Okay...so take everything you know about wearable technology and turn it into a drone. That, my friends, is what they call Nixie. It’s not anything new at this point, but until my last class I had never heard anything about it.
This wearable drone puts together a lot of the ideas I have already looked into for my blog, and a lot of the ideas we have discussed in my Trendspotting class at Newhouse. As a combination of increasing mobility and technological progress, Nixie will be the next, easiest drone for everyone to use. There have been many predictions that the sales of drones for Christmas will explode this year.
Within the next 5 years, I can see this technology being integrated with journalists out in the field. How nice would it be to get a video or pictures from a distance of the overall scene? Sometimes the helicopter shot is too high and far away to have a good idea of what something looks like. This would offer a whole new perspective on almost anything that could turn into a bunch more ideas in the future.
Right now, Nixie has capabilities to boomerang and to follow you along. I’m sure the technology is already there to control it with a remote, but seriously, how long would we even need a remote for? I bet the next step after that would be to control it with hand signals / motion sensors, followed closely by just controlling it with your thoughts...maybe even subconsciously.
