The NVIDIA Shield might be a powerhouse of an Android-based gaming system, but that’s really just the tip of the iceberg, right? If you’re really looking to take your brain for a spin, you’ve got to try Shield with the Parrot AR Drone.
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iOS pilots: want to try a new piloting app, fast and without AR.Race? Get it!
Pilot the Parrot AR.Drone and AR.Drone 2.0 quadrocopters using AR.Drone App. This is the most simple App to start piloting.
Connect to your AR.Drone quadcopter by Wi-Fi and you are ready to fly! Use iPhone, iPod or iPad touchscreen as a directional pad to control your AR.Drone. When you release control, the AR.Drone is instantly stabilized in the air. AR.Drone App is compatible with the first generation AR.Drone and the AR.Drone 2.0.
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La Poste Group and Parrot would like to thank Twitter and all the media, in France and abroad, which contributed to spread the information about our “AR.Drone Postal”.
Sadly, for the time being, the postal drone will remain a fiction. We will obviously keep you informed of any further development 
Parrot and a postal company, an unlikely tandem ? Quite the opposite !
An international group of services (postal, financial, communication) and a talented French start-up can achieve great results, thanks to mutual respect, dynamism and partnership.
That was the spirit of this April Fools news, and we hope you liked it.
Le groupe La Poste et Parrot remercient les internautes et les médias qui auront bien voulu diffuser l’information à l’occasion du 1er avril 2013. En France, aux États-Unis, en Chine, en Roumanie et en Hongrie, en Espagne, l’Air Drone Postal a bien voyagé ces dernières 48h. Il reste aujourd’hui une fiction. Nous ne manquerons pas de vous tenir informés des évolutions de ce projet
Avec ce clin d’œil, Parrot et le Groupe La Poste réaffirment leur engagement au quotidien dans la recherche d’innovations et de services pour leurs clients.
Parrot et le groupe La Poste, binôme improbable ? Nous sommes convaincus du contraire.
Un grand groupe de services et une start-up française talentueuse peuvent faire de grandes choses ensemble dans l’écoute et le respect réciproques, portés par le dynamisme de la synergie.
C’est dans cet esprit que nous avons monté ensemble, et en 24h, ce poisson d’avril qui, nous l’espérons, vous aura fait sourire.
Le groupe La Poste et Parrot annoncent le lancement d’une offre de livraison de la presse quotidienne par drone en Auvergne.
Engagé depuis plusieurs années dans un plan de modernisation de ses activités de livraison, le groupe La Poste a décidé d’innover une nouvelle fois en développant un partenariat avec la société française Parrot.
Cet accord a pour but de mettre en place début mai une offre de portage à domicile des journaux en utilisant l’AR.Drone conçu par Parrot. Cette offre sera testée dans la région Auvergne auprès de personnes volontaires. Plusieurs personnalités du web ont déjà donné leur accord pour participer à ce test comme le bloggeur korben ou le E-commerçant Olivier Bernasson afin de retrouver le plaisir du papier.
Ce nouveau drone spécialement développé pour l’occasion par les équipes de Parrot portera le nom de «Air Drone Postal» en référence à l’histoire de l’aéropostale.
Un vingtaine de drones seront pré positionnés dans les bureaux de poste ou centre courrier à proximité des clients pour permettre une livraison avant 7h du matin de la presse. Ils seront pilotés par 20 postiers actuellement en formation.
Grâce à sa portée de plus de 50 mètres, l’AR.Drone postal peut facilement atteindre des zones éloignées, franchir un grillage, voler au-dessus de chiens, atteindre un étage élevé.
En fonction de cette phase de test le groupe La Poste et la société Parrot étudieront la faisabilité d’une généralisation de ce service.
AR.Race2’s major update brings most AR.FreeFlight features to iOS pilots into a single App.
AR.Race2’s major update brings most of the features of AR.FreeFlight 2.0 to iOS pilots into a single App. AR.Race2 is now the official App to use for piloting AR.Drone 2.0 with iPhone/iPad; without the use of the “Absolute control” mode and the accelerometer, it gives full access to the AR.Drone Academy.
New Free Flight training section.
Connexion to AR.Drone Academy.
Accelerometer piloting mode and Absolute control are removed.
Use the Joypad mode to control the AR.Drone 2.0
App interface fits to iPhone 5 resolution.
Free to download on iTunes
TRAINING MODE
RACE MODE
AR.DRONE ACADEMY MAP
SETTINGS
Free to download on iTunes
“The Parrot Asteroid Smart navigation system feeds Internet connectivity, navigation, mobile apps, digital-media playback, and hands-free calling through a good-looking touch-screen display.” – CNET
“I spent a lot of time playing around with the Asteroid Smart since this is the kind of convergence device for the car that I’ve been wanting for some time to replace my own aging head unit.” – Anandtech
“These products offer varying degrees of infotainment features and are powered by Android technology; don’t worry, they’re compatible with all smartphones.” – Autoweek
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API compatible with Microsoft WinRT can be found here:
http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/articles/Flying-the-ARDrone-20-with-Windows-Store-Applications
The API should give you everything you need to get started writing drone Apps for Windows Store.
Project Shield is a full Android device with integrated console-grade controls, which include two analog sticks, buttons, shoulder triggers, and a D-pad. As a fully functional Android device, it was demoed today piloting the AR.Drone 2.0 with a soon-to-be-announced update version of AR.Freeflight.
The result is a fantastic flying experience, explains Patrick Beaulieu, an NVIDIAN who will be demonstrating the combo at GTC’s exhibit hall.
Project SHIELD’s console quality control sticks make the drone a pleasure to fly, Beaulieu says.
And by moving the controls for the device off the screen, viewers can see the unobstructed view from drone’s high-definition camera reproduced on Project SHIELD’s retina-quality 5-inch screen.
http://blogs.nvidia.com/2013/03/project-shield-takes-to-the-air-at-gtc/
A free ESA app released today turns a popular iPhone-controlled ‘home drone’ into a spacecraft. The augmented reality game lets owners of Parrot AR.Drone quadcopters attempt dockings with a simulated International Space Station while flying their drones for real – in the process helping to improve robotic rendezvous methods.
This new AstroDrone app is part of a scientific crowdsourcing project by ESA’s Advanced Concepts Team, gathering data to teach robots to navigate their environments.
“People intuitively assess their position and motion in relation to their surroundings in various ways, based on what they see before them,” explained team research fellow Guido de Croon.
“This new app lets us crowdsource examples of this process in practice, as a first step to reproducing it with artificial intelligence.
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