DJI has launched a drone that’s also a flying computer
Nov02
Not content with the processing power aboard its regular model drones, DJI has announced Manifold – an aerial drone with a computer attached. It’s not really aimed at the average end-user, unless that end-user happens to be a developer that wants to create apps for drones with DJI’s ‘Onboard SDK.’ The Manifold is based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and has a quad-core ARM processor, a “super-fast” NVIDIA Kepler-based GPU for image processing, USB support, ethernet, HDMI and a few other ports. Most usefully, however, it’s fully compatible with a whole host of third-party sensors, like infrared cameras, air sensors, geographical…
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