Tuesday, 9 January 2018

Intel’s new Shooting Star Mini drones can make indoor lightshows

Intel has long been proud of its drone-based light shows — including airing a (pretaped) halftime show at the last Superbowl. Today at its CES keynote, the company introduced a new version of those drones, called “Shooting Star Mini.” The innovation here? They’re tiny and totally safe to fly indoors, above the heads of the audience. They are interesting because they can locate themselves in space without the need for GPS.

Intel capped its keynote with a lightshow that was impressive — at least if you were in the arena to get the full effect of the tiny drones flying in 3D space. The song they danced to was Kygo’s “Stargazing,” of course.

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