The painfully extended arm and forcibly pleased expressions seemed bad enough before selfie-sticks replaced those as the sine quo non of unabashed self-obsession. Now even those are set to be dethroned as the narcissist’s must-have gadget is a tiny, camera-equipped drone that pops from a smartphone to take aerial me-me-me photos.
Vivio files patent for phone housing tiny camera drone
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivio has filed a patent with the World Intellectual Property Organization for the mini phone drone, which Dutch website LetsGoDigital obtained and reported this week. The basics involve what appears to be a regular smartphone containing a cache on the top edge, from which a small quadcopter can be ejected. The mini-craft is equipped with at least two cameras and collision avoidance sensors, and is presumably piloted using the phone as a controller. All that will remain will be the shout of “cheese” for the world to be inundated with even more photos…
