Coming soon: Voice-controlled toy helicopters
The battery-powered toy is is 18 centimeters long and can fly as far as 10 meters away from the operator. Users have to wear a headset and can choose between a total of 5 spoken commands: “start engine,” “up,” “hold,” “down” and “stop”. Alternatively, the helicopter can be controlled via a conventional remote control.
Taiyo is offering a range of radio-control toys and introduced an “intelligent” toy helicopter in September last year. The annual sales target for the newest model is 100,000 units+, with the main target group being middle aged male customers.
Via AFP BB News [JP]