tracked by an unmanned aerial vehicle. It’s certainly the direction we’d expect his protection to be coming from – but perhaps the UAV was in case the big fella upstairs was busy.
If remote controlling a car upon your ceiling isn’t off the wall enough for you then perhaps your R/C collection is in need of this utterly out there creation, this small man upon hoverboard is a guaranteed crowd puller in the park.
This Airsniper from AUS International looks to be the first unmanned aircraft that is to be armed and therefore able to fly over the enemies heads whilst letting rip with its sub automatic machine gun.
This mini, sorry micro, no near invisible flying machine named DelFly doesn’t even bother the scales at a mere 3.07 grams, the fact it can even fly leaves us open mouthed, but there’s more.
Nothing to do with bad smells thankfully, but the announcement that Frontline Aerospace are seeking partners to join with them to help create an airbourne Humvee flying machine by the name of V-STAR (VTOL Swift Tactical Aerial Resource).
Blink and you’ll miss this flying machine. A finely crafted bit of high-tech wizardry, the Microfly will impress the pants off passers by.