UC Berkeley:Using an iPhone to control reconnaissance aircraft

Found footage: Using an iPhone to control reconnaissance aircraft
Yesterday, June 18, 2008, 10:00:00 AM | Robert Palmer


The clever folks at UC Berkeley have developed a system to issue
commands to unmanned aerial vehicles using a device we all know and
love: the iPhone.

While the iPhone is specifically restricted from piloting the drones
themselves, the team uses Mobile Safari on the iPhone to enter
coordinates and select tasks for its airborne fleet. A web server then
relays the tasks to the aircraft mid-flight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRcld5aAN2E

The video shows, in real time, an exercise where a remote-controlled
airplane is instructed to photograph a particular area underneath it.
The photo is then transmitted wirelessly back to a workstation at
ground control.

While not quite James Bond-level technology yet, it's certainly an
extreme study in using the iPhone as a remote control.

[Via Hack a Day.]