I posted this to my list but thought there may be some interest here. As some of you know I’ve taken up drones as an interest area and specifically been tackling whether a blind person could successfully fly a drone, whether a blind person could build a drone, and in general what kind of place is there for us in the sport as well as possible technical challenges that may solve some problems for us. The short answer is yes, we can fly them safely, yes we can build them and since I’m self funding so far yes we can solve interesting problems but it’s still very expensive. The part that makes this on topic for an Apple list is I’ve designed and had assembled my first attempt at a custom quadcopter and the controller surface I’m using has the ability to connect to an iPhone. Video can be viewed from the copter and some basic flight control. My other drone has much more ability to be alone by the iPhone and the apps are VO accessible or talkback accessible on the droid side. There is also an SDK so you can write your own applications. Anyone interested I can send appropriate links. I will include some audio though, this is a test flight in my office / test bed.:) You can hear how powerful the motors are and get a feel for the amount of wind we move with very small propellers. Take a listen here.
https://youtu.be/H9Kon7yekUc <https://youtu.be/H9Kon7yekUc> Anyone wanting more info on the Apple specifics I’m happy to provide. Thanks -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
