Device for taking selfies: Researchers develop world's first selfie-taking wearable drone

New York: Brace up for cool flying selfies as researchers have developed what could be the world’s first wearable drone that can fly high to take your photographs. [caption id=“attachment_1787383” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. Reuters[/caption] This flying camera called Nixie straps on like a watch, but thanks to a range of sensors powered by Intel’s Edison chip it can dismount from your arm, shoot into the sky, take a photo, and fly right back again. Nixie will be able to capture HD (high-definition) quality images, said its developers Christoph Kohstall, a post-doctoral researcher at Stanford University in the US, and Jelena Jovanovic, a former employee of Google. Currently in the prototyping phase, Nixie also boasts a panorama mode for aerial 360 degree arcs; a so-called boomerang mode for taking shots at programmed fixed distances from the owner; a follow me mode for following the owner while he/she is in motion, and a hover mode for near-impossible high shots, Time reported. The flying drone won the grand prize at Intel’s Make it Wearable Challenge. IANS