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    <title><![CDATA[Discussion on Geek Gifts 2010: Parrot AR.Drone Wi-Fi quadricopter ]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[What we need...]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-337301-3377760]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Plutonium batteries?  Really?  That is SO 1985.  What we REALLY need is a battery pack with the Iludium Pu-36 Explosive Space Modulator at its core.  That thing is TINY and packs quite a wallop!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charley.McGee]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:32:27 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yep that's exactly what's needed here]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[But as yet you get frowned upon when you ask for Plutonium Batteries.They are what is needed though here. Col]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[HAL 9000]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 13:25:13 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The iPhone]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The camera output goes to the device you are controlling the quadricopter with. In the video, what you see on the iPhone is what the camera was seeing at the time.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark W. Kaelin]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:05:41 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[iGeek]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It doesn't look like the fun would be enough to make me pay an equal amount for the i-whatever that is required to control it.  I kind of understand the iPod phenomenon, but, as for the rest, I've other pocket devices that do as much or more without locking me into AT&amp;T.  If they offer a control program that runs on one of my current WiFi devices, I might reconsider it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[metaphysician]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:04:54 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[weight]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is the main problem these devices have a small fly time.  Now if we could have that battery everyone wants that packs a lot of power in a light weight package, then a lot of technology will take off.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dknopp]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:43:31 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Looks to me as a quadruple inexpensive toy that I have but...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[...the technology involved here make it something else: much more than a toy.I would like to focus the attention to something important that's missing in both, the explanations given &amp; the video shown: where's the output of the cameras onboard going. I would have been very good to show something in that direction.The radius covered by the wifi xmitter is also an important detail to be covered somewhere.Thanks for the post, it was fun to see the video. Repeated it about 4 times!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Benny7440]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:07:41 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Modify battery?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I wonder if you could modify it with a larger battery and get more flight time?  I wonder if that would cause problems with the height control?Bill]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[wdewey@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:57:16 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Size]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[With the indoor hull (most of the photos in the gallery show it that way) is about the size of an extra large pizza.Check out the photo gallery to get a better idea of the size.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark W. Kaelin]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 06:44:09 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Out of my Price Range]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Not so much the cost of the thing but the fact that I would have to buy an Apple Product kills it for me.As for Battery Life 12 Minutes is good for something like this 10 minutes being good and longer is better. As for Hard Core Flying there are what are called Balance Chargers available which can recharge LiPo Batteries in a few minutes so if you where to get serious one of these and a spare Battery would be Must Have Items. If you where to show it against something of a known size that may prove helpful so we get some idea of actual size Mark.  Yep I know that it's Big for something like this but others may not. Now I wonder if I can get the Wife to buy an I Phone so I could get one of these to get serious with. Col]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[HAL 9000]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:42:23 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Flying machines]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Do you have radio controlled flying models? Have you tried the AR.Drone? Do you recommend it?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark W. Kaelin]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:49:48 -0700</pubDate>
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