Take the ultimate selfie thanks to Nixie, the wearable drone
The drone craze meets the wearable tech craze. Meet Nixie, a prototype wearable quadcopter drone equipped with a camera that you can use to capture the ultimate selfie.
A finalist in Intel Corp.’s ongoing competition to inspire new wearable technology ideas, the project is the brainchild of Christoph Kohstall (a physics researcher at Stanford), and is built in collaboration with team members Jelena Jovanovic and Michael Niedermayr.
If you are looking for an alternative to sticking your arm out to take yet another selfie, then Nixie is aimed at you. Essentially a wristband with a built in drone, Nixie will fly off your wrist, find you and take a photo, and then immediately return to you so that you don’t lose it.
Unfortunately the Nixie is still little more than a concept with an early prototype that can launch itself and fly away. There is clearly still a lot of work to be done, especially judging by the fragile look of it.
The good news is that Nixie is a finalist in Intel’s ‘Make It Wearable’ competition and has just scored $50,000 in funding as well as mentoring, design assistance and technical support directly from Intel.
Image courtesy Intel
A message from John Furrier, co-founder of SiliconANGLE:
Support our mission to keep content open and free by engaging with theCUBE community. Join theCUBE’s Alumni Trust Network, where technology leaders connect, share intelligence and create opportunities.
- 15M+ viewers of theCUBE videos, powering conversations across AI, cloud, cybersecurity and more
- 11.4k+ theCUBE alumni — Connect with more than 11,400 tech and business leaders shaping the future through a unique trusted-based network.
About SiliconANGLE Media
SiliconANGLE Media is a recognized leader in digital media innovation, uniting breakthrough technology, strategic insights and real-time audience engagement. As the parent company of SiliconANGLE, theCUBE Network, theCUBE Research, CUBE365, theCUBE AI and theCUBE SuperStudios — with flagship locations in Silicon Valley and the New York Stock Exchange — SiliconANGLE Media operates at the intersection of media, technology and AI.
Founded by tech visionaries John Furrier and Dave Vellante, SiliconANGLE Media has built a dynamic ecosystem of industry-leading digital media brands that reach 15+ million elite tech professionals. Our new proprietary theCUBE AI Video Cloud is breaking ground in audience interaction, leveraging theCUBEai.com neural network to help technology companies make data-driven decisions and stay at the forefront of industry conversations.
