Monday, March 21, 2011

U.S. Army to Control Drones With IPads - Mobiledia

U.S. Army to Control Drones With IPads - Mobiledia: "U.S. Army is developing software to allow soldiers to control cameras on military-grade unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, using iPads.

Pentagon contractor Harris will demonstrate its remote camera guidance app at the National Association of Broadcasters conference in next month. The system, which would link the iPad or Android tablet to a camera mounted on a UAV, allows users to watch a live feed from the tablet and control camera actions through its touch screen display.

"You can steer the camera and look at what you want," said John Delay, director of architectures for emerging business at Harris. "There's a lot of interest in this. If you can use sensors to give the ability to grab control of a camera and look over a hill from the UAV, that is huge."

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