CES ’10: The Parrot AR.Drone (With Video!)

Just another quick video from CES. This one is from the “It Won’t Stay In Vegas” party I wrote about earlier this week.

One of the highlights of the convention this year was a company called Parrot, who have invented a fancy little flying contraption that they call the AR.Drone. It’s equipped with four propellers that keep the device afloat, and this version of it is encased in a command key-shaped foam shell (assumedly to prevent damage to it or its surroundings, should things go awry).

The really neat part about the AR.Drone is that it’s controlled from the pilot’s iPhone. I didn’t get a chance to see the interface up-close, but it looked like he was pressing buttons on the screen (as opposed to controlling it by tilting the phone, which would have been far more awesome).

Anyway, here’s a quick video to show you how the thing works. I’m pretty much set on buying one of these things whenever they happen to come out, if only to attack my roommate and neighbors with it.