The Nixie Drone

Teacher :Todea Luminia

Team:Marc Rzvan
Mate Lmrd
Tma Paul
 A wrist-mounted camera

Nixie is a small camera-equipped drone that can be worn as a wrist band and
can be activated to unfold into a quadcopter, fly in one of its pre-programmed
modes to take photos or a video, and then return to the user.
 A competition winner
Competing against more than 500 other

participants, Nixie's developers became

the winning team in the development

track of the Intel's Make It Wearable

competition on November 3, 2014, thus

securing $500,000 in seed funding to

develop Nixie into a product.

 The idea

The first Nixie prototype was built

by Christoph Kohstall. After
tinkering with a quadcopter that he
received as a gift, Kohstall built a
drone model of eyeglasses with
propellers, as well as a prototype
that could dive underwater and
then reemerge from under the
surface.
 Programming

Sensors and motion-prediction

algorithms are used to guide Nixie
along one of four pre-
programmed paths for taking
photos or video.
In a boomerang mode, the drone
flies a set distance from its user,
takes a photo, and then returns.
In a panorama mode, it takes
photos to fill a 360 arc.
In a follow me mode, it serves as
a third-person view camera by
trailing the user.
In a hover mode, it hovers for use
in jib shots and can be controlled
from a smartphone.
 Versatily is the main attraction of this drone.Being capable of taking
amazing photos or videos very easily just with the move of the arm.
Point and shoot cameras

A point-and-shoot
camera, also known as
compact camera, is a still
camera designed primarily
for simple operation.Most
use focus free lenses or
autofocus for focusing,
automatic systems for
setting the exposure
options, and have flash
units built in.
 A set goal.

During an interview, the developers indicated that their

primary goals for improving the drone were optimizing
propellers, motors, and object navigation, as well as
miniaturisation of Nixie.
 Future estimations

Just how much will a Nixie run? Jovanovic said that depends on how
many they sell. Expect it to initially cost a bit more than a GoPro portable
video camera, but if the Nixie fares well, the price should be comparable to
a point and shoot camera.
Bibliography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_(drone)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfzqUsGMHE0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-and-shoot_camera
https://www.cnet.com/news/selfies-take-flight-with-nixie-wearable-
drone/
https://www.ireviews.com/review/nixie