MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) professor Missy Cummings and her budding students have made an iPhone-controlled drone. The concept was converted from a simple idea to its first test flight in just two months’ time. This is just an application and needs nothing more than what has been provided in the iPhone. They used MIT’s already existing plethora of robots to run their experiments. The total cost of the project summed up to $5000, including the cost of a Quad-Rotor-Robot and the iPhones for the team. This will mean that soldiers can use the technology for surveillance and spying operations and when the job is over they can call their friends and family. I’m just skeptical, what happens if during the use of this application a call comes in; does the application stop instantly or the call disconnect?
Via: Wired
