{"id":56745,"date":"2014-09-29T17:30:23","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T09:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=56745"},"modified":"2014-09-29T17:30:23","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T09:30:23","slug":"this-wearable-quadcopter-nixie-might-be-a-reality-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/29\/this-wearable-quadcopter-nixie-might-be-a-reality-video\/","title":{"rendered":"This wearable Quadcopter, Nixie, might be a reality (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out Nixie, the wearable camera device that can, by the flip of your wrist, become a quadcopter. With its different modes, it is able to follow you, go to the direction based on your gestures, hover at one position so that it can take photo or film\u00a0you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"56746\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/29\/this-wearable-quadcopter-nixie-might-be-a-reality-video\/nixie-970x0\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/nixie-970x0.jpg?fit=600%2C337&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,337\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nixie-970&#215;0\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/nixie-970x0.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/nixie-970x0.jpg?fit=600%2C337&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56746\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/nixie-970x0.jpg?resize=600%2C337\" alt=\"nixie-970x0\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/nixie-970x0.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/nixie-970x0.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Too good to be true? It is, right now. This Nixie quadcopter project has been selected as a finalist in Intel&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/makeit.intel.com\/finalists\" target=\"_blank\">Make it Wearable Challenge<\/a> recently. If this project is the overall winner, it will be funded to turn prototype into a real product.<\/p>\n<p>Check out how the concept looks like.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kfzqUsGMHE0?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To understand the real situation, check out this interview with the team<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_VFsdPAoI1g?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, it is quite far from the concept. My thinking is how the small little device can balance itself in the flight if the rotor arms are bendable or flexible.<\/p>\n<p>I do hope that they will win because I like the concept. What is your opinion.<\/p>\n<p>[ad#img]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out Nixie, the wearable camera device that can, by the flip of your wrist, become a quadcopter. 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