Video - A Wearable Camera That Turns Into a Drone and Flies Off Your Wrist

Meet Nixie, a wearable camera that flies off your wrist and turns into a remote-controlled quadcopter. It's the bizarre-yet-appealing wearable camera drone nobody asked for... and now we kind of want it. Intel is holding a competition to encourage new wearable technology ideas, and the Nixie is one of the finalists. So far, it's still in development, so the flying wristlet camera is rough around the edges. Team captain Christoph Kohstall eventually wants you to be able to send the the Nixie flying with a gesture. It would recognize where you're standing, snap a picture, then return to the wrist, like a futuristic paparazzi boomerang. If sticking your arm out to capture photos makes you feel like a lo-tech peasant, you're probably Nixie's target demographic...more

How long will it be before your friendly Forest ranger, county tax assessor, etc. has one of these?  Here's the video.

http://youtu.be/_VFsdPAoI1g