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    Wingardium Leviosa: This Rotocopter Is Controlled By The Kinect

    John Biggs

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    Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
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    This project is part of a bachelor’s thesis by Armin Ambühl and involves a quadrocopter, a Kinect sensor, and what I assume is dark magic.

    To activate the copter the user lifts his arm and to stop it he claps. The rest of the interaction is performed by swinging his arms around to rotate and steer the vehicle. What was it that Arthur C. Clarke said?

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