Quadrocopters reined in by Kinect leash, we feel safer already

It sort of feels just like the folks over on the Flying Machine Arena are finally beginning to catch on — those quadrocopters are going to kill us all. Thankfully, after teaching them to juggle and tap out some tunes , the researchers came to their senses and put the flying machines on a Kinect-controlled leash. In place of flitting about autonomously , the four-rotored nightmares are directed by a puppeteer waving his hands. Movement is controlled by the correct hand, while raising the left one tells the copter to do some flip for its master’s amusement, and a commanding clap makes it sit like an amazing little pup. Better of all, when you don’t give it any arm-waving instruction it just hovers and waits until you tell it otherwise. On further consideration, maybe we have not been creating our own murderers, but a brand new man’s ally — in fact, they do not eat much and cannot chew up your remotes. Investigate cross-check the video after the break.

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