{"id":101699,"date":"2015-03-24T10:01:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T10:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=101699"},"modified":"2015-03-24T10:02:20","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T10:02:20","slug":"heres-what-an-apple-drone-might-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=101699","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s what an Apple drone might look like"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many major tech companies are eyeing drones \u2014 Amazon, Google and even Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear at this point whether Apple wants in, too, but one designer has envisioned what the company&#8217;s version of a drone might look like if it ever launched one.<\/p>\n<p>German designer Eric Huisman mocked up a sleek drone concept called the Apple Quadcopter, which has a minimalistic black-and-white design. It&#8217;s very, well, <em>Apple<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of photos posted to his website, which are stylized to look like Apple&#8217;s traditional promotional pictures, the company&#8217;s iconic logo sits in the middle of a slightly curved body, an element that Huisman says will support its many built-in cameras.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<div class=\"microcontent-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"microcontent-shares\" data-description=\"\" data-fragment=\"m!7227\" data-image=\"http:\/\/rack.0.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE1LzAzLzIzL2JlL0FwcGxlRHJvbmUyLjBiODY2LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4\/da2d22fe\/533\/AppleDrone2-640x360.jpg\" data-url=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"Apple Drone \" src=\"http:\/\/rack.0.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE1LzAzLzIzL2JlL0FwcGxlRHJvbmUyLjBiODY2LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4\/da2d22fe\/533\/AppleDrone2-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Drone \" data-credit-link=\"http:\/\/www.quadrocopter.org\/\" data-credit-name=\"Quadcopter.org, Eric Huisman\" data-credit-label=\"\" data-credit-provider=\"Custom type\" data-caption=\"\" data-width=\"640\" data-fragment=\"m!7227\" data-image=\"http:\/\/rack.0.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE1LzAzLzIzL2JlL0FwcGxlRHJvbmUyLjBiODY2LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4\/da2d22fe\/533\/AppleDrone2-640x360.jpg\" data-micro=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Similar to a typical quadcopter, the Apple drone has four rotors and four cameras that can shoot still and panoramic photos (up to 100MP).<\/p>\n<p>The concept, which was first spotted by <em>CNET<\/em>, also incorporates 4K video functionality and built-in image stabilization so pictures aren&#8217;t blurred.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"microcontent\" data-fragment=\"footage-could-also-be\" data-description=\"Footage could also be streamed in real time to sites like YouTube. \" data-micro=\"1\">Footage could also be streamed in real time to sites like YouTube.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The concept comes as drones in the tech industry are rising. In late 2013, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced a service called Amazon Prime Air, which would bring flying robot drones to our doorsteps as early as 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon&#8217;s drones, which recently received approval from the FAA to begin testing under certain restrictions, aims to deliver products to customers at home or businesses in about 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Google is getting closer to sending solar-powered drones into the sky in an attempt to bring web connectivity to some of the 4 billion people without Internet access worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The drones will hover above specific regions and provide connectivity to the locations below.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook is also building drones and lasers to get more of the global population online.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0mashable.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many major tech companies are eyeing drones \u2014 Amazon, Google and even Facebook. 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