Apparently just having their own car at the age of four isn’t enough for some kids. It also needs to be utterly over-accessorized like this miniature Kia Soul that features more glowing lights and LEDs than a UFO, and a sound system that looks straight out of SEMA.
Have you had it with Uber yet? The company price-gouges customers, screws over its drivers , and now, an Uber exec just publicly outlined a cavalier plan to spy on journalists in retaliation for critical coverage. Good news! You don’t have to use it anymore. You can use these alternatives instead.
The smart home market has exploded in the past year. This fairly futuristic development means that you can pretty easily program your house to do your bidding, but you’re also somewhat restricted by which hub and standard you buy. The littleBits Smart Home Kit promises to change that.
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We got our hands on the Parrot Bebop Drone back in May during a demo session with Parrot CEO Henri Seydoux. At that time, the company neither disclosed the complete feature list nor the price.
Video capture with drones is getting some unexpected traction, so we can imagine that Bebop may be able to trigger some creative minds, due to its relative “low price”. The drone will retail in December from Apple and BestBuy for $499, and for that price it comes with two batteries.
The Bebop is equipped with a 14 megapixels full HD (1080×1920) “fisheye-lens” front camera that streams the view of the flight in real-time on your smartphone or tablet while you are controlling the drone.
The image quality is quite impressive, Parrot developed a unique algorithm that leverage the Parrot SoC (P7 CPU+GPU+ISP) and the four shock absorbers to remove any image distortion and deliver a good 3-axis image stabilization. According to the company, this allows the viewing angle to remain stable without distortion, regardless of the inclination of the drone or the turbulences.
A few image settings are available from the FreeFlight 3.0 mobile application such as image ratio, fish eye, white balance, saturation and more.
Parrot Bebop Drone, Freeflight 3.0 app for iOS and Android
The bebop is extremely light, it weighs only 390g without its hull (410g with it) and is packed with sensors (see description in the image below).
Regarding connectivity, you get two WiFi antenna on board that deliver 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz I MIMO format. The bebop will maintain a connection with your smartphone or tablet up to 250 meters.
For $899 you can purchase the Bebop Drone Extended that comes with the Skycontroller, an RC-like remote control that features a WiFi amplifier for a more powerful WiFi connection with a range of 2 km (!).
Parrot Bebop Drone specifications:
Parrot Skycontroller specifications:
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Nvidia’s Shield Tablet is among the first non-Nexus devices to get Android 5.0 Lollipop, and it starts rolling out today. I had a chance to spend some time with both the update and with Grid, Nvidia’s streaming Netflix for games that also launches in North America today, and both of these offer considerable improvements for Shield Tablet owners. The changes are so dramatic, in… Read More
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